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Nov 02, 2024 02:00 PM Journie: Selma Movie Screening and Discussions ('diversity', 'governance') Join us for a film exploring the history of voting rights, followed by a panel discussion featuring representatives from the DFL and GOP. It's a great opportunity to learn and engage in important conversations about this vital topic. Don't miss it! Journie is a nonpartisan organization committed to educating our communities about historical facts, youth development through lived experience, political agendas, resources, and the advancement of marginalized groups.
Nov 02, 2024 01:00 PM ZVMS: Free Dermatology Clinic () Our services: Skin Checks, Foot Care, Acne, Skin Infections and rashes, Free Socks and Shoes, Free Skincare Products
Nov 01, 2024 05:00 PM Journie: Selma Movie Screening and Discussions ('diversity', 'governance') Join us for a film exploring the history of voting rights, followed by a panel discussion featuring representatives from the DFL and GOP. It's a great opportunity to learn and engage in important conversations about this vital topic. Don't miss it! Journie is a nonpartisan organization committed to educating our communities about historical facts, youth development through lived experience, political agendas, resources, and the advancement of marginalized groups.
Oct 30, 2024 05:30 PM Financial Liberation Workshop ('NAACP', 'education', 'Diversity', 'Entrepreneurship') Financial Literacy, Credit Counseling, Leadership, Coaching, Personal Finance
Oct 29, 2024 02:00 PM Free Speech vs. Hate Speech: Understanding the Boundaries and Building Resilient Communities ('diversity', 'civic engagement') Cohosts: Winona State, RCTC: This timely event will feature two key sessions aimed at exploring the balance between free speech and hate speech, as well as the impacts of hate on marginalized communities. We will be moderating the discussions.
Oct 27, 2024 11:00 AM Honor and celebrate the Day of the Dead with Free Family Day ('ACHLA', 'arts') The Day of the Dead Free Family Day will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024 at the Rochester Art Center. The event is a first-time collaboration by the Rochester Art Center, Listos Preschool and Childcare, the Alliance of Chicanos Hispanics and Latin Americans (ACHLA), and several Mayo Clinic departments and groups, including Mayo Clinic's Bereavement Advisory Committee, the Somos Latinos Mayo Employee Resource Group and the Dolores Jean Lavins Center for Humanities in Medicine.
Oct 27, 2024 01:00 PM Big Rally for Strong Schools ('rps', 'education') Join families, educators, and community members as we rally to #VoteYesForRPS!
Oct 26, 2024 01:00 PM Juneteenth Reckoning with Slavery ('diversity',) MN African American History
Oct 26, 2024 01:00 PM The Table Cookout by Zumbro Valley Medical Society (ZVMS) ('food', 'health', 'civic engagement') Food, Community, & Conversation
Oct 23, 2024 06:30 PM Assisi Heights: The Heart is a County ('compassion', 'civic engagement') Stephanie Saldaña will begin by sharing the stories of inter-religious friendship she has witnessed over decades in the Middle East.
Oct 22, 2024 06:30 PM Sisters of Saint Francis: The Counterfeiting Epidemic ('time-sensitive',) Learn about the serious threat of receiving counterfeit products instead of the real thing. Counterfeiting is the largest criminal enterprise in the world, a primary means of funding terrorism and often involves organized crime.
Oct 22, 2024 07:30 AM RedwingIgnite: Innovation to Reality ()
Oct 22, 2024 01:00 PM October 2024 Community Co-design Leadership Training Session 2 (Option 1) ('co-design',) Some objectives of this training are: • Understand the community co-design process and purpose. • Know how to identify projects that are well suited for co-design as well as when to projects might be better suited for other methods. • Learn how to evaluate and ensure a co-design project is set up for success and is largely consistent in process and intention. • Build a shared language around co-design. • Identify projects and collaborations for co-design in the future. • Develop a relationship with a team that can offer on-going support and coaching to apply co-design.
Oct 22, 2024 12:30 PM Cradle to Career: High School Graduation Network ('youth', 'c2c', 'education', 'key') Check-in, Announcements and Updates, Workgroups, Share, Checkout
Oct 18, 2024 04:00 PM Asian Pacific Minnesotans Leadership Awards Dinner ('diversity', 'Asian') We the People: 40 Years of empowering Asian Pacific Minnesotans
Oct 17, 2024 12:00 PM Vision 2050 at Kiwanis Club of Rochester ('Kiwanis', 'vision', 'key') 20 minutes session with Kiwanis Day Makers: Introduction and Conversations to obtain inputs
Oct 15, 2024 09:00 AM Vision 2050 at Kiwanis Day Makers ('Kiwanis', 'openbeam', 'key') 20 minutes session with Kiwanis Day Makers: Introduction and Conversations to obtain inputs
Oct 14, 2024 12:00 PM Indigenous Peoples Day ('diversity',)
Oct 09, 2024 09:00 AM Cradle 2 Career Annual Education Summit (Live, reflect, connect) ('c2c', 'Education', 'openbeam', 'key') Learn, reflect, and connect with us at this free event as we come together to support children and youth from cradle to career. Power in Partnership: Our Collective Impact
Oct 09, 2024 12:00 PM Equity Alliance Equity Series Equity Eats: Reviving Roots, Restoring Ecosystem Economies Through Indigenous Foodways ('DMC', 'Diversity', 'latino', 'Entrepreneurship') In this episode we will delve into the transformative mission of the mnfoodrescue.org Equity Eats initiatives that are at the forefront of restoring and promoting regenerative food systems across Minnesota. We explore how the initiatives revive Indigenous foodways, grounded in food web design, while also honoring the rich Indigenous history in Minnesota and the First Nations' right to food sovereignty. By
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October 2021 Activities

FORUM  WITH INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT DR. KENT PEKEL- October 21, 6:30 to 8:00:

In the City for Good will be presenting an online forum to give all in the community an opportuniy to hear from Rochester Public Schools Interim Superintendent Kent Pekel. Dr. Pekel will give an overview of his time so far in the district, along with more information on the strategic plan he will be proposing. Interested Rochester residents may submit questions ahead of time or during the meeting to be used in a Q&A time period after his primary presentation. The October 21 forum will be from 6:30 to 8.

 

Steering Committee- Tuesday, October 5, 4:00 p.m.

Topic: In the City for Good Steering Committee

Time: Oct 5, 2021 04:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

 Join Zoom Meeting

Contact InTheCityForGood@gmail.com for Zoom info. 

 

Housing Team- Monday, October 11 7:00 p.m.

Our next In the City for Good Housing Team meeting will be on October 11 at 7 pm. We will be discussing the proposed Unified Development Code with Ryan Yetzer, Interim Deputy Director, Community Development for the City of Rochester leading the discussion along with others in the Community Development area. We will especially focus on what some of the proposed changes could mean related to Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) and the role of ADUs in addressing the concerns around the affordability of workforce and senior housing. This will be an online meeting, with the link to be sent out later this week.

 

Age-Friendly- Oct 12th and 26th 2:30 to 4:00

Meeting Information:

Age-Friendly Olmsted County Planning Group

Tues. Oct 12 and 26

2:30pm - 4pm

 

Contact DBeal@familyservicerochester.org for Zoom info

 

Social Services/Social Justice- Watch for info of upcoming November meeting

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Olmsted County rolling out new mobile crisis response process in 2025

Press Release: ROCHESTER, Minn. – Mental health continues to be a top concern for Olmsted County residents. When someone is experiencing a mental health crisis, timely assistance from trained mental health professionals is critical.  

Last Updated December 16, 2024



City Housing Support

Home Ownership Creation Program - Prairie Ridge: "NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Common Council of the City of Rochester, MN hereby approves the contribution of $4,000,000 to the Prairie Ridge development to support the creation of 201 for-sale homes via the Home Ownership Creation Program.

 PB Reporting regarding TIF $14M Requests (Sherman and Prairie Ridge) 2024-12-14 

Last Updated December 14, 2024



ISAIAH: Rochester Faith in MN Calendar and Strategic Missions

2025 Rochester Faith in MN Calendar and Strategic Missions

Last Updated December 13, 2024



Rochester-Olmsted County 4(d) Affordable Housing Incentive Program

The current Rochester-Olmsted County 4(d) Affordable Housing Incentive Program application is for the Tax Assessment Year 2025 - Tax Payable Year 2026, the tax savings for this application will not be realized until the Tax Payable Year 2026.

 

Last Updated December 11, 2024



Mayo Platform: A wealth of data, but how is it protected?

PB Reporting: Measuring the breadth of Mayo Clinic’s medical data abundance. 

Researchers beyond Mayo Clinic’s walls might make use of the Mayo Clinic Platform. Its data network, Connect, uses millions of de-identified patient records, test results, imaging, pathology reports and more from Mayo Clinic and seven other large health care systems across the world.

Last Updated December 09, 2024



"Link BRT a milestone project for Rochester

City of Rochester Receives $84.92 Million Federal Grant for Transformative Link Bus Rapid Transit Project

LINK Progress Report to City Council 

Rochester eyes TIF to support Transit Village, Public Parking

Last Updated December 07, 2024



Rochester Public Transit

To better serve the needs of residents in the southeast part of the city, Rochester Public Transit’s (RPT) on-demand transit service “RPT GO” has been modified in the following ways: 

Last Updated December 06, 2024



City of Rochester, MN Mayor's Medal of Honor Recipients

Mayor Norton Honors 2024 Mayor's Medal of Honor Recipients

Mayor Norton Honors 2023 Mayor's Medal of Honor Recipients

Mayor Norton Honors 2022 Mayor's Medal of Honor Recipients

Last Updated December 05, 2024



Exam Room Podcast

Rochester Clinic featured on The Exam Room podcast by Chuck Carroll alongside Rochester's Mayor Kim Norton.

 

Last Updated December 04, 2024



Resources for Homeless Students and Families in Rochester

Collaboration of Rochester Public Schools, Olmsted County, and Three Rivers Community Action

PB Reporting

RPS Nov 2024 Family Engagement Presentation

Last Updated November 22, 2024



Workforce Development, Inc. presents The Downtown Business Pitch Day 2024

John Marshall High School eleventh grade Economics students will take center stage at the Chateau Theatre for the Downtown Business Pitch Day! 

Last Updated November 19, 2024



Cultivating Well-being in the Workplace

MENTAL HEALTH FOR ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER PROFESSIONALS:

" Ascend’s Mental Health Survey of API professionals found that overall, APIs reported mental health was worse than Americans’ mental health as a whole, with 39% of APIs reporting fair to poor mental health compared to 25% of the general American population." 

Last Updated November 14, 2024



Restorative Practices Advisory Committee

Press Release: Olmsted County residents encouraged to apply for Restorative Practices Advisory Committee (RPAC)

This new RPAC will bring together residents, justice system representatives, and community organizations to promote and sustain restorative practices throughout Olmsted County. 

Last Updated November 14, 2024



Rochester Public Schools Referendum Nov 2024

RPS Superintendent Video and Presentation Slides

Referendum to support: Strong Communities; Strong Schools; Strong Young People

PB Reporting on Referendum Efforts and Results

Last Updated November 11, 2024



Partnership to develop software platform to improve homeless medical care

PB Reporting: "A partnership between the Zumbro Valley Medical Society and the PathCheck Foundation, an open-source software nonprofit, aims to create a digital platform to boost care coordination for people experiencing homelessness."

Last Updated November 11, 2024



City of Rochester Encourages Area Youth to Participate in Statewide Mayor for a Day Essay Contest

The City of Rochester and Mayor Kim Norton are excited to once again participate in the League of Minnesota Cities’ (LMC) annual Mayor for a Day Essay Contest.  

Last Updated November 09, 2024



Certification Workshops

City of Rochester, DMC EDA, Equity in The Built Environment Program, and State of Minnesota Department of Administration APPEX Accelerator are partnering to host a series of Free Certification Workshops” to help Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs) and Targeted Group/Economically Disadvantaged/Veteran-Owned (TG/ED/VO) companies apply for certification.

Last Updated October 25, 2024



Rochester NAACP And Mayo Clinic AD MERG

Love Wins: Community Empowerment Initiative

Free Workshop and Community Townhalls Press Release

Last Updated October 24, 2024



DMC September 2024 Job Creation Metric

Presentation Slides 

Video Clip of Job Creation Metric

 

Last Updated October 21, 2024



RPS Family Engagement Reports

Oct 2024 Reports

Reading Literacy Updates

Last Updated October 21, 2024