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Last Updated January 18, 2025
One Olmsted – Olmsted County’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiative – is about envisioning and developing a workplace and community where everyone is treated equitably. Olmsted County staff continue to make progress toward this vision and some highlights of their work in 2024 are noted below.
Mayor Communication: January 17-19, 2025, City of Rochester Mayor Kim Norton to attend the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) 93rd Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C.
Last Updated January 17, 2025
Collection of Information regarding legal services for those who live or work in Southern Minnesota.
Last Updated January 16, 2025
The Rochester Branch of the NAACP proudly announces the election of its new officers and Executive Committee members for terms beginning January 2025. The newly elected officers were sworn in on January 11, 2025, during the Rochester Branch NAACP Executive Leadership Retreat.
Last Updated January 15, 2025
Last Updated January 13, 2025
The City of Rochester has been awarded $2.5 million in Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). This grant will support the South Broadway Avenue Planning Project, which aims to improve safety and connectivity on South Broadway Avenue between 4th Street and 9th Street Southeast. The RAISE funding will be utilized for planning and design phases of the project.
Last Updated January 11, 2025
2025 Summer Program Application Open
Last Updated January 08, 2025
Per PB reporting:
"A final plan for dividing a 14.1-acre Mayo Clinic parking lot into developable sections is expected to be reviewed Monday by the Rochester City Council. The site, being dubbed “West Transit Village,” sits between Second Street Southwest and Cascade Lake. It is currently used as a Mayo Clinic employee shuttle lot, and Mayo Clinic plans to construct a 2,500-stall parking structure."
PELSB is excited to announce the launch of another Heritage Language Pathway Portfolio Cohorts for teachers seeking K-12 World Languages and Cultures licensure to teach their heritage language and culture!
Last Updated January 02, 2025
PB ePaper Reporting: Child care costs in Minnesota are up to $16,000 for one child per year, according to a 2023 study from the Minnesota Department of Human Services — a number that places Minnesota fourth in the nation for highest child care costs, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Last Updated December 30, 2024
The 2025 budget for Olmsted County and the Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) combined totals $428,667,792.
Last Updated December 18, 2024
Last Updated December 16, 2024
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
2025 Rochester Faith in MN Calendar and Strategic Missions
Last Updated December 13, 2024
Last Updated December 11, 2024
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
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
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