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Organization: Communities of Excellence 2026

Sector: 501C-3 Non-Profit

Organization Mission: Mission—What Communities of Excellence 2026 Does Communities of Excellence 2026 assists and supports communities to implement the Communities of Excellence Framework and achieve and sustain the highest quality of life for their people. Envisioned Future By 2026, we will have successfully adapted and refined the Communities of Excellence Framework and sustained a course of action among communities across the United States to embrace the framework to achieve and sustain excellence. Over the ensuing decades, this growing archipelago of communities across the country will achieve and sustain community performance excellence. These communities will consistently be the top-performing communities in the nation and their success will meaningfully influence others across the country to strive for community performance excellence. Building on the foundation of democracy and liberty established by the nation’s founders, communities engaged with Communities of Excellence 2026 will have set America on course to again lead the world in educational attainment, economic prosperity, health status, and other key measures of community health and well-being.

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Mission—What Communities of Excellence 2026 Does

Communities of Excellence 2026 assists and supports communities to implement the Communities of Excellence Framework and achieve and sustain the highest quality of life for their people.

Envisioned Future

By 2026, we will have successfully adapted and refined the Communities of Excellence Framework and sustained a course of action among communities across the United States to embrace the framework to achieve and sustain excellence. Over the ensuing decades, this growing archipelago of communities across the country will achieve and sustain community performance excellence. These communities will consistently be the top-performing communities in the nation and their success will meaningfully influence others across the country to strive for community performance excellence. Building on the foundation of democracy and liberty established by the nation’s founders, communities engaged with Communities of Excellence 2026 will have set America on course to again lead the world in educational attainment, economic prosperity, health status, and other key measures of community health and well-being.

 

 

 


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Status Reports / News 
Related PlanScape Status on: Best Practice, Business Process, Civic Engagement

Key reports on: Communities of Excellence 2026


May 22, 2026: Discovery Walk

May 2026 DMCC Board Meeting Discovery Walk Update - Completion

March 2021 DMCC approval for Bid

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May 12, 2026: Age-Friendly Olmsted County (AFOC) Update

May 2026 AFOC 2023-2025 Action Plan  Report Report

Apr 2025 Aging in Place Action Update

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April 06, 2026: America's City for Health - DMC Development Plan 2025 Update
September 2025 Equity Alliance Series Presentation- Video Recordings, Selected Presentation Screen Shots

References - Sep 2025 DMCC Board 10-Year Midpoint

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April 02, 2026: Healthy Living Wellness Tips

2026: KTTC: Midwest Access Video Clips

2025 Sep Newsletter; 2025 Conference Materials

2020 Lifestyle Medicine Symposium (March 19-20)

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March 26, 2026: Olmsted County Community Health Updates

Mar 2026 HAPP Meeting: SPIKE and Mental Health Care Club House Model

Quarterly Health Assessment Logs

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March 10, 2026: City SUPPORTING TRANSFORMATION - BOLD. Forward. Unbound.
City Council Study Session:

Mar 2026 Video Recording, Presentation

Feb 2025 Video Recording Link, Presentation, Collaboration Commitment

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March 06, 2026: Braver Angels News

Listen to (and learn from) the other side

  • 2026 - Mar 6 Volunteer Opportunities, Feb Citizens Commission on Immigration Outreach
  • 2025, 24 - Mar 2025 Newsletters: End birthright citizenship? Apr 2024 Braver Angels Newsletter: 2024 National Convention; National Debate: Should we be colorblind?

 

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February 18, 2026: Rochester Area Volunteer Administration

2026: April 15 Volunteer Fair

2023: RAVA October 19 2023 Meeting Notes; RAVA Meeting Notes: 6/15/2023 featuring inclusive language and use of pronouns; 2. 2021 survey announcement 

2021: Survey

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February 03, 2026: Rochester as a Compassionate City
Feb 2, 2026 City Council Meeting

Council Initiated Action - Reaffirming Rochester as a Compassionate City

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January 29, 2026: Community Health Improvement Plan Update

2026 CHNA Info: Jan 2026 Newsletter

2025 Community Health Needs Info: Admin Message, Oct 2025 Newsletter 

Ref: PB Report

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December 17, 2025: 2026 County Property Tax
Press Release: Olmsted County’s 2026 budget was approved by the Olmsted County Board of Commissioners on December 16, 2025.

Olmsted County Truth in Taxation Info

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December 06, 2025: City of Rochester, MN Mayor's Medal of Honor Recipients

Mayor Norton Honors 2025 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

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November 07, 2025: National Small Business Initiative & National 311 Day
November 6, 2025 - Rochester Selected as One of Six Cities for National Small Business Initiative

March 11, 2025 – ROCHESTER, MINN. – The City of Rochester is excited to celebrate National 311 Day. 

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October 15, 2025: Mayor and City Council Launch ‘Democracy Innovations for Better Public Meetings’
Press Release and focuses: Civic Engagement Scorecard, Civic Infrastructure Scan

References: AI summary of project, Community Forum

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September 28, 2025: September 2025 Charter Commission
  • City Governance Work Item
  • Application for replacement member
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Impacts

The work of this organization may have impacts on the following areas:

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Lvl 1: Best Practice ; Business Process ; Civic Engagement

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  • For the commercial sector, we tend to register startup activities (new companies and new commercial projects) that bring diversification and high-impact opportunities to the area.
  • For the non-profit sector, we wish to shine light on all the organizations and services that otherwise labor under relative obscurity.
  • Our hope is that dmcbeam.org will encourage cross-sector collaborations and creative solutions.

While there are a number of registries in the community, dmcbeam.org's  distinct value is to pilot a database with a data structure and categorizations that answer the questions such as: What organizations or projects/programs in our community that have purported relevance with some of the over-arching focuses put forward by initiatives such as DMC, J2G and Health Improvements?

This database could be used as one of the ways to explore the capacities of the community. If you are someone on an exploratory journey to learn about the greater Rochester community. dmcbeam.org could be an interesting first step.

Project Phase Definitions
The following defines the various project phases:
  1. Available - a product, program or service is in production
  2. Develop - program or application is being developed
  3. Plan - idea is solid, stakeholders are identified, and there is strong commitment to go forward from all parties.
  4. Concept Phase - idea scoped out with enough details to give an early sizing and/or to build a proof of concept
    demonstration
  5. Pre-concept Phase - an early idea or a requirement.
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