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All DEI Events

 

This is a collection of what is deemed to be events having impacts on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.  

 

See the Diversity Beam for notable DEI projects. 

 

 

Start Date Tags Title Description
Jun 01, 2021 07:00 AM ('workforce', 'Diversity', 'Diversity Council', 'cmrc') Free Training! Hightway Heavy Construction Careers
May 26, 2021 01:00 PM ('workforce', 'Diversity', 'Diversity Council', 'cmrc') Rochester Area - Construction Small Business Support (May 2021)
May 25, 2021 12:30 PM ('commerce', 'diversity', 'workforce', 'Entrepreneurship', 'openbeam', 'collider') Collider Inclusion Open Advisory Board Meeting (May 2021) Agenda: 1. Overall status update on program a. OKRs b. Key updates/outcomes (Referrals- SBDC (certification), pro bono legal services) 2. Upcoming Events (grant related) a. ROI of DEI, July 23rd b. Business Panel(s) 3. Upcoming events (non-grant related) a. Basics of Entrepreneurship b. Marketing 101 c. Kris event 4. Involvement with Mayors Institute on Job Creation and Economic Opportunity to Improve Health and Equity with National League of Cities 5. Sustainability of Program
May 20, 2021 04:30 PM ('diversity', 'cmrc', 'openbeam') General CMRC May 2021 Meeting Topics include: Updates from City of Rochester, Olmsted County, RPS; Collider's Navigator Program (Jamie Sundsbak); Targeted Business (BIPOC) Development (Jorrie Johnson); Minnesota GreeCorps Initiative
May 10, 2021 07:00 PM ('civic equity', 'anti-racism', 'c4g', 'diversity') C4G: Restrictive Covenants in Rochester
May 04, 2021 02:30 PM ('public safety', 'Civic Equity', 'Diversity') TRUE: Better Together: Stories of a Whole-Community Countering Hate
Apr 21, 2021 01:00 PM ('workforce', 'Diversity', 'Diversity Council', 'cmrc') Rochester Area - Construction Small Business Support - Collaboration
Apr 15, 2021 04:30 PM ('diversity', 'cmrc', 'openbeam') General CMRC April 2021 Meeting Topics include: Updates from (City, County and RPS); Housing (Jeremy Emmi); UMR: Community Collboratory; Rochester Fire Department engagement
Apr 14, 2021 12:30 PM ('compassion', 'civic equity', 'diversity', 'CMRC') Barbershop Talk South Minnesota: Daunte Wright
Apr 13, 2021 09:00 AM ('commerce', 'diversity', 'workforce', 'Entrepreneurship', 'collider', 'cmrc') Collider: So you want to start a food business
Apr 08, 2021 07:00 PM ('diversity', 'NAACP', 'Covid') Covid 19 Disparity Impacts COVID 19: A Health Forum on Virus Disparities and Why Receipt of the Vaccine is Critical to the Black Community
Apr 08, 2021 07:00 PM ('diversity', 'NAACP') COVID 19: A Health Forum on Virus Disparities and Why Receipt of the Vaccine is Critical to the Black Community
Mar 30, 2021 07:00 PM ('diversity', 'Education', 'NAACP') NAACP Townhall - The Page Amendment: Pros and Cons of the Proposal (Virtual);
Mar 25, 2021 07:00 PM ('diversity', 'NAACP') Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry Forum (DLI)
Mar 24, 2021 01:00 PM ('workforce', 'Diversity', 'Diversity Council', 'cmrc') Rochester Area - Construction Small Business Support - Collaboration
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Two types of event information being shared in the following:

1. A list of Beam aware upcoming community events of all types. 

2. A list of noteworthy past events that have one or more of the following contents: presentation slides, video recordings as well as takeaways. 

Upcoming Events
(Spanish) Financial Literacy Sep 21, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM — 221 First Ave. SW, Suite 600 6th Floor of the MNBio Business Center, Minnesota - Rochester MN 55902-3295
NAACP: Break The Hate – Community Forum To Activate Change Sep 21, 2024 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM — 125 Live
CMRC September 2024 Meeting Place Holder (Canceled) Sep 23, 2024 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM
Sep 26, 2024 DMC Board Meeting Sep 26, 2024 09:30 AM - 12:00 PM
In the City for Good Rochester City Council Candidates Sep 26, 2024 06:30 PM - 08:15 PM — Christ United Methodist Church
(Spanish) How to Start a Business from Scratch (Part 1) Sep 28, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM — 221 First Ave SW, Suite 600 6th Floor of the MNBio Business Center, Rochester MN 55902-3295
C.E.R.T. 3rd Annual Gala Sep 28, 2024 05:00 PM - 10:00 PM — Empire Event Center 1517 16th Street Southwest Rochester, MN 55902
Global Mayor's Challenge Update Oct 02, 2024 05:30 PM - 07:30 PM
2024 IMAA Presents Pearl Gala Oct 04, 2024 05:30 PM - 10:00 PM — Mayo Civic Center
(Spanish) How to Start a Business from Scratch (Part 2) Oct 05, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM — 221 First Ave SW, Suite 600 6th Floor of the MNBio Business Center, Rochester MN 55902-3295
Upcoming events…
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Sustainability and Resiliency Action Plan

National Sustainability Society awards Minnesota’s Climate-Smart Municipalities Program with 2024 Achievement Award

Last Updated September 18, 2024


Rochester Public Schools Referendum Nov 2024

RPS Superintendent Video and Presentation Slides

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

Last Updated September 17, 2024


C2C Report Child Care Report

Reports Downloaded from C2C website

Childcare Insight Report

Breakouts

Last Updated September 15, 2024


League of Women Voters - Rochester Chapter

2024 Debates

Last Updated September 13, 2024


Three Rivers Restorative Justice Announcements

Two positions: Program Manager; Admin Assistant

August 27, 2024 Organization Updates

Last Updated September 09, 2024


CMRC Legacy and Future

CMRC pausing public activities and investment potential white paper availability announcement.

Last Updated August 30, 2024


SBDC Celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month

Sept. 16th: Workshop: Finding your First Customers and sell without being salesy; Sept 21st: Workshop: Financial Literacy; Sept. 28th: Workshop: How to Start a Business from Scratch (Part 1); Oct. 5th: Workshop: How to Start a Business from Scratch (Part 2);

Last Updated August 27, 2024


Tax Breaks to Landlords

PB reporting: A local program providing tax breaks to landlords in exchange for maintaining lower rents is being tweaked to encourage future development of affordable housing.

Last Updated August 16, 2024


Community Healthcare Simulation Center Co-Design Report

Jun 2021 Co-design Report

2024-08-12 PB Reporting GRAUC leads project to build prototype sim center The Southeast Minnesota Community Healthcare Simulation Center is set to open in downtown

Rochester by mid-October

Last Updated August 12, 2024


Anti-Hate Rally and Forum

Racism, Anti-Semitism and the Fight Against Hate

"Abolishing racism, hate crimes, and white supremacy isn’t a problem for one group to face alone; it’s a shared burden that requires a strong and unified response."

Last Updated August 08, 2024


Transportation: ROCOG Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP)

2024 - 2027 Transportation Plan 

2023 - 2026 Transportation Plan: The Rochester-Olmsted Council of Governments (ROCOG) has released a draft of the 2023-2026 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), for a 30-day public comment period. 

Last Updated August 08, 2024


Age-Friendly Olmsted County (AFOC) Plan

August 2024 Report : Age-Friendly Olmsted County (AFOC) activities implementing the Age

Friendly Olmsted County 2022-2025 Action Plan since our annual report in February 2024.

Last Updated August 07, 2024


Second Half 2024 Targeted Business Enterprise Utilization Plan Reports

3Q2024: July 2024 Admin Message and Reports

 

 

Last Updated August 05, 2024


Rochester Vision 2050

The visioning effort calls for soliciting broad community input to help propose desired strategic initiatives based on desired outcomes through 2050.

Last Updated August 02, 2024


C2C Summer 2024 Sparklers

Newsletter Highlights:

Systems Change Designation; Data Updates; Network Updates; Contributors

Last Updated July 27, 2024


Bryk Apartments Rental Eligibility Amendment

July 17, 2024 City of Rochester: Adopting a Resolution authorizing an amendment to the Development Assistance Agreement and the Declaration of Restrictive Covenants to revise the affordability covenants related to the 80% Units.

March and May 2023 reports to DMCC including video, documents and presentations. 

Last Updated July 17, 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.

 

Last Updated July 17, 2024


How does racism impact people’s health?

 New Mayo Clinic, U of M framework aims to guide future research. The framework defines structural racism as the “totality of ways in which societies foster racial discrimination through mutually reinforcing systems of housing, education, employment, earnings, benefits, credit, media, health care and criminal justice.”

Last Updated July 13, 2024


Norsq Cos Townhomes & Two state-supported Mayowood housing projects

PB Reporting Housing Projects

Proposed $68M 187-unit rental townhome project.

Olmsted County Trailside Apartments $13 million project 36-Unit Senior Apartments, Bear Creek Development and Three Rivers Community Action $22.7 million Restoration Glen, 48-Unit Apartment Complex,

 

Last Updated July 11, 2024


United Way of Olmsted County Report

$1.1 million funding for 48 participants 2024-07-10

FoodSecurity noun “limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods or limited or uncertain ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways” (USDA).

Last Updated July 10, 2024