You are here: Home / Archived CNG Info / CNG Meeting Folders / 2014 Meeting Archive / 2014 January CNG Meeting Folder / Jan. 16, 2014 CNG Meeting Summary

Jan. 16, 2014 CNG Meeting Summary

Opening Remarks: JoAnn Stormer

JoAnn open the meeting with the net message that says:

"We are piloting what we had agreed upon from our last meeting. We are holding monthly meetings with this one being the first one. We can adjust the operational style if we find that we are not meeting the group objective of:

Our goal (common agenda) is to increase awareness and understanding of public, private, non-profit organizations' plans and needs. We aim to share and identify key community needs and plans so that individually and collectively we will be more effective in carrying out our mission of serving the community.

 


Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) Report and Planning - Pete Giesen

Pete Giesen presented the Community Heath Needs Assessment Plan. His presentation is based on the Executive Summary of the online resources .

 

Takeaway

Focus groups are being formed in each of the 5 above areas to:
    • Formulate actions
    • Leverage and align community partnership efforts
Collaboration Opportunities: Key Messages
  • Marathon not a sprint
  • County-wide scope

 


DMC Planning Activities - Heidi Mested

Presentation and conversations


http://cms.cws.net/content/dmc.mn/images/2013-11-08-EDA-Presentation-WEBSITE-ARROW_web.jpg

  • General material can be found on the dmc.mn site and also has been reported by the PB. Heidi will forward her material to us later.Heidi Mestad
    • 8 focus areas each is going through community input collection phase
    • Large public forums are planned
  • DMC's data-gathering activities will be the largest community wide requirements collection effort ever in Rochester and surrounding area
    • However, funding/development focuses by EDA and DMCC are downtown-centric
  • There will be items identified in the requirements gathering phase that require community partners to step up to fulfill (see Al Lun's diagram below):

Collaboration Opportunities

  • CPG exchange can serve as an exchange, interlocking forum to identify:
    • Gaps
    • Data points re-uses
    • Align efforts and measurements


Market Street Plan - Chamber/RAEDI

Deferred to next meeting


Next Meeting Items Include

  • Continuous communication enablement -- web tooling (Al Lun)
  • Al will also get together with Dave Beal to incorporate his PlanScape model to the dmcbeam tooling presentation.
  • Collective Impact

 

Community Status/News

This panel displays the latest community news. For a standalone view please click this LINK.



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