Equity in the Built Environment (Bloomberg)

Collaborators 

Lead Organization: City of Rochester, MN

Contact: Mayor Kim Norton ; Email: MRogers@rochestermn.gov ; Phone: TBD

Known/Likely Collaborators: City of Rochester, MN ; Community Development Department (Formerly Rochester-Olmsted Planning Department) ; County of Olmsted, MN ; Diversity Council ; OpenBeam

Potential Collaborators: Community Mobilization Resource Coalition (CMRC) ; Community Networking Group (CNG) ; DMC EDA

Related Projects

America's City for Health ; Destination Medical Center (DMC) ; Targeted Business Enterprise Utilization ; Update Intercultural Cities Initiative (ICI) Index

Impacts 

Major Impact:  Workforce Development

PlanScape Impacts :

Level 1: Best Practice, Business Process, Diversity and Inclusion, Economic Development, Entrepreneurship, Governance/Public Policy, Workforce Development, Vision/Identity

Level 2:

DMC Impacts:

Community Health Impacts:

Type of Project

Planning, Programming  

Global Mayors Challenge

Info on City website

Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative

Mayor Kim Norton was on the 2019 Cohort:

To help local economies, cities need to get creative.

In Rochester, MN, @MayorNorton has created a grant program that enables businesses to help each other weather this crisis.

We're all in this together, and @BloombergDotOrg is proud to support mayors as they lead the way. pic.twitter.com/PDamLdsd2g

— Mike Bloomberg (@MikeBloomberg) May 18, 2020

2. Career Opportunities for Women of Color

1. PB Reporting Empowering 11th-grade students

2. Trade Readiness: Message from program manager and program flyers; Trades Readiness Certificate program

3. Video recording at Jan 10. 2024 Equity Alliance Talk 

4. Star Tribune Feb 17, 2024 Reporting

(2) 2022-01-18 Press Release City of Rochester Winner;

(3) September 2021 DMC Presentation;

(4) References: 90 Second Pitch Video, Public Media 

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2025 Conference Materials

2020 Lifestyle Medicine Symposium (March 19-20)

PB Reporting:  Rochester’s nearly $4.4M seeks to grow housing opportunities; A pair of housing developments is seeking to help first-generation homebuyers start building wealth, rather than continuing a cycle tied to paying monthly rent.

Results Report with links to raw data and Copilot AI analyses

City Council Study Session

Annual Report to DEED Prep 

PB Reporting

" Overall private investment related to the Destination Medical Center initiative bounced back in 2024, but non-Mayo Clinic development continued to decline in the DMC district for the sixth year."

DMC Updates 

SBDC Day and workshop opportunities: "If you have an upcoming business event or celebration, please let us know! We would love to stop by for a RIBBON CUTIING for any of your business." milestones:

Collider Cup

Collider Incubator

The MBA is an 8-week business and professional development program designed to equip minority entrepreneurs/individuals with the skills, resources, and connections they need to grow and succeed (offering business and professional development education).

Mar 2025 Newsletter: End birthright citizenship?

Apr 2024 Braver Angels Newsletter: 2024 National Convention; National Debate: Should we be colorblind?

Listen to (and learn from) the other side

2. Rochester Sister City Application (Roles and Responsibilities)

3. Sister Cities Relationship Logs

4. IRC Meeting Logs

DMC Feb 2025 Board Meeting Memo 

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

March 2, 2025 Update per PB Reporting

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.