Rochester Intercultural Economic Exchange (RICE)

Collaborators 

Lead Organization: OpenBeam.net

Contact: Al Lun ; Email: kalun@openbeam.net ; Phone: 507-269-3853

Known/Likely Collaborators: Council For US-China Medical Technology Exchanges ; Diversity Council ; Global Home Health Care ; OpenBeam ; emmright

Potential Collaborators: Chinese American Chamber of Commerce MN ; Collider Foundation ; DMC EDA ; Rochester Chamber of Commerce Foundation ; Rochester Community & Technical College ; Rochester-Area Economic Development Inc (RAEDI) ; SE Minnesota Small Business Development Center (SBDC) ; Score - Southeast Minnesota Chapter ; Sherman Associates ; University of Minnesota Rochester ; Well Living Lab (A Delos and Mayo Clinic collaboration) ; Winona State Rochester

Related Projects

Adminstration of Rochester's 3.12M award from Minnesota Main Street Economic Revitalization Program ; Building Out Community Mobilization Resources Coalition ; Intercultural Center, Rochester (Creating a 21st Century Community Space) ; OpenBeam: A "For Purpose" Enterprise ; South-of-Downtown Waterfront Small Area Plan ; Update Intercultural Cities Initiative (ICI) Index

Impacts 

Major Impact:  Economic Development

PlanScape Impacts :

Level 1: Best Practice, CMRC, Diversity and Inclusion, Economic Development, Entrepreneurship, International, OpenBeam, Technology Enablement

Level 2: Business Process, Diversity and Inclusion

DMC Impacts:

Education/Learning Environment

Community Health Impacts:

Type of Project

Planning, Featured  

Consistent with Rochester Area's economic growth initiative DMC and with the presence of many global enterprises such as Mayo, Epic, IBM and Google, there is a great opportunity to leverage international compatriots to form alliances to grow economic and cultural exchange relationships with global markets.    

Status Tracker

At yesterday's UMR annual meeting, the keynote message was "Think globally, and act locally." I couldn't agree more. I was inspired by the student at my table and also the students on the panel. They were poised,  mature and articulate.  A bright future ahead of them. 

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

PB Reporting on Referendum Efforts and Results

Love Wins: Community Empowerment Initiative

Free Workshop and Community Townhalls Press Release

Oct 2024 Reports

Reading Literacy Updates

September 2024 DMCC Board Meeting with 2025 Workplan Breakout

May 2024 DMCC Board Meeting and City, County, DMC Joint Meeting

Feb 2024 DMCC Board Meeting

November 2024 Selma Film and Discussions

2024 Recognition: $1K Scholarship: 2024 Rochester H.S. Graduate: Application and Nomination, Sponsorship and Donation support, Facebook photos of 2024 Mr. and Miss Juneteenth

C2C October 9, 2024 Summit

Presentation Slides  

Vision 2050 AI-Powered Interactive Survey LINK

Mayor Norton Memo to the Public

Results Based Accountability

Collective Impact: Spectrum of working together

Tech Support

The Early Childhood Resource Hub, a collaboration between C2C and IMAA, aims to connect Olmsted County families with young children to various resources and services.

September 2022 DMCC Board Status: NTH to run a developer selection process with Mayo

City teammates providing an update on this work, specifically regarding legacy public infrastructure projects, Unbound, infrastructure investments and regulatory milestones.  

Post Bulletin Reporting

United Way 2024 ALICE  (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) Report 

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

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

2022 News Next chapter, summer programming: 5-K run; Narcan training partnership with Diversity Council.