Project Impact(s):
Best Practice, Business Process, Diversity and Inclusion, Economic Development, Entrepreneurship, Governance/Public Policy, Workforce Development, Vision/Identity
This project is in Develop Phase
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Collaborators Lead Organization:
City of Rochester, MN
Contact:
Mayor Kim Norton
; Email:
MRogers@rochestermn.gov
; Phone:
TBD
Known/Likely Collaborators:
City of Rochester, MN
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Community Development Department (Formerly Rochester-Olmsted Planning Department)
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County of Olmsted, MN
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Diversity Council
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OpenBeam
Potential Collaborators:
Community Mobilization Resource Coalition (CMRC)
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Community Networking Group (CNG)
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DMC EDA
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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:
The third class of mayors to participate in the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative are:
Mohammed Adjei Sowah (Accra, Ghana), Sandy Verschoor (Adelaide, Australia), Kelly Girtz (Athens, GA), Hardie Davis (Augusta, GA), Richard Irvin (Aurora, IL), Steve Adler (Austin, TX), Matúš Vallo (Bratislava, Slovakia), Byron Brown (Buffalo, NY), Lori Lightfoot (Chicago, IL), Mary Salas (Chula Vista, CA), Scott Brook (Coral Springs, FL), Eric Johnson (Dallas, TX), Nan Whaley (Dayton, OH), Jenn Daniels (Gilbert, AZ), Eckart Würzner (Heidelberg, Germany), Steve Williams (Huntington, WV), Danene Sorace (Lancaster, PA), Leirion Gaylor Baird (Lincoln, NE), Satya Rhodes-Conway (Madison, WI), Jacob Frey (Minneapolis, MN), Bonnie Crombie (Mississauga, Ontario), Yxstian Gutierrez (Moreno Valley, CA), LaToya Cantrell (New Orleans, LA), Ras Baraka (Newark, NJ), Nuatali Nelmes (Newcastle, Australia), David Holt (Oklahoma City, OK), Kate Gallego (Phoenix, AZ), Nicholas Gradisar (Pueblo, CO), Claudio Castro (Renca, Chile), Hillary Schieve (Reno, NV),
Kim Norton (Rochester, MN),
Lovely Warren (Rochester, NY), London Breed (San Francisco, CA), Miguel Trevino (San Pedro, Mexico), Adrian Perkins (Shreveport, LA), Rick Kriseman (St. Petersburg, FL), Anna König Jerlmyr (Stockholm, Sweden), Jane Castor (Tampa, FL), Reed Gusciora (Trenton, NJ), Rafał Trzaskowski (Warsaw, Poland), and Brian Bowman (Winnipeg, Manitoba).
Pinned Reports on: Equity in the Built Environment (Bloomberg)
 1. Part of Feb 26, 2024 City Council Study Session on DEI: Presentation Slides include actions and measures to City Council Study Session and Link to City Council video
2. Career Opportunities for Women of Color
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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
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 (1) Updates to Feb. 2022 DMCC Board;
(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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Reports on: Equity in the Built Environment (Bloomberg)
1. Part of Feb 26, 2024 City Council Study Session on DEI: Presentation Slides include actions and measures to City Council Study Session and Link to City Council video
2. Career Opportunities for Women of Color
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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
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 (1) December 2022, Featuring Chao Mwatela, DEI Director, Rochester, MN (2) Bloomberg News (local infrastructure Hub (3) Keep it local grant recognized by Bloomberg
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(1) Updates to Feb. 2022 DMCC Board;
(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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Other Community News and Reports having impacts on:
Best Practice, Business Process, Diversity and Inclusion, Economic Development, Entrepreneurship, Governance/Public Policy, Workforce Development, Vision/Identity
 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
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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."
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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.
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 The visioning effort calls for soliciting broad community input to help propose desired strategic initiatives based on desired outcomes through 2050.
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Newsletter Highlights:
Systems Change Designation; Data Updates; Network Updates; Contributors
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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.
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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.
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 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.”
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2Q 2024: June 2024; May 2024 - Admin Message, TBE Report; April 2024 - Admin Message, TBE Report
1Q 2024: Feb 2024 - Admin Message, TBE Report; Jan 2024: Admin Message, TBE Report
Special callouts: Women in Construction; City of Rochester Equity in Development
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June 24, 2024 City Council Study Session: Justice Equity Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Audit per Goodenough
Departmental Audit reports of: Human Resources; Rochester Public Library; Parks & Rec
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Volunteer Recruitment Effectiveness: What can advertising teach us?
Volunteer Process Assessment
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SASSA to receive $1M from MN to train workers for high-demand employment.
The funding is awarded under the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) Targeted Populations Workforce Competitive Grant Program.
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 The City of Rochester welcomes applications for the Community Building Fund. This fund is all about supporting projects, programs, and events in the city that actively promote equity and inclusion.
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