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. 

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);

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

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."

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.

3Q2024: July 2024 Admin Message and Reports

Newsletter Highlights:

Systems Change Designation; Data Updates; Network Updates; Contributors

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.

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.”

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 

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 

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.

"Example of careers they are interested in include radiology, artificial Intelligence, surgery, aeronautical engineering, psychology, sports, business administration and many more!"