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Journey to Growth 1H2017 Bi-Annual Meeting

 
Public Report on Journey to Growth Plan led by Journey to Growth Partnership
Last modified: June 22, 2017

Contents

Highlights

 

J2G hits halfway point in its journey.

Contents

J2G hits halfway point in its journey.

Agenda

 

J2G Report

 

PB Reporting

 

 

Meeting Notes

 

Video 

 

 

 

 

Transportation and Communication

 

Dan Coyle

Priorities:

(1) Complete Hwy 14 from Dodge Center to Owatonna, Action: Joined Hwy 14 Partnership

(2) Fund MNDot local bridge and road program

Action: Met with legislators

Next Steps: 1. Reach cities and counties and raise awareness of J2G, (2) gain support for shared legislative priorities

 

 

Economic Committee

Walt Ling

Actions: Held a series of industry roundtables, Mfg, technology, food & dairy and tourism sectors,

Outcome: identify common challenges, skills gaps, immigration laws, health care, regional brand
Next steps: Mfg forum, Gauthier Industries & Harmony Enterprises
324M private investment

 

 

MN Partnership

Sheila Kiscaden


SMIF's  One big thing grant
4 Projects selected, SE MN Together funded.
80K grant, cohesive region, how to work together as a region, 3 conversations, Workforce shortages
330 people came to the conversations, Planning process with more money, seed 4 projects
weave the region together,

(1) Transit

(2) Diversity & Inclusion: resource directory; worked with Fatima

(3) Marketing

(3) Housing, Chad Adams .. small cities can use template, childcare, 14 people core team, meet and launch, Rochester Cities Lines, more bus lines to, train bus drivers, Albert Lee learned from Austin to be more welcoming. Various things got launched.

Community design team came to small cities such as Owonoco

Phase 2 project to continue the concept
MN Extension to offer staff time. MN design center .. Tom Fisher to pilot design, Housing Group comes up with a tool kit.

 

Early Childhood Committee

Jerome Ferson, Jon Losness

  • Available childcare -- care and education, affect workforce productivity and availability, capacity
  • Fund a study and found 820 slots short, there is some growth of centers coming and bankers to invest
  • Family childcare from 512 to 367 lost 2 dozen this year. Wages is low. Families can't find affordable. 44% to 25% expenses
  • Policies on regulation and payment advocacy
  • Childcare after school
  • Cradle To Growth tie in
More info per CNG meeting in April, 2017

 

 

 

CEDA partnership

Ron Ziegler

  • Rural tour ended last week, helped people to tour, people on the bus hear the stories of people,
  • Mayor of Stewartville, how EDA help a company stay in business, Blooming Prairie--spring fed pool, sandy beach
  • Plan Tour on annual basis.
    Legislation -- SE league of cities, economic studies funding with RSP coming forward. Infrastructure and transportation

 

Entrepreneurship 

Al Berning

Objective -- develop ecosystem

Strategies
1. Start-up program at the Business Accelerator
2. Annual national start-up conference in SE MN
3. Networking and mentorship


SE MN Capital Fund 25 investors, 800K. Will launch in August. Support 10 companies
Rochester Youth Startup Weekend September 2017
TEDx Zumbro River 800+ attendees

Future
1. entrepreneurial networking and mentorship opportunities, Rochester Rising
2. Seed a local entrepreneurial pipeline

 

 

Impact Levels

  Impact Lvl 1: Business Process ; Children & Youth ; Diversity and Inclusion ; Economic Development ; Governance/Public Policy ; STEM ; Transportation ; Vision/Identity

 

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Community Beam (dmcbeam.org) is a registry of private and public resources (organizations, projects, initiatives, programs) that underpin economic and social developments of greater Rochester:

  • For the commercial sector, we tend to register startup activities (new companies and new commercial projects) that bring diversification and high-impact opportunities to the area.
  • For the non-profit sector, we wish to shine light on all the organizations and services that otherwise labor under relative obscurity.
  • Our hope is that dmcbeam.org will encourage cross-sector collaborations and creative solutions.

While there are a number of registries in the community, dmcbeam.org's  distinct value is to pilot a database with a data structure and categorizations that answer the questions such as: What organizations or projects/programs in our community that have purported relevance with some of the over-arching focuses put forward by initiatives such as DMC, J2G and Health Improvements?

This database could be used as one of the ways to explore the capacities of the community. If you are someone on an exploratory journey to learn about the greater Rochester community. dmcbeam.org could be an interesting first step.

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