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Feb 05, 2022 11:00 AM Meet Former MN Viking - Marcus Sherels and Get Your Covid-19 Vaccine Enter and win a free iPad ('Diversity', 'Diversity Council', 'HEALINGS', 'Covid', 'Health/Wellness', 'Health', 'covid')
Jan 29, 2022 01:00 PM Minnesota House’s United Black Legislative Caucus Virtual Town Hall Meeting 2 to discuss COVID-19, Education, Housing, and Public Safety Members of the Minnesota House’s United Black Legislative Caucus invite Minnesotans to join them for two Virtual Town Hall Meetings ahead of the 2022 Minnesota Legislative Session, focusing on solutions to strengthen equity, inclusion, and opportunity for Minnesotans. ('Diversity', 'HEALINGS', 'covid', 'Health', 'Covid', 'cmrc')
Jan 27, 2022 10:00 AM African American/Black Construction Entrepreneur Event Entrepreneurs will learn about: Contracting goals on Rochester and DMC projects; Free business planning resources; Minority-owned business certification. Developers, project sponsors are invited to join. ('DMC', 'Diversity', 'workforce', 'Entrepreneurship')
Jan 22, 2022 01:00 PM Minnesota House’s United Black Legislative Caucus Virtual Town Hall Meeting 1 to discuss COVID-19, Education, Housing, and Public SafetyVirtual Town Hall Meeting 1 to discuss COVID-19, Education, Housing, and Public Safety Members of the Minnesota House’s United Black Legislative Caucus invite Minnesotans to join them for two Virtual Town Hall Meetings ahead of the 2022 Minnesota Legislative Session, focusing on solutions to strengthen equity, inclusion, and opportunity for Minnesotans. ('Diversity', 'HEALINGS', 'covid', 'Health', 'Covid', 'cmrc')
Jan 20, 2022 04:25 PM January 2022 CMRC General Meeting Topics include: Project HEALINGS; Redistricting; Rochester Public Schools; County Public Health ('Health', 'Diversity', 'cmrc')
Jan 17, 2022 08:00 AM 26th Annual MLK "We Have A Dream" Virtual Celebration Join the Rochester Branch NAACP, Diversity Council, and the Rochester Area Chamber for the 27th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "We Have a Dream" virtual community celebration! ('NAACP', 'Diversity', 'Diversity Council')
Jan 15, 2022 10:00 AM Technovation[MN] 2021-22 Season Launchappalooza! We are looking forward to an exciting year with continued growth and interest in computer science education. It is our hope that by creating engaging technological experiences with girls and students of color that we can expand computer science learning opportunities for all Minnesota students and begin to bridge the technological divide. We are thankful for your support! Technovation[MN] is committed to supporting Diversity Council. Please let us know if there is anything that we can do for you. ('Diversity', 'workforce', 'youth', 'tech', 'openbeam', 'Education', 'women')
Jan 11, 2022 12:00 PM 1Q 2022 Commitment to Racial Justice Quarterly Meeting ('Diversity', 'npc')
Jan 11, 2022 10:00 AM RPS: January 2022 Monthly District Family Engagement Meeting ('rps', 'education', 'diversity', 'youth', 'Education', 'cmrc')
Dec 19, 2021 07:00 PM The Overall Consideration of The COVID-19 Vaccine Sponsored by AMA, Association of Chinese Physicians, Chinese American Chamber of Commerce, Chinese Community Center, Diversity Council, Pandemic Responders ('diversity', 'Health', 'covid')
Dec 18, 2021 10:00 AM Olmsted County Holiday Vaccination Pop Up Clinic Convened by Pandemic Responders Act Now, be ready for the Holiday Season! ('diversity', 'Health', 'HEALINGS', 'Covid')
Dec 16, 2021 04:30 PM CMRC December 16, 2021 Meeting Topics include: City of Rochester DEI planning updates; Rochester Public School Updates; Olmsted County Updates; CMRC Steering Committee (Engagement Tracker; CMRC goals) ('diversity', 'Diversity Council', 'welcoming', 'CMRC', 'openbeam', 'key', 'Diversity', 'cmrc')
Dec 16, 2021 12:00 PM Emerging Entrepreneur Loan Program Webinar on Thursday, December 16th RAEDI is offering a FREE information webinar on Zoom tomorrow, Thursday, December 16h at noon, regarding the Emerging Entrepreneur Loan Program (EELP) it is launching in January. ('funding', 'Diversity', 'Entrepreneurship')
Dec 08, 2021 12:30 PM Commitment to Racial Justice Lunch and Learn Topics include: Listen, Learn, Act resources, Diversity Council; Other resources ('Diversity', 'Diversity Council', 'npc')
Dec 07, 2021 01:30 PM DMC/City of Rochester DBE Winter 2022 Workshop Planning Meeting Agenda A. Why we are meeting and planning an event(s) B. Purpose of event(s) C. Target audience D. Event(s) details Host Speakers Schedule Budget Items ('Education', 'Diversity', 'workforce', 'Entrepreneurship')
Dec 04, 2021 10:00 AM Vaccination Pop-Up Clinic Asian Media Access is hosting an event – “Vaccination Pop-Up Clinic”. It will be offering Free Covid-19 Vaccines. If this is your first dose, Join us and get your $50 gift card for adults & $20 gift card for children. ('diversity', 'Health', 'Covid')
Dec 02, 2021 05:00 PM Hmong Cultural Center Museum Launch Join for the official launch of the Hmong Cultural Center Museum in this online event! ('Culture', 'Diversity', 'Asian')
Dec 02, 2021 04:30 PM December 2021 CMRC Steering Committee Topics include: Engagement tracker; CMRC Operations (presentation slides uploads); Trying out Teams as virtual meeting venue ('Culture', 'diversity', 'CMRC', 'Diversity Council')
Dec 02, 2021 12:00 PM United Way: President's Rountable (By Invitation) Panel discussions: Damacus Way; Intermix Project; Pamoja Women; Ethiopian Community of Rochester, MN ('community engagement', 'Diversity')
Dec 01, 2021 03:00 PM Spotlight Series: Equity, Law, and Nonprofits for Non-lawyers n the Law & Equity Spotlight Series, you will join four attorneys, each with expertise at the intersection of nonprofit employment, program operations, and equity, for three 60-minute sessions designed to offer key legal information in a way that resonates for non-lawyers. Comprehensively, the sessions will address these topics and more ('Diversity', 'npc')
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2. A list of noteworthy past events that have one or more of the following contents: presentation slides, video recordings as well as takeaways. 

Community News

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Sustainability and Resiliency Action Plan

National Sustainability Society awards Minnesota’s Climate-Smart Municipalities Program with 2024 Achievement Award

Last Updated September 18, 2024



Rochester Public Schools Referendum Nov 2024

RPS Superintendent Video and Presentation Slides

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

Last Updated September 17, 2024



C2C Report Child Care Report

Reports Downloaded from C2C website

Childcare Insight Report

Breakouts

Last Updated September 15, 2024



League of Women Voters - Rochester Chapter

2024 Debates

Last Updated September 13, 2024



Three Rivers Restorative Justice Announcements

Two positions: Program Manager; Admin Assistant

August 27, 2024 Organization Updates

Last Updated September 09, 2024



CMRC Legacy and Future

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

Last Updated August 30, 2024



SBDC Celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month

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

Last Updated August 27, 2024



Tax Breaks to Landlords

PB reporting: A local program providing tax breaks to landlords in exchange for maintaining lower rents is being tweaked to encourage future development of affordable housing.

Last Updated August 16, 2024



Community Healthcare Simulation Center Co-Design Report

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

Last Updated August 12, 2024



Anti-Hate Rally and Forum

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."

Last Updated August 08, 2024



Transportation: ROCOG Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP)

2024 - 2027 Transportation Plan 

2023 - 2026 Transportation Plan: The Rochester-Olmsted Council of Governments (ROCOG) has released a draft of the 2023-2026 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), for a 30-day public comment period. 

Last Updated August 08, 2024



Age-Friendly Olmsted County (AFOC) Plan

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.

Last Updated August 07, 2024



Second Half 2024 Targeted Business Enterprise Utilization Plan Reports

3Q2024: July 2024 Admin Message and Reports

 

 

Last Updated August 05, 2024



Rochester Vision 2050

The visioning effort calls for soliciting broad community input to help propose desired strategic initiatives based on desired outcomes through 2050.

Last Updated August 02, 2024



C2C Summer 2024 Sparklers

Newsletter Highlights:

Systems Change Designation; Data Updates; Network Updates; Contributors

Last Updated July 27, 2024



Bryk Apartments Rental Eligibility Amendment

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. 

Last Updated July 17, 2024



City Housing Support

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.

 

Last Updated July 17, 2024



How does racism impact people’s health?

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.”

Last Updated July 13, 2024



Norsq Cos Townhomes & Two state-supported Mayowood housing projects

PB Reporting Housing Projects

Proposed $68M 187-unit rental townhome project.

Olmsted County Trailside Apartments $13 million project 36-Unit Senior Apartments, Bear Creek Development and Three Rivers Community Action $22.7 million Restoration Glen, 48-Unit Apartment Complex,

 

Last Updated July 11, 2024



United Way of Olmsted County Report

$1.1 million funding for 48 participants 2024-07-10

FoodSecurity noun “limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods or limited or uncertain ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways” (USDA).

Last Updated July 10, 2024