Project Information
Collaborators
Lead Organization:
City of Rochester, MN
Contact:
Mayor Kim Norton
; Email:
MRogers@rochestermn.gov
; Phone:
TBD
Known/Likely Collaborators:
City of Rochester, MN
;
Community Development Department (Formerly Rochester-Olmsted Planning Department)
;
County of Olmsted, MN
;
Diversity Council
;
OpenBeam
Potential Collaborators:
Community Mobilization Resource Coalition (CMRC)
;
Community Networking Group (CNG)
;
DMC EDA
Related Projects
America Community for Health
;
Destination Medical Center (DMC)
;
Targeted Business Enterprise Utilization Plan
;
Update Intercultural Cities Initiative (ICI) Index
Impacts
Major Impact:
Entrepreneurship
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:
Project Phase
Develop
Phase
Project Type
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).
Key reports on: Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative & 2021 Global Mayors Challenge
 (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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Key reports on: Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative & 2021 Global Mayors Challenge
(1) December 2022, Featuring Chao Mwatela, DEI Director, Rochester, MN (2) Bloomberg News (local infrastructure Hub (3) Keep it local grant recognized by Bloomberg
Read more ...
(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
Read more ...
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
 The Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) Pilot Program supports and encourages property owners in the city of Rochester to develop ADUs on their properties.
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 March 2023; December 2022; February 2022 newsletters
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 Rochester Area Resource List sourced from Diversity Council and link to Beam search engine.
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 1Q2023: February and January communications and reports.
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Feb 2023 Business Development status; Nov. 2021 Presentation to DMCC Board in November 2021 Board Meeting. Focus on attracting more companies coming in. America City for Health as lead generation asset.
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 1Q2023 NPC Quarterly Commitment Meeting Takeaways: Meeting Notes, YouTube of Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man.
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 RCTC/Perkins Grant: The Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century
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 Feb 9 2023 DMCC Board Meeting and City, County, DMC Collaborative Session
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 Free five-week program. Starter tool set included after completing the program
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 Feb. 2023 Status; April 2022 AFOC Action Plan Draft
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(1) 2024 Black History Month Press Release; (2) 2022 Black History Month Press Release; (3) 2021 Black History Month Press Release
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 Community Conversation: Building Racial Equity into the Walls of Minnesota Medicaid - A focus on U.S.-born Black Minnesotans
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 2021 - 2023 CHIP Priorities and Status; 2024 - 2026 CHIP Priorities
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 2023 Thursdays Downtown vendor applications are now open
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