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    <title>Hot Stuff: Electrifying Water Heating, Cooking, and Clothes Drying</title>
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    <description>Learn about upgrading your home appliances to energy efficient options at this City of Rochester-sponsored workshop.</description>
    <dc:date>2025-09-09T13:43:34Z</dc:date>
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    <title>Cumulative impacts engagement open house</title>
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    <description>Conversation about the cumulative impacts
process public engagement and timeline</description>
    <dc:date>2025-11-14T17:14:57Z</dc:date>
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    <title>Stay Cool, Stay Warm: Heat Pumps Demystified</title>
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    <description>Learn about energy efficient air source heat pumps, their benefits, and how to choose the best option for your home.</description>
    <dc:date>2025-09-09T13:36:46Z</dc:date>
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    <title>Get Amped: The Basics of Electrifying Your Home By Electrify Everything MN</title>
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    <description>Learn about the steps to electrifying your home and the resources available to help at this City of Rochester-sponsored workshop.</description>
    <dc:date>2025-09-09T13:30:25Z</dc:date>
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    <title>Vigil for those impacted by the One Big Bill</title>
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    <description>Community members and faith leaders will hold the vigil immediately before the Olmsted County Board meeting to bear witness to the suffering this bill will unleash on our families and communities. We will ask local county, city, and school board leaders to use their power to speak up against the cuts that will harm their constituents and their budgets.</description>
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    <title>11th Annual EarthFest Expo</title>
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    <description>Earth Day, Every Day
Inspiring the community to make conscious decisions that help our environment. 
Collectively we can make a difference and make Rochester a more sustainable community. </description>
    <dc:date>2025-04-23T17:08:31Z</dc:date>
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    <title>Winter Salt Week: Promoting Sustainable Winter Maintenance and Protecting Freshwater Resources</title>
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    <description>This initiative is
dedicated to raising awareness about the environmental impacts of salt use during winter months and
promoting strategies for reducing chloride pollution in our freshwater systems. The event includes a
variety of educational opportunities for community members, local leaders and environmental
advocates.</description>
    <dc:date>2025-01-25T19:17:06Z</dc:date>
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    <title>Tenth Annual Earthfest Export </title>
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    <description>While the impacts of climate change are increasingly coming into focus in Minnesota, many of us are left wondering how we can help accelerate action and solutions to the challenges of climate change. From collective action to developing a climate solutions mindset, this talk will explore the multitude of opportunities we all have to help accelerate climate action in our communities, and beyond. </description>
    <dc:date>2026-03-21T15:58:00Z</dc:date>
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    <title>Thermal Energy Network Symposium</title>
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    <description> Participants will benefit from two days of insights, learnings, and information leaving them with a robust foundation on how to start their community or city on the path toward installation of these thermal energy networks. In addition, participants will have made valuable acquaintances and contacts that will help guide them along the way.</description>
    <dc:date>2024-03-02T18:55:30Z</dc:date>
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    <title>Courageous Change Collective</title>
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    <description>A three day deep dive workshop for folks working to build equitable systems! Join us for an experiential learning opportunity exploring three new tools &amp; frameworks developed by the Community Engagement for Equitable Systems collaborative:</description>
    <dc:date>2024-01-17T16:25:55Z</dc:date>
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  <item rdf:about="http://inthecityforgoodmn.org/community-events/housing-forum-isaiah-aug-2023">
    <title>Isaiah Forum with Rochester Area Legislators</title>
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    <description>Join ISAIAH and the Muslim Coalition of ISAIAH for a housing forum with Senator Lindsey Port, Senator Liz Boldon, and Representative Mike Howard, leaders of the MN Senate and House Committees on Housing and Homelessness Prevention. The Minnesota legislature passed $1 billion in funds for housing this year, the state's largest-ever investment. What was in the bill, and what will it mean for Minnesota and Olmsted County? This will be a full-room</description>
    <dc:date>2023-08-02T14:16:52Z</dc:date>
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    <title>Sustainability Series: Energy Incentives: What’s Out There &amp; How to Apply</title>
    <link>http://inthecityforgoodmn.org/community-events/copy2_of_dmc-sustainability-speaker-series-sustainable-affordable-homes</link>
    <description>This presentation will review the various incentives, types of projects they qualify for, and pinpoint where to find their applications.</description>
    <dc:date>2023-05-16T15:49:57Z</dc:date>
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    <title>DMC Sustainability Series</title>
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    <description> 
The DMC Sustainability Series is a monthly seminar sponsored by Destination Medical Center and the City of Rochester. The purpose is to introduce sustainability concepts and best practices for everyone to consider. The series is held virtually on the third Wednesday of every month at noon.</description>
    <dc:date>2023-04-14T20:45:33Z</dc:date>
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  <item rdf:about="http://inthecityforgoodmn.org/community-events/SimplifiedFreeEnergyModelingTool">
    <title>DMC: Sustainability Series: Sketchbox – Simplified and Free Energy Modeling Tool</title>
    <link>http://inthecityforgoodmn.org/community-events/SimplifiedFreeEnergyModelingTool</link>
    <description>Join us for an interactive presentation by Slipstream, a mission-driven nonprofit organization, that recently launched a free version of its simplified energy modeling tool—Sketchbox.</description>
    <dc:date>2022-11-13T18:08:10Z</dc:date>
    <dc:type>Event</dc:type>
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  <item rdf:about="http://inthecityforgoodmn.org/community-events/sustability-july-2022">
    <title>Sustainability Series: Better Climate Challenge </title>
    <link>http://inthecityforgoodmn.org/community-events/sustability-july-2022</link>
    <description>Mayo Clinic's Committe &amp; Strategies</description>
    <dc:date>2022-08-01T17:13:08Z</dc:date>
    <dc:type>Event</dc:type>
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    <title>Riverfront Talks: Sustainability + Access</title>
    <link>http://inthecityforgoodmn.org/community-events/copy2_of_riverfront-talks-equity-economy</link>
    <description>The Riverfront Small Area Plan project will create a high-level plan for future phased redevelopment.  We are looking for input to identify the Community’s vision for this site and create a plan that enhances the overall connectivity to the river. The Riverfront project is focused on the area east of Broadway, between 4th Street SE and 2nd Street SE.</description>
    <dc:date>2022-03-24T17:01:38Z</dc:date>
    <dc:type>Event</dc:type>
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  <item rdf:about="http://inthecityforgoodmn.org/community-events/feb-2022-dmcc-board-meeting">
    <title>Februray 3, 2022 DMCC Board Session and Collaborative Session</title>
    <link>http://inthecityforgoodmn.org/community-events/feb-2022-dmcc-board-meeting</link>
    <description> </description>
    <dc:date>2022-02-08T19:39:01Z</dc:date>
    <dc:type>Event</dc:type>
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  <item rdf:about="http://inthecityforgoodmn.org/community-events/copy_of_feb-2022-dmcc-board-meeting">
    <title>HEALTH AS A CATALYST FOR GROWTH</title>
    <link>http://inthecityforgoodmn.org/community-events/copy_of_feb-2022-dmcc-board-meeting</link>
    <description> </description>
    <dc:date>2022-02-01T15:47:22Z</dc:date>
    <dc:type>Event</dc:type>
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  <item rdf:about="http://inthecityforgoodmn.org/community-events/dmcc/november-4-2021-dmcc-board-meeting">
    <title> November 4, 2021 DMCC Board Meeting</title>
    <link>http://inthecityforgoodmn.org/community-events/dmcc/november-4-2021-dmcc-board-meeting</link>
    <description>Topics Include: Metrics (downtown post-occupancy analysis); Discovery Square; Development Framework (America City for Health/Lead Generation); DMC Project Updates (Heart of the City, Riverfront, Rapid Transit, District Energy, McKnight Foundation Grants)</description>
    <dc:date>2024-03-15T16:35:56Z</dc:date>
    <dc:type>Event</dc:type>
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    <title>July 2021: Coalition for Rochester Area Housing Alliance</title>
    <link>http://inthecityforgoodmn.org/community-events/july-housing-coalition</link>
    <description>To be published</description>
    <dc:date>2022-05-10T15:21:43Z</dc:date>
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