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Organization: Wilder Research (MN Compass Team)

Sector: 501C-3 Non-Profit

Organization Mission: Wilder Research is part of the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, and shares the foundation's mission to enrich the lives of the vulnerable and disadvantaged. From our first study in 1917 to today, our research has focused on getting at the heart of community concerns and examining issues that are often overlooked or misunderstood. Our clients share our dedication. They include nonprofit agencies and service providers, government agencies, foundations, and policymakers. Each year, we issue about 250 reports that help these organizations better understand major social issues and how they can most effectively address them. We are committed to conducting research that is practical, meaningful, and useful. Being part of an operating foundation gives us an immediate link to service programs, and the unique opportunity to test and evaluate innovative programming. Whenever possible, we share the results of our studies so others can learn from them.

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Status Reports / News 
Related PlanScape Status on: Best Practice, Business Process, Caring Relationship, Civic Engagement, Children & Youth, Education, Health, Housing, Technology Enablement

Key reports on: Wilder Research (MN Compass Team)


Minnesota Compass Insights (January 19, 2024)

Dec 2023 Newsletter

DATA MYTHBUSTERS, part 3

Cost burdened households

Programs and resources to help you with DEI and leadership initiatives:

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November 13, 2025: UMR Expansion Plan
 PB ePaper Reporting: 2 new campus buildings are planned to accommodate student growth

AI Summary of PB Reporting

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November 11, 2025: About Rochester Community Initiative (RCI)

Oct 2025 C2C Summit: Cross-Sector Collaboration: Civic Engagement

Oct 2024 C2C Summit: Students Decoded: The Mental Health Database

Aug 2025 Equity Alliance Series RCI Introduction

 

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November 08, 2025: Rochester Public Library - Master Plan
Master Plan Approval 11/3/2025

Rochester City Council Study Session 4/14/2025 

Post Bulletin Reporting

References: 2024 Usage Data, Community Survey Request

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November 07, 2025: National Small Business Initiative & National 311 Day
November 6, 2025 - Rochester Selected as One of Six Cities for National Small Business Initiative

March 11, 2025 – ROCHESTER, MINN. – The City of Rochester is excited to celebrate National 311 Day. 

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November 03, 2025: Rochester-Olmsted County 4(d) Affordable Housing Incentive Program
Application Open

Background: The current Rochester-Olmsted County 4(d) Affordable Housing Incentive Program application is for the Tax Assessment Year 2025 - Tax Payable Year 2026, the tax savings for this application will not be realized until the Tax Payable Year 2026.

 

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October 26, 2025: Restorative Justice Circle Collaboration with RPS

2025 Restorative Justice Circle Training; RPS Collaboration to improve school attendance

2024 Project Legacy Collaboration

 References: About Restorative Justices

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October 23, 2025: America's City for Heath and Older Adults Needs
AI Summary of Dave Beal's PB Op Ed:

"Include older adults in Rochester's Plans"

 

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October 21, 2025: HOME OWNERSHIP CREATION PROGRAM – LONDON BROOK PONDS
City Council Meeting Approval of Housing Support: Housing Funding Allocations; TIF approval

PB reporting

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October 15, 2025: Mayor and City Council Launch ‘Democracy Innovations for Better Public Meetings’
Press Release and focuses: Civic Engagement Scorecard, Civic Infrastructure Scan

References: AI summary of project, Community Forum

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October 15, 2025: DAP Funding Justification
Oct 15, 2025 D.A.P. Meeting Info Sharing - Building a community-owned data repository

 

 

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October 11, 2025: Rochester Sports and Recreation Complex
Oct 6, 2025 City Council Meeting

July 28, 2025 City Council Study Session 

Sample of community feedbacks on Facebook

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October 02, 2025: Local Sales Tax Update

  • City Council Study Session:
  • Sales Tax Renewal Projects - Utilization of Sales Tax: Street Reconstruction. Flood Control and Water Quality, Economic Vitality, Home Ownership
  • AI summary of PB Reporting  
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September 28, 2025: September 2025 Charter Commission
  • City Governance Work Item
  • Application for replacement member
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September 27, 2025: 2024-2025 RPS Data Analysis

Sep 2025 MCA Improvement Action Plan 

2024-25 Fastbridge Data Analysis and Literacy Plan Update

PB reporting on MCA

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September 27, 2025: Healthy Living Wellness Tips

2025 Oct podcast; Sep Newsletter

2025 Conference Materials

2020 Lifestyle Medicine Symposium (March 19-20)

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Lvl 1: Best Practice ; Business Process ; Caring Relationship ; Civic Engagement ; Children & Youth ; Education ; Health ; Housing ; Technology Enablement

Lvl 2: Governance/Public Policy

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About Beam
  • 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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  1. Available - a product, program or service is in production
  2. Develop - program or application is being developed
  3. Plan - idea is solid, stakeholders are identified, and there is strong commitment to go forward from all parties.
  4. Concept Phase - idea scoped out with enough details to give an early sizing and/or to build a proof of concept
    demonstration
  5. Pre-concept Phase - an early idea or a requirement.
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