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Downtown Historic District

The plan covers a roughly five-block area along South Broadway and First Avenue Southwest. To transform the district into a "living, evolving place" by improving streetscapes, sidewalks, and alleys to make them more walkable, safe, and accessible.

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Project Impact(s): Economic Development, Heritage Preservation

This project is in Plan Phase.

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Collaborators, Project Type, Impacts, Related Projects

 


Collaborators 

Lead Organization: City of Rochester, MN

Contact: TBD ; Email: TBD ; Phone: TBD

Known/Likely Collaborators: City of Rochester, MN ; DMC EDA

Potential Collaborators:


Related Projects

DMC Accountability Metrics ; Destination Medical Center (DMC)


Impacts 

Major Impact: 

PlanScape Impacts :

Level 1: Economic Development, Heritage Preservation

Level 2: Heart of the City

DMC Impacts:

Heart of the City

Community Health Impacts:

Physical Enviroment


Type of Project

Planning  

 


 

 

Strategy
Unknown

 

 

 

Metrics
Unknown

 


Key reports on: Downtown Historic District


Downtown Historic District Investment (February 26, 2026)

Feb 23, 2026 City Council Study Session 

DMCC Board Meeting Dec 10, 2025

  • Request Memo
  • Video Recording
  • Presentation 
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Last modified by allnode on 2026/02/27
Created by allnode on 2015/10/28

 

 

 

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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.

Project Phase Definitions
The following defines the various project phases:
  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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