| Project Impact(s): 
    
    
        Arts & Culture, Best Practice, Caring Relationship, Civic Engagement, Co-design, Diversity and Inclusion, Economic Development, Education, OpenBeam, Vision/Identity
    
 
    
    
         
This project is in  Plan  Phase.
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 Collaborators Lead Organization: 
    
    
        Office of the Mayor-City of Rochester
    
 Contact: 
    
    
        Mayor Kim Norton
    
; Email: 
    
    
        TBD
    
; Phone:
    
    
        TBD
    
 Known/Likely Collaborators: 
	City of Rochester, MN
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	Office of the Mayor-City of Rochester
	
 Potential Collaborators: 
 
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 Impacts Major Impact: 
    
    
        Vision/Identity
    
 PlanScape Impacts :  Level 1:
    
    
        Arts & Culture, Best Practice, Caring Relationship, Civic Engagement, Co-design, Diversity and Inclusion, Economic Development, Education, OpenBeam, Vision/Identity
    
 Level 2: 
    
    
        Diversity Training, Education, Human Resource
    
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 Type of Project
    
    
        Planning, Featured
    
   
   
    
    
          
   
    
   
    
    
            
     Mayor Norton has hired consultant Roger Mader, who worked with City staff and community members to develop the Global Mayor’s Challenge application, to advise and guide the Mayor, a Steering Committee, and a VIA (Vision in Action) Team as they solicit broad community input to inform our plans and rally support, and pursue the next tier of strategic initiatives to help achieve our vision for 2050 and build a legacy for Rochester’s continued success. 
   
    
    
             
    
    
          
   
    
   
    
    
          
   
    
   
 
    
    
        Key reports on: Rochester Vision 2050
   
        
       Aug 2025 Videos; Apr 2025 Mayor's YouTube Rochester Voices Channel ;  Mar 2025: City of Rochester Mayor Kim Norton to attend the National League of Cities (NLC) 2025 Congressional City Conference in Washington, D.C. from March 8-12, 2025.; City of Rochester Mayor Kim Norton to attend the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) 93rd Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C.Read more ... 
   
        
        Press Release
 Results Report with links to raw data and Copilot AI analyses City Council Study SessionRead more ... 
   
        
        Call for inputs: Mayor Norton YouTube Messages
 Vision 2050 AI-Powered Interactive Survey LINK Mayor Norton Memo to the Public  Read more ... 
   
        
         The visioning effort calls for soliciting broad community input to help propose desired strategic initiatives based on desired outcomes through 2050. 
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