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Apr 25, 2025 04:00 PM COMMUNITY CONNECTION CELBRATING FAMILY WELL-BEING DAY ('ACHLA', 'Health/Wellness', 'Diversity', 'cmrc') JOIN US FOR A HEALTHY AWARENESS WALK HOSTED BY SMIILD (SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA INTERFAITH IMMIGRANT LEGAL DEFFENSE)
Apr 24, 2025 05:00 PM Rochester's Statue for Equality ('Diversity',) Join us for a special evening celebrating Rochester's Statue for Equality with local educator and author Virginia Wright-Peterson
Apr 23, 2025 08:00 AM RCTC 2025 Administrative Professionals Conference ('education',) Training Conferences We are proud to develop and present conferences that help build and strengthen a sense of community. Our events give you an opportunity to build relationships with people who share your interests. Let us help put your professional conference ideas into action. Contact us today!
Apr 21, 2025 09:30 AM Rochester Area Volunteer Fair ('Culture', 'community')
Apr 19, 2025 10:00 AM C4G: Coffee with City Council President Randy Schubring (4/19/25) ('governance',) Convened by In the City for Good--Join us with your comments and issues on Saturday April 19th at 10 a.m. at Novios Café.
Apr 17, 2025 08:00 PM 2025 Community of Wellness: Symposium & Gala ('lotus', 'Education', 'health', 'community health') Topics include: Transformational Healing with Sound; Living Well, Thinking Well: How Lifestyle Medicine Can Preserve Your Cognitive Health; The Power of Sunlight to Improve Health and Well-being; Move to Thrive: How Exercise Transforms Metabolic Health and Overall Wellness; Fasting Mimicking Diet (FMD) for Type II Diabetes Reversal and Longevity; Epiphanies From Losing Nearly 300 Pounds
Apr 17, 2025 06:00 PM Mental Health 101 Free Workshop ('mental health', 'community engagement', 'governance', 'civic equity', 'civic engagement') Class Description: Learn about mental wellness, mental illnesses, diagnostic assessments and treatment plans. This one and a half to two-hour workshop is presented in English and is designed for African-American, Somali and Latinx communities interested in learning more about mental health.
Apr 17, 2025 11:00 AM RAVA April 2025 Meeting ('rava', 'community engagement')
Apr 16, 2025 09:30 AM DMC 2025 Real Estate Development and Investment Summit (4/16/25) ('housing', 'dmc', 'key', 'Entrepreneurship') Leveraging tech-enabled housing to deliver better health and better healthcare outcomes. The 2025 Real Estate Development and Investment Summit, presented by Destination Medical Center and ULI Minnesota is a one-day event highlighting the demand and opportunity for development in Rochester, MN.
Apr 14, 2025 06:00 PM Disability Townhall (4/14/25) ('diversity', 'compassion', 'disability', 'civic equity', 'CMRC') This event will offer an opportunity for community members to discuss important issues impacting individuals with disabilities
Apr 12, 2025 10:00 AM Homeonwership And Wealth Building Workshop (4/12/25) ('Housing', 'community health', 'NAACP', 'community') This workshop aims to equip community members with the tools and knowledge needed to achieve homeownership and build generational wealth. The workshop will feature a panel discussion, wealth building strategies, educational resources, and Q & A session.
Apr 12, 2025 09:00 AM Introduction of Seokmum-Hoheup Breathing Practice (In Person) ('compassion', 'faith', 'Health') While doing T’ai Chi, have you ever wondered about the relationship between breathing and energy? Have you wondered how to maintain that calm state of meditation more consistently?
Apr 10, 2025 07:00 PM Oral histories ('culture', 'diversity') Oral histories & stories of the descendants of abolitionists
Apr 10, 2025 06:00 PM Rochester – Resistance, Voice, and Verse: A Latino Poetry Reading ('networking', 'community engagement') Join us for a special Poetry Month celebration of Latino poetry at the Rochester Public Library! This engaging event will feature readings of powerful poems, and opportunities for discussion and reflection. Students from Rochester Public Schools will read poems from the recently released anthology, “Latino Poetry: The Library of America Anthology” as well as their original work, and the event will be emceed by City of Rochester Poet Laureate, Jean Prokott.
Apr 09, 2025 12:00 PM Addressing Student and Family Homelessness through Collaborative Partnerships ('city', 'rps', 'dmc', 'diversity', 'key', 'community engagement', 'Education') During the 2024-2025 school year to date, Rochester Public Schools has identified 387 students experiencing homelessness. Learn how Olmsted County, Rochester Public Schools and others are addressing youth and family homelessness in RPS and across Olmsted County by aligning goals, leveraging resources and expertise to respond to this complex community challenge.
Apr 08, 2025 10:00 AM RPS Apr 2025 Multilingual Learning ('RPS', 'Education', 'diversity', 'key') We are excited to welcome Natalia Benjamin, RPS Director of Multilingual Learning, who will share valuable information about RPS MLL programs, initiatives underway to support student outcomes, and best practices for fostering strong school-family partnerships.
Mar 29, 2025 01:00 PM Free Training: Build A Private AI to Support Your Needs ('education', 'tech') Members will learn how to set up their own AIs in their laptops and to leverage local AIs to configure personal needs and data.
Mar 26, 2025 03:30 PM March 2025 DMCC Executive Committee ('DMC',) Destination Medical Center status include: metrics, DMC agency reporting, projects updates
Mar 25, 2025 05:00 PM Collider Cup & Expo 2025 ('commerce', 'diversity', 'workforce', 'Entrepreneurship', 'collider') The Collider Cup is a business pitch competition, celebrating the graduation of our latest Co-Starters at Collider cohort.
Mar 24, 2025 12:00 PM Community Family Well-Being Event Planning ('culture', 'diversity') A meeting to brainstorm creative ways to shape the upcoming Family Well-Bing event. Key discussion points include: Activities that your group may be able to organize; Cultural displays (art, dance, games); Music and food contributions; Volunteer coordination
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October 2021 Activities

FORUM  WITH INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT DR. KENT PEKEL- October 21, 6:30 to 8:00:

In the City for Good will be presenting an online forum to give all in the community an opportuniy to hear from Rochester Public Schools Interim Superintendent Kent Pekel. Dr. Pekel will give an overview of his time so far in the district, along with more information on the strategic plan he will be proposing. Interested Rochester residents may submit questions ahead of time or during the meeting to be used in a Q&A time period after his primary presentation. The October 21 forum will be from 6:30 to 8.

 

Steering Committee- Tuesday, October 5, 4:00 p.m.

Topic: In the City for Good Steering Committee

Time: Oct 5, 2021 04:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

 Join Zoom Meeting

Contact [email protected] for Zoom info. 

 

Housing Team- Monday, October 11 7:00 p.m.

Our next In the City for Good Housing Team meeting will be on October 11 at 7 pm. We will be discussing the proposed Unified Development Code with Ryan Yetzer, Interim Deputy Director, Community Development for the City of Rochester leading the discussion along with others in the Community Development area. We will especially focus on what some of the proposed changes could mean related to Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) and the role of ADUs in addressing the concerns around the affordability of workforce and senior housing. This will be an online meeting, with the link to be sent out later this week.

 

Age-Friendly- Oct 12th and 26th 2:30 to 4:00

Meeting Information:

Age-Friendly Olmsted County Planning Group

Tues. Oct 12 and 26

2:30pm - 4pm

 

Contact [email protected] for Zoom info

 

Social Services/Social Justice- Watch for info of upcoming November meeting

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Sherman Mixed Housing Mayo Civic Center Parking Lot

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July 6, 2026: City Council Meeting - Extension of agreement

May 2026 DMCC Board Meeting: Status Update

June 3, 2024 City Council Meeting 

Council action is requested to continue development negotiations with Sherman Associates and conditionally approve development assistance of up to $13,000,000 in Tax Increment Financing (TIF) assistance and up to $3,000,000 in DMC General State Infrastructure Aid.  

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6th Street Bridge RAISE grant

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Rochester Public Transit

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Broadway 309-317 Appeal of Certificate for Appropriateness

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Transportation: ROCOG Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP)

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Last Updated August 14, 2026



Homelessness Dashboard, Street Medicine, The TABLE and Any Path Home Info

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Last Updated August 14, 2026



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