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May 13, 2022 11:30 AM City Council President Brooke Carlson: Community Talks ('networking', 'civic engagement')
May 12, 2022 09:00 AM DMC May 2022 Rochester Housing Summit ('aging', 'Housing', 'dmc') Topics: Housing needs; Financial tools; Innovative housing models; housing developers relationships
May 11, 2022 12:00 PM Economic and Cultural Exchange (Invitation Only) ('Diversity', 'Entrepreneurship', 'Culture', 'openbeam', 'Asian') Explore the cultural and economic development connectivity potential between MN Metro and Rochester-area resources from a BIPOC perspective and specifically from an MN Asian perspective
May 11, 2022 10:00 AM May 2022 Housing Alliance ('Housing',) Topic: Fee reduction education; Olmsted County Land Use Plan; Construction Updates; Sharing
May 10, 2022 10:00 AM RPS: District Family Engagement ('RPS', 'Education', 'rps') End of Year Review
May 09, 2022 06:30 PM Faith & Restorative Justice - Path to Healing ('faith',)
May 07, 2022 01:30 PM Community of Wellness Symposium on Stress Management ('Health/Wellness', 'Health', 'HEALINGS')
May 07, 2022 10:00 AM Mayor's Healthy Community Fair ()
May 06, 2022 08:00 AM Community of Wellness Life Style Medicine ('lotus', 'Health/Wellness', 'health') The Compass to Your Well-Being
May 05, 2022 12:00 PM Rochester Transit Virtual Open Bouse ('transit', 'transportation', 'community')
May 05, 2022 08:30 AM Rochester Nonprofit Consortium Commitment to Racial Justice: Day of Learning ('Diversity', 'npc')
May 05, 2022 09:00 AM Rochester Public Library Community Stakeholders Forum (By Invitation) () Discuss the services and future of Rochester Public Library
Apr 28, 2022 01:30 PM Using data to help people most impacted by COVID ('MN Compass', 'HEALINGS', 'Covid')
Apr 27, 2022 07:00 PM Human Library at Bethel Lutheran ('openbeam', 'Diversity', 'Diversity Council', 'Human Library')
Apr 26, 2022 02:30 PM April 2022 Age-Friendly Planning ('aging',)
Apr 23, 2022 07:45 PM Rochester Muslim Community Circle: Ramadan Dinner ('faith', 'Diversity')
Apr 21, 2022 04:30 PM April 2022 CMRC General Meeting ('Culture', 'Diversity', 'CMRC') Topics include: Updates from City, County and RPS
Apr 21, 2022 10:30 AM API Day at the Capitol 2022 ('Diversity', 'Asian', 'governance') Democracy in the Time of COVID: Strengthening Our Ties to One Another.
Apr 19, 2022 06:00 PM Isaiah: Community Iftar Dinner celebrating our diverse, multiracial and multi-faith community beyond the cultural divide ('faith', 'Diversity')
Apr 19, 2022 05:00 PM UMR and Mayo Clinic: Health disparities within Native & Indigenous Communities ('diversity', 'Education', 'Health', 'community')
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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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Last Updated March 14, 2026


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Last Updated March 06, 2026


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Last Updated March 03, 2026


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Hope at Home

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2026 and 2025 Action Plan Updates

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Downtown Historic District Investment

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Olmsted County Press Release:

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