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2017 Policy Brief: Incorporating Healthy Community Design Principles into the Rochester Comprehensive Plan

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"As we get closer to the public comment period for the Rochester Comprehensive Plan, I thought I’d pass along the “final” version approved by the Public Health Services Advisory Board.  Content hasn’t changed significantly since last year, but put into a different format (2 documents attached).  Feel free to share with CNG."

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Feb 28, 2017, Message from Pete Giesen, Director, Olmsted County Public Health Services (on behalf of the Olmsted County Public Health Services Advisory Board)

 "As we get closer to the public comment period for the Rochester Comprehensive Plan, I thought I’d pass along the “final” version approved by the Public Health Services Advisory Board.  Content hasn’t changed significantly since last year, but put into a different format (2 documents attached).  Feel free to share with CNG."

2017 Policy Brief

Incorporating Healthy Community Design Principles into Community Comprehensive Plans

 

Reference(s):

January 28, 2016 Healthy Community Design Presentation to CNG

Link ==> Olmsted County Public Health, Pete Giesen, presents to CNG regarding health-based policies

 

 

 

 

  

 

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Aging: Age-Friendly Olmsted County (AFOC) Plan

Co-designing: Co-design Tracker

Diversity and Inclusion: Mobilizing Olmsted Voices for Equity (M.O.V.E)

Diversity and Inclusion: City of Rochester: 2020 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Action Plan

Economic Development: Destination Medical Center (DMC)

Education: Rochester Public Schools Strategic Plan

Education: Developing and Executing on Cradle to Career Plan

Governance/Public Policy: Planning To Succeed: Rochester 2040 Comprehensive Plan (P2S)

Health Determinants: Community Health Assessment Process

Housing: City of Rochester Home Ownership Creation Program

Housing: Coalition for Rochester Area Housing

Medical Services: Mayo Clinic Bold Forward Unbound

Mobility: LINK - Bus Rapid Transit

Recreation & Open Space: Rochester Sports and Recreation Complex

Sustainability: Sustainability and Resiliency Action Plan

Vision/Identity: America's City for Health

Vision/Identity: Rochester Vision 2050

Workforce Development: Targeted Business Enterprise Utilization

Workforce Development: Equity in the Built Environment (Bloomberg)

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March 26, 2025 : SBDC Rochester, Spring 2025

March 23, 2025 : Collider Mar 2025 News

March 21, 2025 : Minority Business Academy

March 17, 2025 : Olmsted County HRA Approval

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