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Organization: Community Development (City of Rochester)

Sector: Government Agency

Organization Mission: Our mission is to enrich our community’s future by fostering creative and innovative strategies to cultivate sustainable economic growth, build and preserve healthy neighborhoods, enhance our natural environment, and nurture arts and cultural opportunities.

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Status Reports / News 
Related PlanScape Status on: Arts & Culture, Business Process, Clean Air & water, Diversity and Inclusion, Heritage Preservation, Housing, Neighborhood, Sustainability, Universal Design

Key reports on: Community Development (City of Rochester)


February 04, 2026: Braver Angels News

Listen to (and learn from) the other side

  • Feb 2026 Citizens Commission on Immigration Outreach
  • Mar 2025 Newsletter: End birthright citizenship?
  • Apr 2024 Braver Angels Newsletter: 2024 National Convention; National Debate: Should we be colorblind?

 

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February 03, 2026: Rochester as a Compassionate City
Feb 2, 2026 City Council Meeting

Council Initiated Action - Reaffirming Rochester as a Compassionate City

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February 02, 2026: 2025 YE Housing Statistics
Jan 2026 Housing Alliance:

2025 Real Estate SEMN Marketing Data

2025 Coalition Investments

 

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January 29, 2026: Community Health Improvement Plan Update

2026 CHNA Info: Jan 2026 Newsletter

2025 Community Health Needs Info: Admin Message, Oct 2025 Newsletter 

Ref: PB Report

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January 28, 2026: Black History Month Series of Events

Black History Month Press Releases: 

2026, 2025, 2024,

2023, 2022, 2021 

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January 23, 2026: RPS Strategic Plan and Goals Review
Strategic Plan Goals Review  

  • Background
  • Presentation Slides
  • Part 1 Goals and Part 2 Goals
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January 18, 2026: Lifestyle Wellness
2026 Healthy Brain Community Workshops: strengthen memory and cognitive health

March 2020: Rochester Mayor Proclamation  

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January 13, 2026: Chateau Theatre Upkeep
Jan 2026 City Council Study Session

Dec 2025 DMCC Board Meeting

Feb 2025 DMCC Board and  City Council Proceedings

References: AI summary of PB Reporting  

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December 20, 2025: Loom Apartments (Onward)
Dec 2025 DMCC Board Meeting: Request for Extension Authorize an extension of the $4 million GSIA allocation to this project until August 15, 2026.

May 2025 DMCC Board Meeting

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December 19, 2025: Civic Center North (Sherman)
Dec 2025 DMCC Board Request 

 May 2025 DMCC Board Meeting

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December 17, 2025: 2026 County Property Tax
Press Release: Olmsted County’s 2026 budget was approved by the Olmsted County Board of Commissioners on December 16, 2025.

Olmsted County Truth in Taxation Info

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December 15, 2025: DMC Home Innovation Lab - Aging in Place
Dec 2025 DMCC Board Meeting: The Home Innovation Lab will combine research, technology, and design to create and evaluate “tech-enabled age-in-place” living environments that improve health, comfort, and independence for older adults.

Apr 2025 DMC Real Estate Summit: Aging in place talk

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December 13, 2025: 10 Year Housing Units
2025 YE Housing Development Metrics: 2025 Downtown  All Housing Units

2025 Maxfield Report

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December 11, 2025: Riverfront Small Area Plan

Dec 2025 DMCC Board Report

November 2023 DMCC Board:

  • Presentation Slides
  • Video Clips

 

May 19, 2023 Report to DMC

Nov 20 City of Rochester Study Session

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Impacts

The work of this organization may have impacts on the following areas:

PlanScape

Lvl 1: Arts & Culture ; Business Process ; Clean Air & water ; Diversity and Inclusion ; Heritage Preservation ; Housing ; Neighborhood ; Sustainability ; Universal Design

Lvl 2: Housing: Affordable Rate ; Governance/Public Policy

DMC Impact:

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Potential Collaborators

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Organization Life Cycle Assessment (Pause, Startup, Steady, Isolated Impact, Collective Impact  Unknown)

Collective Impact

Projects & News
Anchor Projects

Anchor projects provide the backdrop of our community's major initiatives and have overarching impacts to the community:

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Site Information
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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