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Sustainability Events

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Nov 20, 2025 06:00 PM Hot Stuff: Electrifying Water Heating, Cooking, and Clothes Drying ('sustainability',)
Nov 20, 2025 05:00 PM Cumulative impacts engagement open house ('sustainability', 'Civic Equity', 'Health/Wellness', 'community health')
Oct 23, 2025 06:00 PM Stay Cool, Stay Warm: Heat Pumps Demystified ('sustainability',)
Sep 25, 2025 06:00 PM Get Amped: The Basics of Electrifying Your Home By Electrify Everything MN ('sustainability', 'community')
Jun 17, 2025 05:15 PM Vigil for those impacted by the One Big Bill ('diversity', 'living wage', 'sustainability', 'job', 'Civic Equity', 'poverty', 'community engagement', 'isaiah')
May 03, 2025 09:30 AM 11th Annual EarthFest Expo ('sustainability',)
Jan 24, 2025 11:00 AM Winter Salt Week: Promoting Sustainable Winter Maintenance and Protecting Freshwater Resources ('sustainability', 'governance')
May 04, 2024 09:00 AM Tenth Annual Earthfest Export ('sustainability', 'MPR')
Mar 12, 2024 08:00 AM Thermal Energy Network Symposium ('sustainability', 'dmc')
Jan 24, 2024 08:00 AM Courageous Change Collective ('sustainability', 'civic engagement')
Aug 05, 2023 11:00 AM Isaiah Forum with Rochester Area Legislators ('faith', 'ISAIAH', 'covid', 'sustainability')
May 17, 2023 12:00 PM Sustainability Series: Energy Incentives: What’s Out There & How to Apply ('sustainability', 'DMC')
Apr 19, 2023 12:00 PM DMC Sustainability Series ('sustainability', 'dmc')
Nov 16, 2022 12:00 PM DMC: Sustainability Series: Sketchbox – Simplified and Free Energy Modeling Tool ('sustainability', 'dmc')
Jul 20, 2022 12:00 PM Sustainability Series: Better Climate Challenge ('sustainability', 'DMC', 'community engagement')
Mar 01, 2022 06:00 PM Riverfront Talks: Sustainability + Access ('DMC', 'Diversity', 'Housing', 'access', 'sustainability')
Feb 03, 2022 09:30 AM Februray 3, 2022 DMCC Board Session and Collaborative Session ('DMC', 'housing', 'workforce', 'governance', 'Entrepreneurship', 'sustainability', 'transit', 'Work Product: DMC')
Jan 26, 2022 11:30 AM HEALTH AS A CATALYST FOR GROWTH ('DMC', 'sustainability', 'housing', 'workforce', 'governance', 'Entrepreneurship', 'America City for Health', 'Health', 'transit', 'Work Product: DMC')
Nov 04, 2021 09:30 AM November 4, 2021 DMCC Board Meeting ('DMC', 'housing', 'workforce', 'governance', 'Entrepreneurship', 'sustainability', 'transit', 'Work Product: DMC')
Jul 14, 2021 10:00 AM July 2021: Coalition for Rochester Area Housing Alliance ('RAF', 'sustainability', 'housing')
Jun 09, 2021 10:00 AM June 2021: Coalition for Rochester Area Housing Alliance ('RAF', 'sustainability', 'housing')
May 12, 2021 10:00 AM May 2021: Coalition for Rochester Area Housing Alliance ('RAF', 'sustainability', 'Housing', 'housing')
Apr 10, 2021 10:30 AM Isaiah Forum with Rochester Area Legislators ('faith', 'ISAIAH', 'covid', 'sustainability')
Mar 04, 2020 03:30 PM 2020 Energy Benchmarking Kick-Off ('sustainability',)
Jan 13, 2020 06:00 PM Community Health and Wellness Fair ('sustainability', 'America City for Health', 'Health/Wellness', 'health', 'Health')
Dec 16, 2019 05:00 PM Mayor Sustainability Pledge ('city', 'DMC', 'sustainability', 'dmc', 'civic engagement')
Oct 14, 2019 05:15 PM MPR Connects: MPR chief meteorologist Paul Huttner ('sustainability', 'MPR')
Sep 19, 2019 03:30 PM C4G: Sustainability Action Group Thursday, November 16, 3:30 p.m. Assisi Heights ('sustainability', 'c4g')
Aug 14, 2019 12:00 PM DMC Sustainability Series - Solar, Batteries, and EV’s, Oh, My! ('sustainability',)
Jun 12, 2019 06:00 PM MNDOT, Isaiah: Pathways to Clean Transportation - Rochester (evening session) ('sustainability', 'ISAIAH', 'transportation', 'MNDOT')
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Two types of event information being shared in the following:

1. A list of Beam aware upcoming community events of all types. 

2. A list of noteworthy past events that have one or more of the following contents: presentation slides, video recordings as well as takeaways. 

Upcoming Events
4Q 2025 County Health Assessment and Planning Partnership (HAPP) Dec 11, 2025 07:30 AM - 09:00 AM — Virtual
Olmsted County - Operation Green Light Dec 11, 2025 08:00 AM - 11:30 AM — Rochester International Event Center 7333 Airport View Drive SW
RAVA Holiday Lunch 2025 Dec 11, 2025 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM — Pasquale's Neighborhood Pizzeria
Christmas Anonymous – Rochester MN 2025 Dec 13, 2025 08:00 AM - 04:00 PM — Christ United Methodist
NAMI Minnesota Presents "Our Journeys: Multicultural Stories of Healing & Recovery" (Virtual Only) Dec 18, 2025 11:30 AM - 01:00 PM — Virtual
Upcoming events…
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