Destination Medical Center (DMC) Goals and Metrics

Intended to bring to Rochester, Olmsted County and Minnesota private investment in excess of $5.6 billion: • Seeks to create at least 35,000 new jobs in Minnesota and bring tax revenue in excess of $7 billion to the State • Intended to give prospective employees,patients and visitors substantial reason to consider Rochester their ‘destination’.

Confirmed: City of Rochester, MN ; County of Olmsted, MN ; DMC EDA ; Mayo Clinic ; Rochester-Area Economic Development Inc (RAEDI) ; Rochester-area Chamber of Commerce ; Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation

Potential:

2020 Plan

1. Create a comprehensive strategic plan with a compelling vision that harnesses the energy and creativity of the entire community.

2: Leverage the public investment to attract more than $5 billion in private investment to Rochester and the region.

3. Create approximately 35,000 – 45,000 new jobs, with workforce development strategies that support that growth.

4. Generate approximately $7.5 - $8.0 billion in new net tax revenue over 35 year. 

5. Achieve the highest quality patient, companion, visitor, employee, and resident experience, now and in the future.

DMC 2019 Workplan

Per November 2018  DMCC Board Meeting: DMC 2019 Workplan  

2016 Work Plan

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Drive subplans

DMC Heart of the City ; Discovery Square Feasibility Study   Transportation: DMC Transportation Framework 

First Phase (2020) Summary of  Results  as reported per DMC Second Phase Forward report. 

New Jobs

Rochester added approximately 7,700 positions over the past five years, with growth concentrated in healthcare and additional jobs added in retail, hospitality, research and office segments. More than 80 percent of the new jobs paid more than Rochester’s Area Median Income of approximately $75,000. More local women and minority owned businesses are needed to fulfill the DMC vision and the project is on track to meet its 2035 jobs goal.

New Investment

Private investment during Phase 1 exceeded goal and totaled $963 million, which leveraged $98 million of public investment, including TIF funds. In all sectors except hotels, actual buildouts exceeded planned square footage. Projections indicate strong Phase 2 public funding while the impact of COVID-19 will influence how private investment occurs in 2020-2024.

New Tax Revenue

Phase 1 programs and investments delivered a tax revenue impact equal to roughly 12 percent of the goal, ahead of projections. New job creation has been the main driver of increased tax revenue. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on future tax revenue projections is being analyzed. DMC is working with the city and other collaborators to update the relevant economic models and projections.

Plans and Prototypes

To create the DMC Development Plan, DMC EDA recruited a group of the nation’s leading development and planning consultants to work in collaboration with the City of Rochester, Olmsted County, Mayo Clinic and community stakeholders. More detailed planning exercises with numerous organizations have also occurred, focused particularly on public realm planning, mobility options, housing needs and downtown energy district planning.

Transforming Experiences

The DMC team forged new partnerships with a range of community stakeholders to advance DMC’s core goal of delivering the highest quality patient, visitor and community member experience now and in the future. The “When in Rochester” app and a new RDA Ambassadors program grew out of ongoing efforts to ease stress for visiting patients and their companions and improve their stay experience from arrival through shift from clinical care to free time and end-of-day activities.

September 26, 2019 Updates

Economic-Fiscal Projections/Analysis 

1. Increases in Jobs
2. Increases in Visitation
3. Increase in Income, Property, Sales, Hotel-Motel and Other Taxes  
4. Estimated Indirect Benefits (e.g. jobs, tax base, etc

Other Economic Indicators:

Note: above Information based on DMC Plan Draft Section 2.4 Metrics, Measurements and On-going reporting

Age-Friendly Olmsted County (AFOC) Plan ; America's City for Health ; Chateau Theater ; Community Health Assessment Process ; DMC Dashboard ; Discovery Walk Co-designing ; Heart of the City Peace Plaza Public Realm ; Housing Alliance Coalition ; Journey to Growth Plan ; LINK - Bus Rapid Transit ; Mayo Clinic Bold Forward Unbound ; Planning To Succeed: Rochester 2040 Comprehensive Plan (P2S) ; Saint Marys Place: Holiday Inn Project ; Sustainability and Resiliency Action Plan ; University of Minnesota, Rochester Master Plan

May 2024 DMCC Board Meeting and City, County, DMC Joint Meeting

Feb 2024 DMCC Board Meeting

Feb 1, 2024 DMCC Board Meeting

Private investment metrics Slide

Video Clip

PB Reporting

November DMCC Meeting Info 

September DMCC Meeting Info

May DMCC Meeting Info 

2. Meeting Package,

3. Meeting Slides,

4. Video Recording 

5. Breakouts

March 2023 Executive Committee Meeting;

Feb 9 2023 DMCC Board Meeting and City, County, DMC Collaborative Session

DMCC Board Meeting

City, County, DMC Board Collaborative Session: Featuring Thomas Fisher

An initiative that invests $5 billion to reshape six downtown blocks by 2030. The plan includes the construction of five new buildings — including two clinical buildings — with architectural firms Foster + Partners and CannonDesign and construction manager Gilbane. Construction is anticipated to pick up in early 2024, beginning with the demolition of former hotels on West Center Street, the former Lourdes High School building, Damon parking ramp and the Ozmun building. The 2.4 million square feet of new space will be “infused with technology to improve care delivery,” said Dr. Amy Williams, Mayo Clinic executive dean of practice. Those clinical buildings will feature a flexible grid where rooms and floors can meet the structural specifications needed for operating suites, inpatient hospital beds and diagnostic imaging spaces. This opens the door to converting some operating rooms, for example, into inpatient rooms, or vice versa.

Confirmed: City of Rochester, MN ; DMC EDA ; Mayo Clinic ; State of Minnesota

Potential:

America's City for Health ; BioRochester and MedHub 3.0 ; City of Rochester Initiates New Budget Process and Publishes Digital Format ; Co-design Tracker ; DMC Discovery Square ; Destination Medical Center (DMC) ; Mayo Clinic Platform Accelerate ; Saint Marys Place Design Process with citizen's participation

Video Mayo CEO

Mayo News June 2023

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