Project Information
Collaborators
Lead Organization:
City of Rochester, MN
Contact:
Mayor Kim Norton
; Email:
MRogers@rochestermn.gov
; Phone:
TBD
Known/Likely Collaborators:
City of Rochester, MN
;
Community Development Department (Formerly Rochester-Olmsted Planning Department)
;
County of Olmsted, MN
;
Diversity Council
;
OpenBeam
Potential Collaborators:
Community Mobilization Resource Coalition (CMRC)
;
Community Networking Group (CNG)
;
DMC EDA
Related Projects
America Community for Health
;
Destination Medical Center (DMC)
;
Targeted Business Enterprise Utilization Plan
;
Update Intercultural Cities Initiative (ICI) Index
Impacts
Major Impact:
Entrepreneurship
PlanScape Impacts :
Level 1:
Best Practice, Business Process, Diversity and Inclusion, Economic Development, Entrepreneurship, Governance/Public Policy, Workforce Development, Vision/Identity
Level 2:
DMC Impacts:
Community Health Impacts:
Project Phase
Develop
Phase
Project Type
Planning, Programming
Global Mayors Challenge
Info on City website
Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative
Mayor Kim Norton was on the 2019 Cohort:

The third class of mayors to participate in the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative are:
Mohammed Adjei Sowah (Accra, Ghana), Sandy Verschoor (Adelaide, Australia), Kelly Girtz (Athens, GA), Hardie Davis (Augusta, GA), Richard Irvin (Aurora, IL), Steve Adler (Austin, TX), Matúš Vallo (Bratislava, Slovakia), Byron Brown (Buffalo, NY), Lori Lightfoot (Chicago, IL), Mary Salas (Chula Vista, CA), Scott Brook (Coral Springs, FL), Eric Johnson (Dallas, TX), Nan Whaley (Dayton, OH), Jenn Daniels (Gilbert, AZ), Eckart Würzner (Heidelberg, Germany), Steve Williams (Huntington, WV), Danene Sorace (Lancaster, PA), Leirion Gaylor Baird (Lincoln, NE), Satya Rhodes-Conway (Madison, WI), Jacob Frey (Minneapolis, MN), Bonnie Crombie (Mississauga, Ontario), Yxstian Gutierrez (Moreno Valley, CA), LaToya Cantrell (New Orleans, LA), Ras Baraka (Newark, NJ), Nuatali Nelmes (Newcastle, Australia), David Holt (Oklahoma City, OK), Kate Gallego (Phoenix, AZ), Nicholas Gradisar (Pueblo, CO), Claudio Castro (Renca, Chile), Hillary Schieve (Reno, NV),
Kim Norton (Rochester, MN),
Lovely Warren (Rochester, NY), London Breed (San Francisco, CA), Miguel Trevino (San Pedro, Mexico), Adrian Perkins (Shreveport, LA), Rick Kriseman (St. Petersburg, FL), Anna König Jerlmyr (Stockholm, Sweden), Jane Castor (Tampa, FL), Reed Gusciora (Trenton, NJ), Rafał Trzaskowski (Warsaw, Poland), and Brian Bowman (Winnipeg, Manitoba).
Key reports on: Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative & 2021 Global Mayors Challenge
(1) December 2022, Featuring Chao Mwatela, DEI Director, Rochester, MN (2) Bloomberg News (local infrastructure Hub (3) Keep it local grant recognized by Bloomberg
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(1) Updates to Feb. 2022 DMCC Board (2) 2022-01-18 Press Release City of Rochester Winner; (3) September 2021 DMC Presentation; (4) References: 90 Second Pitch Video, Public Media
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Key reports on: Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative & 2021 Global Mayors Challenge
(1) December 2022, Featuring Chao Mwatela, DEI Director, Rochester, MN (2) Bloomberg News (local infrastructure Hub (3) Keep it local grant recognized by Bloomberg
Read more ...
(1) Updates to Feb. 2022 DMCC Board (2) 2022-01-18 Press Release City of Rochester Winner; (3) September 2021 DMC Presentation; (4) References: 90 Second Pitch Video, Public Media
Read more ...
Other Community News and Reports having impacts on:
Best Practice, Business Process, Diversity and Inclusion, Economic Development, Entrepreneurship, Governance/Public Policy, Workforce Development, Vision/Identity
 

(1) 2024 Black History Month Press Release; (2) 2022 Black History Month Press Release; (3) 2021 Black History Month Press Release Read more ...
Community Conversation: Building Racial Equity into the Walls of Minnesota Medicaid - A focus on U.S.-born Black Minnesotans Read more ...
2021 - 2023 CHIP Priorities and Status; 2024 - 2026 CHIP Priorities Read more ...
2023 Thursdays Downtown vendor applications are now open Read more ...
Rochester-area conversations to explain NIH ComPASS program submission and solicit letters of support from area CBOs. Read more ...

Investing in Community-Led Solutions:Centering Black Voices through Participatory Grantmaking Read more ...
Housing Alliance Coalition BIPOC Co-designing Co-designing report Read more ...

4Q22: December messages and reports; November messages and reports; October messages and reports; 3Q2022: August, July messages and reports; 2Q2022: June, May, April message and report; 1Q 2022 (1) TB report and message (2) An apprenticeship readiness program is now recruiting women, people of color and veterans for careers in the construction industry. (3) Bloomberg news Read more ...
(1) Second Phase Grant; (2) DMC Announces First Recipients of Main Street Grant Funding 30 Businesses ($1.6M) ; (3) Launching of Main Street Grant Read more ...
December 2022 Newsletter; February 2022, Black History Month Newsletter Read more ...

1. Request for Proposals for Grants with Community-based Organizations, Tribes and Diverse Media Vendors for COVID-19 Communications, Engagement, and Outreach; 2. Seeking Paid Volunteers to Participate in 2022 Eliminating Health Disparities Initiative (EHDI) Grant Review Process Read more ...
All BIPOC Community Based Groups hosting cultural events whre vaccine information is provided and vaccinations can be offered are welcome to apply.
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