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The Village Community Garden & Learning Center (VCGLC)

The Village - Where We Grow Together! The Village Community Garden & Learning Center is a new community garden opening this 2019 growing season. The focus of this garden is to grow together as a community that comes from many parts of our world, and to learn about each other's traditions in food, arts, and culture. Thank you to Rochester Home Infusion for donating 11 acres for this project, and to our many partners at Diversity Council, Olmsted County, U of M Extension, Rochester Farmers Market, UMR, and RCTC. We are excited to share this new community asset with the city of Rochester and surrounding communities. This season will focus on the establishment of the garden through development of water resources, fencing, funding for event resources, and building our community of gardeners. We look forward to growing together!

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This project is in Available Phase. Please explore this page to view Beam's understanding of the basic description of the project, its impacts and collaboration atrributes. Also shown are status reports related to the project. Please click Link to get to Beam's view of the project's strategy, expected results, and monitored metrics.

Collaborators, Project Type, Impacts, Related Projects

 


Collaborators 

Lead Organization: Diversity Council

Contact: Amanda Nigon-Crowley ; Email: amandan@diversitycouncil.org ; Phone: 507.282.9951

Known/Likely Collaborators: Channel One Regional Food Bank ; City's Edge Farm ; Community Mobilization Resource Coalition (CMRC) ; Diversity Council ; Rochester Home Infusion ; University of Minnesota Extension ; University of Minnesota Rochester

Potential Collaborators: Alternative Learning Center ; Career and Technical Education Center (CTEH) ; Lotus Health Foundation ; Rochester Farmers Markets


Related Projects

America's City for Health ; Complete Health Improvement Program (CHIP) ; Diversity Council Health Equity Plan ; Food for Thought for Diversity Wellness ; Healthy Immigrant Families


Impacts 

Major Impact:  Food

PlanScape Impacts :

Level 1: Arts & Culture, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Food, Health, Immigration, OpenBeam

Level 2: Family

DMC Impacts:

Community Health Impacts:


Type of Project

Programming  

 

 

Detailed Description

With generous support from Rochester Home Infusion Founder, Joselyn Raymundo, acres for pristine farmland is being made available to Local Community Garden members to grow local and cultural-unique vegetables. This community garden will augment what is currently offered by Rochester Park and Recreation.  

 

 


Key reports on: The Village Community Garden & Learning Center (VCGLC)


The Village Community Garden & Learning Center a recipient of the 2020 PHS Commissioned Officers Foundation grant (October 30, 2020)

Congratulation to the Village Community Garden & Learning Center being named a recipient of the 2020 PHS Commissioned Officers Foundation grant. 

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Key reports on: The Village Community Garden & Learning Center (VCGLC)


The Village Community Garden & Learning Center a recipient of the 2020 PHS Commissioned Officers Foundation grant (October 30, 2020)

Congratulation to the Village Community Garden & Learning Center being named a recipient of the 2020 PHS Commissioned Officers Foundation grant. 

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General reports on: The Village Community Garden & Learning Center (VCGLC)



  

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Arts & Culture, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Food, Health, Immigration, OpenBeam  
May 27, 2023: Intercultural Center, Rochester (ICR)
Al Lun and Kim Sin to present the ICR concept to the 2023 DMC Real Estate Summit

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May 25, 2023: Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Barriers Study
Memo to DMCC Board; DBE Study Session to City Council April 17, 2023

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April 25, 2023: Rochester Public Schools Strategic Plan 2022
1. 2022 Strategic Plan and extracted sections. 2. RPS Strategic Plan Building Blocks 

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April 23, 2023: University of Minnesota, Rochester Master Plan Update
2023-04-23 PB reporting on UMR;  2022-11-22 Plan change due to Covid 2020

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March 29, 2023: Accessory Dwelling Unit Pilot Program Open for Applications
The Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) Pilot Program supports and encourages property owners in the city of Rochester to develop ADUs on their properties.

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March 23, 2023: 1Q 2023 Destination Medical Center (DMC) Reports
March 2023 Executive Committee Meeting; Feb 9 2023 DMCC Board Meeting and City, County, DMC Collaborative Session

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March 11, 2023: Preserving community area resources knowledge
Rochester Area Resource List sourced from Diversity Council and link to Beam search engine.

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February 25, 2023: Use of "America City for Health" as moniker to attract DMC investment

Feb 2023 Business Development status; Nov. 2021 Presentation to DMCC Board in November 2021 Board Meeting. Focus on attracting more companies coming in.  America City for Health as lead generation asset. 

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February 22, 2023: Commitment to Action for Racial Justice project
1Q2023 NPC Quarterly Commitment Meeting Takeaways: Meeting Notes, YouTube of Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man. 

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Last modified by support on 2022/05/18
Created by allnode on 2015/10/28

 

 

 

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