Age-Friendly Olmsted County (AFOC) Plan

Collaborators 

Lead Organization: Family Service Rochester

Contact: Dave Beal ; Email: TBD ; Phone: TBD

Known/Likely Collaborators: 125 Live (aka Rochester Senior Center) ; AARP Rochester, MN ; Coalition for Rochester Area Housing ; County of Olmsted, MN ; Elder Network ; Family Service Rochester ; In the City for Good Steering Committee ; OpenBeam ; Rochester Community & Technical College ; Southeastern Minnesota Area Agency on Aging ; United Way of Olmsted County ; University of Minnesota Rochester

Potential Collaborators: Community Mobilization Resource Coalition (CMRC)

Related Projects

America's City for Health ; Coalition for Rochester Area Housing ; Community Health Assessment Process ; In City for Good (In the Shadow of Growth) ; Intercultural Center, Rochester (Creating a 21st Century Community Space)

Impacts 

Major Impact:  Aging

PlanScape Impacts :

Level 1: Aging, Best Practice, Caring Relationship, Diversity and Inclusion, Health, Housing, Mental Health, OpenBeam, Transportation

Level 2:

DMC Impacts:

Community Health Impacts:

Comprehensive, Diabetes, Mental Health, Physical Enviroment

Type of Project

Planning  

8 Domains of Livability

Governor's Executive Order

Community Assessment Report

August 2024 Report : Age-Friendly Olmsted County (AFOC) activities implementing the Age

Friendly Olmsted County 2022-2025 Action Plan since our annual report in February 2024.

(1) 2021-06-27 Status Community Report;  (2) 2020-01-15:Olmsted County joined the AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities.

November 2024 Selma Film and Discussions

2024 Recognition: $1K Scholarship: 2024 Rochester H.S. Graduate: Application and Nomination, Sponsorship and Donation support, Facebook photos of 2024 Mr. and Miss Juneteenth

Vision 2050 AI-Powered Interactive Survey LINK

Mayor Norton Memo to the Public

Results Based Accountability

Collective Impact: Spectrum of working together

Tech Support

The Early Childhood Resource Hub, a collaboration between C2C and IMAA, aims to connect Olmsted County families with young children to various resources and services.

September 2022 DMCC Board Status: NTH to run a developer selection process with Mayo

City teammates providing an update on this work, specifically regarding legacy public infrastructure projects, Unbound, infrastructure investments and regulatory milestones.  

September 2024 DMCC Board Meeting

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

Feb 2024 DMCC Board Meeting

2024 ALICE  (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) Report 

CMRC pausing public activities and investment potential white paper availability announcement.

Sept. 16^th: Workshop: Finding your First Customers and sell without being salesy; Sept 21^st: Workshop: Financial Literacy; Sept. 28^th: Workshop: How to Start a Business from Scratch (Part 1); Oct. 5^th: Workshop: How to Start a Business from Scratch (Part 2);

2022 News Next chapter, summer programming: 5-K run; Narcan training partnership with Diversity Council. 

PB reporting: A local program providing tax breaks to landlords in exchange for maintaining lower rents is being tweaked to encourage future development of affordable housing.

2024-08-12 PB Reporting GRAUC leads project to build prototype sim center The Southeast Minnesota Community Healthcare Simulation Center is set to open in downtown

Rochester by mid-October

Racism, Anti-Semitism and the Fight Against Hate

"Abolishing racism, hate crimes, and white supremacy isn’t a problem for one group to face alone; it’s a shared burden that requires a strong and unified response."

2024 - 2027 Transportation Plan 

2023 - 2026 Transportation Plan: The Rochester-Olmsted Council of Governments (ROCOG) has released a draft of the 2023-2026 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), for a 30-day public comment period.