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Organization: Rochester Parks & Recreation

Sector: Government Agency

Organization Mission: The City of Rochester, Parks and Recreation department is responsible for 2,978 acres of parkland, 1,550 acres of flood control lands, and 600 acres of parkway lands. For close to 150 years the parks have played an important part in the quality of life that Rochester’s residents and visitors enjoy. In 2004 the Department celebrated the 100th birthday of the Park Board.

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Status Reports / News 
Related PlanScape Status on: Recreation & Open Space, TBD

Key reports on: Rochester Parks & Recreation


Parks & Recreation Department Seek Community Partners for Conservation Corp Program (August 20, 2020)

The City of Rochester Parks and Recreation department is seeking community partners to assist with staffing for the Rochester Conservation Corps.   

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September 30, 2024: West Transit Village
September 2024 DMCC Board Update

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

 

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September 30, 2024: Economic Vibrancy & Growth Management

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

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April 27, 2024: 2024 Destination Medical Center (DMC) Updates
DMC Updates April 29 Presentation to City Council Study Session 

Transit Village

Business Development

Historic District

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March 12, 2024: University of Minnesota Rochester at DMC Board November
DMCC Board November 17, 2023 Meeting UMR Update

Presentation Slides

Video Recording

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November 30, 2023: Riverfront Small Area Plan

November DMCC Board:

  • Presentation Slides
  • Video Clips

 

May 19, 2023 Report to DMC

Nov 20 City of Rochester Study Session

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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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November 19, 2022: Riverfront Small Area Plan
Consultant Team Report and Recommendations to the City of Rochester

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May 24, 2022: Silver Lake Master Plan Focus Groups
Rochester Community Encouraged to Engage with the Start of the Silver Lake Park Master Plan Process

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February 03, 2022: Riverfront Small Area Plan Consultant selected
Gambol Associates, a Massachusetts firm, selected for the project to come up with a concrete proposal. 

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May 27, 2021: Discovery Walk
March 2021 DMCC approval for Bid

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December 10, 2020: Co-designing of Discovery Walk Concept
Summary of Co-design of Discovery Walk and Codify the co-design process. 

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February 17, 2019: Education, Health and Recreation Space (DMC UMR/Rec sub-district) 2019 DMCC

The DMC EDA, City of Rochester and UMR will begin discussions about future sub-district development. 

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February 08, 2019: Bloom Reconsiders Second Phases of Riverfront Project
"Bloom International Realty may be rethinking plans to build the second phase of its $230 million riverfront development in downtown Rochester.

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Impacts

The work of this organization may have impacts on the following areas:

PlanScape

Lvl 1: Recreation & Open Space ; TBD

Lvl 2:

DMC Impact: Livable City UMR and Recreation Waterfront

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Organization Life Cycle Assessment (Pause, Startup, Steady, Isolated Impact, Collective Impact  Unknown)

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Site Information
Project Phase Definitions
The following defines the various project phases:
  1. Available - a product, program or service is in production
  2. Develop - program or application is being developed
  3. Plan - idea is solid, stakeholders are identified, and there is strong commitment to go forward from all parties.
  4. Concept Phase - idea scoped out with enough details to give an early sizing and/or to build a proof of concept
    demonstration
  5. Pre-concept Phase - an early idea or a requirement.
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