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Sustainability and Resiliency Action Plan

The Sustainability and Resiliency Action Plan will focus on five key areas - Vibrant Neighborhoods, City for Health, Transportation, Resilient Economy, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions - highlighting economic, environmental, and social resiliency strategies that can help guide the city on future decision making. This will better prepare the community for foreseen and unforeseen impacts from disasters, but also strengthen the community through successes.

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Project Impact(s): Clean Air & water, Diversity and Inclusion, Governance/Public Policy, Health, Sustainability

This project is in Develop Phase

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Collaborators, Project Type, Impacts, Related Projects

Collaborators 

Lead Organization: City of Rochester, MN & DMC EDA

Contact: TBD ; Email: TBD ; Phone: TBD

Known/Likely Collaborators: 100% Renewable Rochester ; City of Rochester, MN ; Coalition for Rochester Area Housing ; Community Development (City of Rochester) ; County of Olmsted, MN ; DMC EDA ; In the City for Good Sustainability Subgroup ; Mayo Clinic ; Rochester Public Utilties ; Sierra Club, North Star Chapter ; University of Minnesota Rochester

Potential Collaborators: Community Mobilization Resource Coalition (CMRC) ; Rochester Area Family Y


Related Projects

America's City for Health ; Building Benchmarking ; Coalition for Rochester Area Housing ; Destination Medical Center (DMC) ; Discovery Walk Co-designing ; Equity in the Built Environment (Bloomberg) ; Journey of Peace


Impacts 

Major Impact:  Sustainability

PlanScape Impacts :

Level 1: Clean Air & water, Diversity and Inclusion, Governance/Public Policy, Health, Sustainability

Level 2: Best Practice, Sustainability

DMC Impacts:

Livable City, Health & Wellness

Community Health Impacts:


Type of Project

Planning  

 

 

Detailed Description

LINKS:: 2021-05-11  2019-12-17  2015-07-31

2021-05-11

 

 


 

 

2019-12-17

 

Rochester Mayor @knorton29 invites #RochMN residents to join her in making a commitment to improving sustainability in our community by signing a Sustainability Pledge. A launch event will be held on December 16 at 5 p.m. in the rotunda outside of Council Chambers at City Hall. pic.twitter.com/HVML6XikOC

— DMCMN (@DMCMN) December 15, 2019

 

 


 

2015-07-31

 

 



Sustainability Related Event(s) => LINK


Reports on: Sustainability and Resiliency Action Plan


Sustainability Associate Internship Opening (January 18, 2025)
Feb 2025 DMC Board Meeting Report on Thermal Energy Network

Sustainability Associate Intern to support the Rochester Air Network (RAN) program and other sustainability initiatives. 

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Sustainability and Resiliency Action Plan (September 18, 2024)

National Sustainability Society awards Minnesota’s Climate-Smart Municipalities Program with 2024 Achievement Award

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Green Business Recognition Program (March 03, 2022)

An initiative to recognize local businesses for taking strides toward sustainability.

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Sustainable, Resilient Rochester (June 17, 2021)

Sustainability Task Force: Presentations to CMRC, Housing and Feedback from survey and action plan

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Rochester will soon have an employee dedicated to sustainability initiatives (December 23, 2016)

With support from the McKnight Foundation, Rochester will soon have an employee dedicated to sustainability initiatives.

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Sustainable Energy Grant on Tap from McKnight Foundation (November 14, 2015)

The city of Rochester has the potential to become a leader in energy efficiency and sustainability, according to two reports delivered at a Tuesday night Rochester Energy Commission special meeting.

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Sustainability status presentation made to DMC Board (October 31, 2015)

Mike Bull gave the DMCC Board an update on energy study in October DMCC bord meeting.

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Created by allnode on 2015/05/28

 

 

 

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