Minnesota Compass

Collaborators 

Lead Organization: Wilder Research

Contact: Ellen Wolter ; Email: ellen.wolter@wilder.org ; Phone: TBD

Known/Likely Collaborators: Wilder Research (MN Compass Team)

Potential Collaborators: City of Rochester, MN ; Community Networking Group (CNG) ; County of Olmsted, MN ; DMC EDA ; Diversity Council ; Olmsted County Public Health Services ; Rochester Public Library ; Rochester-area Chamber of Commerce ; United Way of Olmsted County

Related Projects

Maintain and Evolve the 2016 Rochester/Olmsted County Compass Points (Community Dashboard)

Impacts 

Major Impact:  Business Process

PlanScape Impacts :

Level 1: Best Practice, Business Process, Consultancy, Diversity and Inclusion, Economic Development, Education, Metrics, OpenBeam, Public Safety, Reading, Special Needs, Sustainability, Technology Enablement

Level 2: Metrics

DMC Impacts:

Community Health Impacts:

Type of Project

Tooling  

2019 MN State Report

May MN Compass Newsletter

Importance of data disaggregation: Minnesota's Asian Population, Minnesota's Black communities

(1) January 2022 News and  Disparity and Program Directoy info (2) January 2020 News

September 2024 DMCC Board Meeting with 2025 Workplan Breakout

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

Feb 2024 DMCC Board Meeting

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

C2C October 9, 2024 Summit

Presentation Slides  

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.  

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

Referendum to support: Strong Communities; Strong Schools; Strong Young People

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. 

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."