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Self-funded by OpenBeam, and with one-time nominal funding support of $600 by City of Rochester's Community Building grant, Housing Beam is a web portal built on top of Al Lun's dmcbeam.org web platform. It is offered as a demo to show how a dashboard tool could be used to track Rochester Area housing progress and to make housing information sharing more consumable. 

Showcased are housing initiatives led by the City of Rochester, Olmsted County, and Rochester Area Foundation led housing coalition.  

 

 

City of Rochester

Olmsted County

Housing Coalition

 

 

Users can explore curated housing information as follows: 

In Housing Dashboard: Housing metrics, Housing Efforts, Housing Effects

In Housing Market Page: Jim Miner's Housing Sales and Inventory Data, as well as a side-by-side view of City, County, and Housing Alliance's programs, housing-related events and status reports per the portal. 

 

Housing Beam

Build, Enable

Activate, Model

Commitment to IT equity,

openness and service

Housing Status Reports

This panel displays the latest community education news. Click this LINK to search more. 



Housing Stats 5 Year Summary 2020 - 2025

5 Year Housing Demand vs Supply (Production)

Rochester, Olmsted County, and Township Production 

Avg Demand vs Avg Production Shortfall

Last Updated February 15, 2025



City SUPPORTING TRANSFORMATION - BOLD Unbound

City Council Study Session:

Video Recording Link

Presentation

Collaboration Commitment

Last Updated February 11, 2025



Any Path Home push against homelessness

Post Bulletin Reporting Abstract

Last Updated February 06, 2025



DMC Feb 2025 Key Topics

Feb 2025 DMC Board Meeting Key Topics:

Annual Report; Metrics and Accountability; 2nd Street SW Public Realm Enhancement; Public/Private Collaboration to advance City for Health brand; Video Recording

Last Updated February 06, 2025



ISAIAH: Rochester Faith in MN Calendar and Strategic Missions

Jan 2025 Rochester Faith in MN Calendar and Strategic Missions

Feb 2025 News and Call for Actions

Last Updated February 01, 2025



West Transit Village Housing City Council

Per PB reporting:

"A final plan for dividing a 14.1-acre Mayo Clinic parking lot into developable sections is expected to be reviewed Monday by the Rochester City Council. The site, being dubbed “West Transit Village,” sits between Second Street Southwest and Cascade Lake. It is currently used as a Mayo Clinic employee shuttle lot, and Mayo Clinic plans to construct a 2,500-stall parking structure."

Last Updated January 08, 2025



Olmsted County shares 2025 budget information

The 2025 budget for Olmsted County and the Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) combined totals $428,667,792.

Last Updated December 18, 2024



City Housing Support

Home Ownership Creation Program - Prairie Ridge: "NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Common Council of the City of Rochester, MN hereby approves the contribution of $4,000,000 to the Prairie Ridge development to support the creation of 201 for-sale homes via the Home Ownership Creation Program.

 PB Reporting regarding TIF $14M Requests (Sherman and Prairie Ridge) 2024-12-14 

Last Updated December 14, 2024



Rochester-Olmsted County 4(d) Affordable Housing Incentive Program

The current Rochester-Olmsted County 4(d) Affordable Housing Incentive Program application is for the Tax Assessment Year 2025 - Tax Payable Year 2026, the tax savings for this application will not be realized until the Tax Payable Year 2026.

 

Last Updated December 11, 2024



"Link BRT a milestone project for Rochester

City of Rochester Receives $84.92 Million Federal Grant for Transformative Link Bus Rapid Transit Project

LINK Progress Report to City Council 

Rochester eyes TIF to support Transit Village, Public Parking

Last Updated December 07, 2024



2024 Destination Medical Center Reports

Proceedings

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

Last Updated October 16, 2024



West Transit Village

September 2024 DMCC Board Update

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

 

Last Updated 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.  

Last Updated September 30, 2024



DMC Housing Reporting

September 2024 DMCC Board Meeting

Housing as Infrastructure: Video Clip and Presentation

Last Updated September 26, 2024



Tax Breaks to Landlords

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.

Last Updated August 16, 2024



Age-Friendly Olmsted County (AFOC) Plan

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.

Last Updated August 07, 2024



Second Half 2024 Targeted Business Enterprise Utilization Plan Reports

3Q2024: July 2024 Admin Message and Reports

 

 

Last Updated August 05, 2024



Bryk Apartments Rental Eligibility Amendment

July 17, 2024 City of Rochester: Adopting a Resolution authorizing an amendment to the Development Assistance Agreement and the Declaration of Restrictive Covenants to revise the affordability covenants related to the 80% Units.

March and May 2023 reports to DMCC including video, documents and presentations. 

Last Updated July 17, 2024



Norsq Cos Townhomes & Two state-supported Mayowood housing projects

PB Reporting Housing Projects

Proposed $68M 187-unit rental townhome project.

Olmsted County Trailside Apartments $13 million project 36-Unit Senior Apartments, Bear Creek Development and Three Rivers Community Action $22.7 million Restoration Glen, 48-Unit Apartment Complex,

 

Last Updated July 11, 2024



First Half 2024 Targeted Business Enterprise Utilization Plan Reports

2Q 2024: June 2024May 2024 - Admin Message, TBE Report; April 2024 - Admin Message, TBE Report

1Q 2024: Feb 2024 - Admin Message, TBE Report; Jan 2024: Admin Message, TBE Report

Special callouts: Women in Construction; City of Rochester Equity in Development 

Last Updated July 01, 2024