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Organization Information


Organization: Rochester Public Library

Sector: 501C-3 Non-Profit ; Government Agency

Organization Mission: We strengthen community and enrich lives by sparking imagination, creativity, engagement, and learning.

Website

Contact Information

101 2nd Street SE, Rochester MN  55904  507.328.2309 | www.rochesterpubliclibrary.org
Audrey Betcher, the director audrey@rochester.lib.mn.us

Needs

How do we get the community to know about services we provide for free: that we are more than books.  We have the Wellness Corner activities, online access to quality resources like magazines, testing guides, learning other languages.   We offer classes and programs on a wide variety of topics and issues, bookmobiles and homebound services, homework help, storytimes, used bookstore.

References 

Rochester Public Library Board Meeting Minutes

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Related News and Status


 

Status Reports / News 
Related PlanScape Status on: Commitment, Computer Literacy, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Leadership, STEM, Welcoming

Key reports on: Rochester Public Library


Rochester Public Library Facilities and Operations Master Plan –Request for Proposals (April 18, 2024)

The Rochester Public Library in Rochester, Minnesota, is seeking proposals from consultants and groups with experience working with libraries to engage in a robust, community co-design and collaborative process for a Facilities and Operations Master Plan.

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Rochester Public Library (February 22, 2020)

Rochester Public Library Strategic Plan 2020 - 2025

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October 02, 2024: Rochester Vision 2050
Call for inputs: Mayor Norton YouTube Messages

Vision 2050 AI-Powered Interactive Survey LINK

Mayor Norton Memo to the Public

 

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October 02, 2024: OpenBeam to support collective impact
Presentation Slides of Education Portal for C2C Oct 9, 2024 Education Summit

Results Based Accountability

Collective Impact: Spectrum of working together

Tech Support

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October 01, 2024: Early Childhood Resource Hub Launch

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.

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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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September 23, 2024: A Study of Financial Hardship

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

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August 30, 2024: CMRC Legacy and Future

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

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August 20, 2024: Rochester Community Initiative (RCI)
2024 Presentation at DMC DEI Series

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

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August 12, 2024: Community Healthcare Simulation Center Co-Design Report
Jun 2021 Co-design Report

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

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August 08, 2024: Anti-Hate Rally and Forum

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."

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August 07, 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.

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August 02, 2024: Rochester Vision 2050
The visioning effort calls for soliciting broad community input to help propose desired strategic initiatives based on desired outcomes through 2050.

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July 27, 2024: C2C Summer 2024 Sparklers

Newsletter Highlights:

Systems Change Designation; Data Updates; Network Updates; Contributors

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July 17, 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.

 

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Community Anchor Participation: C2G

 

 

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Impacts

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

PlanScape

Lvl 1: Commitment ; Computer Literacy ; Diversity and Inclusion ; Education ; Leadership ; STEM ; Welcoming

Lvl 2: Education ; C2C: Kindergarten Readiness ; Computer Literacy ; STEM ; Technology Enablement ; Workforce Development

DMC Impact: Learning Environment

Community Health Impact area: Diabetes ; Mental Health ; Obesity ; Vaccine Preventable Diseases

 



 

Potential Collaborators

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

Collective Impact

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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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  • For the commercial sector, we tend to register startup activities (new companies and new commercial projects) that bring diversification and high-impact opportunities to the area.
  • For the non-profit sector, we wish to shine light on all the organizations and services that otherwise labor under relative obscurity.
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While there are a number of registries in the community, dmcbeam.org's  distinct value is to pilot a database with a data structure and categorizations that answer the questions such as: What organizations or projects/programs in our community that have purported relevance with some of the over-arching focuses put forward by initiatives such as DMC, J2G and Health Improvements?

This database could be used as one of the ways to explore the capacities of the community. If you are someone on an exploratory journey to learn about the greater Rochester community. dmcbeam.org could be an interesting first step.

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