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In City for Good (In the Shadow of Growth)

City for Good is coalition of eight Action Groups addressing deficiencies in the DMC plan: Living Wages, Transportation, Affordable Housing, Sustainability, Social Services, Education, Social Justice and Historic Preservation.

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Project Impact(s): Civic Engagement, Diversity and Inclusion, Income, Neighborhood, Special Needs, Sustainability

This project is in Plan Phase.

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Collaborators, Project Type, Impacts, Related Projects

 

Collaborators 

Lead Organization: In the City for Good Steering Committee

Contact: Nancy Zaworski ; Email: inthecityforgood@gmail.com ; Phone: TBD

Known/Likely Collaborators: City of Rochester, MN ; Coalition for Rochester Area Housing ; County of Olmsted, MN ; In the City for Good Steering Committee ; In the City for Good Sustainability Subgroup

Potential Collaborators: Community Interfaith Dialogue on Islam (CIDI) ; Community Networking Group (CNG) ; DMC EDA

Related Projects

40 Below: Building the workforce of the future ; Apply "Community of Excellence" framework to Greater Rochester ; Coalition for Rochester Area Housing ; Community Health Assessment Process ; Destination Medical Center (DMC) ; Developing and Executing on Cradle to Career Plan ; Journey to Growth Plan ; Planning To Succeed: Rochester 2040 Comprehensive Plan (P2S) ; Rochester A City of Compassion (RocCoC) ; Update Intercultural Cities Initiative (ICI) Index

Impacts 

Major Impact:  Basic Needs

PlanScape Impacts :

Level 1: Civic Engagement, Diversity and Inclusion, Income, Neighborhood, Special Needs, Sustainability

Level 2:

DMC Impacts:

Livable City

Community Health Impacts:

Mental Health

Type of Project

Planning  

 

 

Detailed Description
Current Status

City for Good is coalition of eight Action Groups addressing deficiencies in the DMC plan: Living Wages, Transportation, Affordable Housing, Sustainability, Social Services, Education, Social Justice and Historic Preservation.

History: Start of Shadow- In- the-City-for-Good
During the spring of 2015, DMC was holding its final hearings.  At about the same time Major Jim Frye from the Salvation Army had spoken with the Rochester Area Interfaith Leaders about his concerns related to DMC and how the Salvation Army’s community service buildings were not on the DMC map.  Such services are critical services and many issues were raised regarding accessibility and the impact on social services by DMC. 
These concerns were brought back to the Justice and Peace Ministry Team of Congregational Church UCC.  After discussion, the team decided to appear before the final DMC meeting asking for a social impact statement, and they made plans for what would be the first In the Shadow of Growth Forums on June 17, 2015.  Presenters were individuals from the community services area.  With approximately 120 concerned community members in attendance, it was felt that a second forum would be held to gauge from those community members to see what direction the group would  be from there.
So, a community group had started.  In the meantime, several downtown church leaders had been meeting about the same issues.  There group was called In the City for Good.  The steering committee for the Forums met and chose to take on that name.
There are eight Action groups working with the issues of Living Wages, Transportation, Affordable Housing, Sustainability, Social Services, Education, Social Justice and Historic Preservation. 

 

Strategy
Unknown

 

 

 

Metrics
Unknown

 

 

Last modified by support on 2021/09/05
Created by allnode on 2015/09/30

 

 

 

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Project Phase Definitions
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  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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