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It's one of two Minnesota transit projects recommended for approval this year.

It's one of two Minnesota transit projects recommended for approval this year.

7 proposed stations will feature a variety of elements designed to improve transit experience.

DMC and Rochester get $335,000 in development grants Money coming from the McKnight Foundation. Posted: Apr 20, 2021 5:31 PM Posted By: Mike Bunge ROCHESTER, Minn. - The Destination Medical Cener Economic Development Agency (DMC EDA) and the City of Rochester are getting $335,000 from the McKnight Foundation. A $150,000 Vibrant and Equitable Communities grant will be directed toward equitable development and racial justice by accelerating economic mobility, cultivating a fair and just housing ...

McKnight Foundation awards a pair of grants to help city and DMC efforts. Written By: Post Bulletin staff reports | 1:20 pm, Apr. 20, 2021 × Destination Medical CenterEconomic Development Agency and city of Rochester are among the first grantees in the McKnight Foundation’s new Vibrant and Equitable Communities program. They will also receive a McKnight Climate and Energy Grant. The Vibrant and Equitable Communities grant of $150,000 will be used to help DMC and the city continue ...

  Cedar Rapids and its surrounding communities are used to facing — and overcoming — challenges. Property-damaging flooding has always been an issue there. In fact, according to the city of Cedar Rapids, historic flooding and tornadoes in 2008 cost the Federal Emergency Management Agency $848 million, the agencys sixth-largest declaration ever. Total property damage was estimated at $6 billion. "We feel as a community, if we can recover from the floods of 2008, we can meet any challenge," ...

Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News) - Today marks a milestone day for the construction of the Two Discovery Square Building in downtown Rochester. Construction crews and community leaders are celebrating the ceremonial steel “topping off” of Two Discovery Square, its second building in the Destination Medical Center Discovery Square sub-district. The steel topping off is a major milestone celebrated when the highest or last steel beam is placed in a building under construction. A beam signing and...

Potential costs increase for Discovery Walk plan Rochester council OKs additional contingency funds and amenities, increasing the potential construction budget to $22 million in state DMC funds. 7:17 am, Mar. 2, 2021 × The potential price tag for Discovery Walk construction rose to $22 million on Monday. The Rochester City Council approved a trio of changes to the project that will provide a four-block multipurpose public parkway along Second Avenue Southwest. Starting...

U of M, Google, and Mayo bringing groundbreaking education effort to Rochester One-of-a-kind health sciences program to start in summer 2022. Posted: Feb 12, 2021 12:35 PM Posted By: Mike Bunge MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The University of Minnesota says it’s teaming up with Google to offer a “one-of-a-kind” health sciences education program in Rochester. The Board of Regents approved the NXT GEN MED program Friday. It’s designed to cut almost two-years off the traditional four-year degree ...

February 12, 2021 The University of Minnesota today unveiled NXT GEN MED, a unique and innovative partnership between the University and Google Cloud that will combine world-class technology, research and immersive learning approaches for students pursuing health care careers.  This partnership of global leaders will offer a one-of-a-kind health sciences education program through the University’s Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences degree offered in Rochester, Minn., reducing almost two y...