Month: February 2015

P2S, Rochester Want to Hear from You

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The City of Rochester is sounding the call for input from residents, visitors, and patients to complete a pair of online surveys that will help shape the city’s comprehensive planning process.

Planning 2 SucceedPlanning 2 Succeed page, the city’s interactive online survey, takes 5-10 minutes to complete and encourages participants to set priorities for the city’s future—for everything from more parks and trails to improved public transit and incentives for startup businesses. The online tool also provides options to cut taxes and reduce budgets, if that’s the direction you would like the city to take. But, you can’t have your cake and eat it, too. Should you opt for lower taxes, you can’t choose as many amenities and improvements.

“We want to hear from everyone with an interest in Rochester’s future—that includes patients, visitors, and people who live nearby or work in the city.”
— Dave Dunn, associate director, Rochester-Olmsted Planning Department

Rochester Named No. 3 Job Market in U.S.

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Jobs survey site ziprecruiter.com has named Rochester as the third-best overall jobs market for 2015, and second-best market for cities with populations of 250,000 or less. Minneapolis, meanwhile, snagged the site’s top spot (scroll down the page) for cities with more than 1 million residents.

Zipreruiter reports formulating the rankings based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and ratios covering both the number of applications-to-jobs and applicants-to-employers.

Public hearings for DMC Draft Development Plan Review

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The Destination Medical Center Corporation Board of Directors officially transferred the draft DMC Development Plan to the City of Rochester last month, marking the start of a 60-day review process from city officials.

Part of the city’s planned review process includes two public input forums—one at the February Planning and Zoning Commission meeting and a follow-up at the March City Council meeting.

City Reviewing Draft DMC Development Plan

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The Destination Medical Center Corporation Board of Directors officially transferred the draft DMC Development Plan to the City of Rochester last week, marking the start of a 60-day review process from city officials. An updated draft is available for download as a pdf. An executive summary also is available for download.

Part of the city’s planned review process includes two public input forums—one at the February Planning and Zoning Commission meeting and a follow-up at the March City Council meeting.