Our community faces extraordinary challenges as the coronavirus pandemic upends the health and lives of residents, businesses and community. We at Destination Medical Center (DMC) are aware of devastating hardships, especially from our city’s small businesses. However, we have only to look up at the Plummer Building aglow in blue lights at night to be reminded of the message it conveys: we are in this together.
Month: March 2020
Five Questions with Chris Blade, Rochester Post Bulletin Publisher
Chris Blade has been with the Post Bulletin for 20 years. She served as General Manager for 7 ½ years before being named publisher in June of 2019 when Forum Communications purchased the newspaper. The Post Bulletin is working to become a “next-generation” multimedia company developing and delivering content, technology and business services to the communities it serves. With over 500,000 visitors to postbulletin.com each month, the publication is also focusing on bringing content and advertising online. It’s also adding a meteorology team, and a weather app due to launch this spring.
Destination Medical Center Corporation Announces Plan to Support Community through COVID-19 Pandemic and Releases 2019 Private Investment Figures
(Rochester, MINN) March 26, 2020 – The Destination Medical Center Corporation (DMCC) today announced that it will reassess its workplan this year with a special focus to help support the community and regional economy through the COVID-19 crisis. In addition, the DMCC released the 2019 private investment figures for the Destination Medical Center (DMC) district which totaled $272 million, DMC’s highest single year of investment.
Some Resources in Rochester, State of Minnesota and at the Federal level for Businesses and People Impacted by COVID-19 and How We Can All Help
Updated 4/16/20
The following is a list of resources for businesses, opportunities for the community to help others, and helpful services during the COVID-19 response. Destination Medical Center will continue to update this list.
Experts Forum in Rochester featured in Finance & Commerce podcast
A new podcast from Finance & Commerce highlights Destination Medical Center and the cluster of innovation in Rochester.
The publication recently hosted an Experts Forum at One Discovery Square with local leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs.
That conversation is featured in Finance & Commerce’s new podcast, Beyond the Skyline, a podcast about what’s next, creativity and the innovation in technology that are changing how we work and shaping the future of business throughout Minnesota.