Community input kickoff in Post Bulletin

Posters with dozens of ideas for the Destination Medical Center went up Nov. 14 in the windows of the Massey Building.
Posters with dozens of ideas for the Destination Medical Center went up Nov. 14 in the windows of the Massey Building.

The formal kickoff of the DMC community input phase made the Nov. 14, 2013, Rochester Post Bulletin, drawing attention to the “idea posters” unveiled this week.

“A group of 100 DMC ambassadors, members of the community who meet regularly and brainstorm about the expansion of Mayo Clinic and Rochester, came up with the idea of posting banners across the Massey Building on the corner of Second Street and First Avenue Southwest,” writes reporter Jeff Hansel.

His story noted that some ideas, such as “embrace winter” and make a “downtown playground” are a bit general, still others are quite specific.

Hansel wrote that the ideas intrigued Christina Snell, owner of Midwest Signtech, which created and installed the posters.

He writes that Snell didn’t know much about DMC — until she saw input for the posters. Her favorite idea: an ice-skating park downtown.

What’s your favorite idea?