Last week, we received a punch to the gut when we learned that much of the planned system expansion was[…]
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Complete Rochester 2018 Survey Data
Press release link: ******************** Between May 22 and June 20, 2018, 400 City of Rochester residents were randomly selected for[…]
Read moreRe: Transit – What happened?
Wow, out of nowhere I learned that we are abandoning much of our 5 year transit plan (at least for[…]
Read moreComparing Parks Funding
Edit: Not surprisingly our excellent staff is getting me some more accurate figures. Minneapolis & St. Paul have 2 of[…]
Read moreBREAKING: DMC has increased property values…
No one should be surprised that properties in the DMC district have increased at a rapid rate and far faster[…]
Read more2019 Budget Review
I am planning on sharing my thoughts on the 2019 Budget and Process in this post. Expect that there will[…]
Read moreWhat really happened with the Charlie O’Connell Safety Forum?
Anytime I apologize for something I want to try to better understand what happened. In this case I apologized for[…]
Read moreStaff Information on Bloom Proposal
As you are aware I sent staff a list of the questions I had about the value proposition of the[…]
Read moreCommunity Development Department
Here is how city staff is planning on creating a planning department capable of meeting community needs. Community Development Department[…]
Read more2019 Budget Process
Among the improvements the city will see from our new administration is an easier to read budget available online, a[…]
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