James Rentz, one of our elected Soil & Water commissioners recently shared information about a “Lawn to Legumes” program. I[…]
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City of Rochester Fair Redistricting Act
Below is the text of an action the City Council took last night. We explicitly asked our staff to collaborate[…]
Read moreCity / Schools Shared Busing Update
Edit: I added a FAQ section below to address frequent questions: Edit 2: Sure, thousands of readers get to see[…]
Read more2018: State of the City Wishlist
Tomorrow Mayor Ardell Brede will give what I assume is his last state of the city speech. I fully expect[…]
Read more“Final” Stantec Report
This was sent out as the “final” revised Stantec report. The Stantec report articulates the significant issues in the Olmsted County[…]
Read moreCity & Schools transit collaboration
I don’t just speak about working with other levels of government, but I try to actually do it. My friend & school[…]
Read moreWhy some property taxes jump.
In general property taxes in Rochester are going up at about an inflationary rate. However some are substantially higher. Typically[…]
Read more10 ideas to address the affordable housing crisis in Rochester
I was going to send this as a letter to local leaders, but am holding off until after today’s meeting[…]
Read moreRochester City Council Update June 2, 2014
Not my best video quality, and that is saying something… The video cut out at the end, but I really[…]
Read moreThe sad reality of youth homelessness in Rochester
2012 Study on youth and family homelessness in Rochester – What did we learn? Families In 2011, there were 170[…]
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