City council opts to approve original proposal for pilot program after mayor rejects alteration of staff proposal 6:52 pm, May 24, 2021 ×
A preliminary rendering of the concept for adding two floors to the former Olmsted County Bank and Trust building was provided to the Rochester Heritage Preservation Commission for review Tuesday. (Widseth Smith Nolting)
A veto by Mayor
Rochester City Council to take a step back on a program designed to make way for an official review of proposed changes to the former Olmsted County Bank and Trust building.
When the council voted 4-3 earlier this month to approve a pilot program to bypass the need for completed design plans, council member Kelly Rae Kirkpatrick injected a requirement for the city’s Heritage Preservation Commission to help the developer find a plan that maintains the building s eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places.
Construction on Rochester s Discovery Walk project delayed until 2022
Work on Discovery Walk is now set to begin next spring, with the project expected to be completed by fall of 2023.
Posted: May 21, 2021 11:06 PM
Posted By: Anthony Monzon
ROCHESTER, Minn. - Plans to redevelop a key stretch of Downtown Rochester are being delayed.
Officials are now expecting to break ground on the Discovery Walk project next spring, having previously been set to do so this fall. Local leaders say the project will transform a four-block section of 2nd Avenue SW from a place to go through, to a place to go to.
Construction bidding and costs concerns spur plan to postpone start of project to next spring 9:57 pm, May 20, 2021 ×
An artist rendering shows design elements for Discovery Walk, a planned linear park along Second Avenue Southwest between Mayo Clinic’s Annenberg Plaza and Soldiers Field Park. (Coen+Partners)
Construction on redeveloping a four-block section of Second Avenue Southwest, south of Second Street, in Rochester is being delayed to 2022.
“We are in a very unpredictable bidding environment,” said Chris Schad, director of business development for Destination Medical Center’s Discovery Square District. “The city is finding major projects are having a much smaller number of bids coming back on projects, which increases the risk of having too high of bids on projects.”
Our View: Herd immunity is a long shot
According to the Mayo Clinic, 39% of the public remains either ambivalent or outright opposed to vaccination. That has to change.
Written By:
Post Bulletin Editorial Board | 5:30 am, Apr. 27, 2021 ×
Keep the virus off America s shores. Failed.
Flatten the curve to prevent the virus from overwhelming our health care system. Failed.
Lock down businesses and establish public health protocols, such as masks, to reduce COVID s spread. Not a failure, but not a resounding success, either.
Develop and distribute safe, effective vaccines. Scientists nailed the development part of that equation, but we ve missed the mark on distribution.
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WESTFIELD Westfield Academy and Central School Board of Education members received a presentation from Kimberly Alonge, Westfield Academy and Central School business teacher, on creating the school yearbook at the board’s recent regular meeting.
Alonge shared her personal enthusiasm for producing the yearbook.
“I was a WACS yearbook staff member myself,” she said. “It’s my passion, I talk about it 24/7 365 days a year.”
Alonge told the board that she sees what she refers to as “the blossom effect” every year with students who join the yearbook staff.
“These kids find talent within themselves,” she said. “They grow in confidence and develop relationships that last a lifetime.”