Get Your House Ready for Retirement
In an AARP survey, 78% of the people responding said they will continue to live in their home when they aged. One of the difficulties in living in one’s home as one ages is that…
March 2019
Where Will the Roads Be Built in the Future?
Transportation planning outside the city of Rochester is the responsibility of ROCOG– Rochester Olmsted Council of Governments. This government decision making body is made up of citizen representatives as well as elected officials from the City, County…
County Road 9 (College View Road) & T-21 (Tobacco 21)
County Road 9 (College View Road) At the March 19th County Board Meeting I voted to keep County Road 9, also known as College View Road, as a 4-lane road. County Road 9 reconstruction from…
Updates: Oxbow Park, Americorp, and Census Bureau
Did You Know? The bison herd at Oxbow Park has been deemed one of the most genetically pure. Most bison have lots of bovine (cow) DNA but bison at oxbow have very few bovine genes. Genetic testing…
Housing, Steam, and Legislative Priorities
Housing Commissioner Jennifer Ho I attended a forum on March 8 with the Housing Commissioner Jennifer Ho. At the Forum, Olmsted County announced that we are moving forward on an affordable housing project located on Mayowood…
Updates: Budget Forecast, Regional Behavioral Health Crisis Facility, and Tobacco
February State Budget Forecast Decreases The state budget surplus is projected at $1.05 billion. This is $500 million less than the November forecast. Lower state tax revenues and a slowing economy was the economists’ reason for the…