A Vibrant Community Where Everyone Thrives: Olmsted’s Strategic Plan Over the last 18 months the county examined where the county is currently and how the county can improve. Input into this process was provided by county…
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Commitment To Innovation The Dodge and Olmsted Community Corrections program received the Lead Innovator Award from the Minnesota Association of Community Corrections. This award is recognition of the innovations Community Corrections have applied and modeled for…
Third Avenue SE Changes Third Avenue SE between 12th Street and Highway 63 South, will receive a bituminous overlay and lane striping that create a center left turn lane. This portion of third avenue is a County…
Housing Olmsted County is an active participant in the Housing Coalition. You can see progress made by the Coalition at 9thAvenue SE (South of 4th Street) where Row Homes are being built. The Row Homes allow for more…
Federal Infrastructure Money The county has contracted with Aurora Strategies to assist us in applying for Federal Grants and to lobby for federal dollars for our infrastructure projects. Aurora Strategies works with Downs Government Affairs, a…
13,600 Trees and 2,592 Live Plants The annual sale sponsored by the Olmsted County Soil and Water Conservation District sold 13,600 trees to 248 customers this year. Also, this is the first year that SWCD sold…
Low Income Senior Citizen and Supportive Housing Construction for a supportive housing apartment building has started. The project located on Mayowood road will cost about $8.4 million. The project received Housing Infrastructure Bonds from the state of…
Seneca Site Demolition Rachel Contracting has been awarded the contract to Demolish the Seneca building. The bid also included Restoration and Painting the Corn Tower. The accepted Bid was $1,098,013. Demotion could start this year but is not…
The Appeals court ruled that absentee ballots must be received by November 3 before the close of polls. Mail in ballots, regardless of postmark, must be received by November 3 in order to be counted. For more…
Deconcentration The Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) implements a policy of “Deconcentration;” this is an HRA term that means that HRA clients are housed throughout the community in mixed income apartments and neighborhoods. This creates healthy…
County Road Nine Phase One and Phase Two The first phase of County Road 9 (College View Drive) will open on August 3. At the same time Phase 2 will begin. Phase two will close College View…
County Board Abates Late Fees and Penalties At Tuesday’s Board meeting the Commissioners abated Property Tax Late Fees and interest penalties. The late fee will resume on July 15. This will apply to all properties except for…
Southeast Regional Crisis Center The SERCC will serve a 10 County Region for Mental Health Treatment. (Olmsted, Fillmore, Goodhue, Mower, Wabasha, Houston, Winona, Dodge, Steele and Waseca). The 10 counties will contribute to the operation costs….
Early absentee voting started today at 8 a.m. for the March 3 Presidential Nomination Primary. In-person voting is available for any Olmsted County voter on business days at the 4H Building at Graham Park, or…