Updates in the County!
A Good Today; A Better Tomorrow Olmsted County has a population of about 164,000. Olmsted projected growth will take us to a population of 250,000 in the near future. We live in a county that…
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First 2025 Update! Upcoming Resident Survey and Re-cap of 2024 Updates!
2025 Olmsted County Resident Survey 6,000 randomly selected residents will receive postcards requesting them to participate in the Resident Survey. If you receive the post card, it will instruct you on the link to an…
Updates on Affordable Housing, WIC, Composting, Levy, Taxes, New County Administrator, Disabled Veteran Hunt, Economic Development in Stewartville
Olmsted County leads the way in affordable Housing The Olmsted County Board and Housing Redevelopment Authority has completed the first of 10 houses in a Pilot Project to prove that more modest size…
Housing in the County, Veterans & Supporting Veterans, Other Updates, and, Flu Shots!
Housing I supported a $15 Million contribution to the Housing Coalition. The Housing Coalition combines Olmsted County Board’s contribution with other contributions and grants to build, restore, and buy houses and rental units in Olmsted…
Updates on: Recycling Food Scraps, County Parks, Vacation Home Rentals, Groundwater Protection, Recycling Revenue, Aging, and, Taxes
Recycle Food Scraps You can be part of the study on Olmsted’s Food Scraps initiative. 21% of the trash that comes to the Waste to Energy plant is food waste. Food waste can be composted. …
Updates on: Olmsted County Vibrancy, Quality of Life, Age Friendliness, Medical Examiner County Results
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…
Innovation in the County, Waste to Energy in the County, Strategic Planning, Graham Park, and, Apply to an Advisory Board!
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…
Updates on: Usage of County Services, Purchase of Old Town Estates, Housing Affordability, Safety Training Center, and, Groundwater Quality
People Use County Services Year End Totals: The Property Records and Licensing team does a lot of customer service, which means we receive many phone calls. There are five general phone numbers that come into…
Highlights of 2023 and Looking Ahead in 2024!
2023 Highlights Four New County Commissioners. Spent a lot of time orienting new commissioners to all of the areas of county responsibilities. Public Health Care Insurance Renewals After the pandemic the Federal Government required that…
Updates on: Passports, Audit, Veteran Services, Nitrates, Cannabis, Taxes, and, Graham Park
Passports 5,563 passports were processed by county services in 2022. 7,629 photos were processed. We will surpass this number by the end of October, 2023. The U.S. Department of State Passport Services conducts and oversight inspection of…
Updates on: County Levy, Housing and Shelter, Bonding, and, Deaths
September 21, 2023 Maximum Property Tax Levy Increase Set at 5.2% The State of Minnesota distributed quite a bit of money this year to Counties; however, not all costs were covered by the State money. The…
Updates on: Graham Park, medical costs, population characteristics and more!
Graham Park The County Board continues to work on plans to upgrade the facilities at Graham Park. The upgraded facilities will enhance the ability of the community to use park and increase the ability of the…
Updates on Oxbow Park, Transportation Costs, Volunteering, Juvenile Detention, Bonding, and, Other Funding
Nature Center The new Olmsted County Nature Center at Zollman Zoo is now open. The new nature center will be able to increase the capacity to educate students on the natural world. Here is a video…
Updates on: 3rd Avenue Changes, New Home Ownership, Renters, Property Tax Appeals, and, Olmsted County being a Great Place to Work!
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…