Rochester is a city founded in 1854 in the US State of Minnesota and is the administrative center of the Olmsted District located on the southern fork of the Zumbro River in Southeast Minnesota. It is the third largest city in Minnesota and the largest city located outside of Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Statistical Area. By 2015, the Rochester metropolitan area has a population of 215,884. According to the US Census 2010, the city has a population of 106,769. The US Census Bureau estimates that the 2016 population is 114,011. This is the home of the Mayo Clinic and earlier, one of IBM's largest facilities. The city has long been considered one of the best places to live in the United States by various publications such as Money and is one of the most educated cities in the world.
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Histori
This area was originally developed as a train stop between Saint Paul, Minnesota and Dubuque, Iowa. When Winona and St Peter Railroad started service in October 1864, it brought new residents and business opportunities increasingly spurring growth and expansion. In 1863, Dr. William W. Mayo arrived as an examining surgeon for Union Union union members in the Civil War. The community is named after Rochester, New York by emigrants from the area. Rochester celebrated sesquicentennial in 2004.
St. Mary's Hospital
On August 21, 1883, the Great Tornado destroyed much of Rochester, leaving 37 people dead and about 200 wounded. Since there were no medical facilities in the immediate area at the time, Dr. Mayo and his two sons work together to care for the wounded. A donation of US $ 60,000 (US $ 1,567,054 in 2016 for inflation) was collected and the Sisters of St. Francis, assisted by Mayo, opens a new facility called St. Hospital. Marys in 1889.
Mayo Clinic
The Mayo training is growing and is currently the largest and most respected medical facility in the world. Many famous people from around the world, including former President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, George H. W. Bush, Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan, have visited Rochester as patients at the Mayo Clinic. Rochester has also been hit by two F4 tornadoes since 1950 (the first on May 10, 1953 and the other on September 16, 1962).
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Geography
Rochester is located along the South Fork The Zumbro River is surrounded by gentle hills and is mostly surrounded by farmland in deciduous forest biomes. Located in southeastern Minnesota, it lies within the Driftless Area: the only region in North America that has never been glaciated and contains a deeply etched river valley. This harsh terrain is caused either by a lack of glacial deposits, or drift, and into the upper Mississippi River slices and its tributaries to the bedrock. According to the US Census Bureau, the city has a total area of ​​54.75 square miles (141.80 km 2 ), where 54.59 square miles (141.39 km 2 ) it is ground and 0.16 square miles (0.41 km 2 ) is water. The city is located 85 miles (137 km) southeast of Minneapolis-St. Paul.
Rochester is in Olmsted County, one of only four counties in Minnesota without a natural lake. Artificial lakes exist in the area, including Silver Lake, a dammed section on the Zumbro River South River just below the convergence with the Silver River near the city center. Silver Lake was once used as a cooling pool when a coal-fired power plant operated by Rochester Public Utilities on the lake. When operating, the hot water output of the RPU coal mill prevents the lake from freezing during the winter months; attracting large numbers of migrating Canadian migrant migrants.
Rochester has an extensive park system, the largest being Silver Lake and Soldiers Field in the central part of town. A major flood in 1978 caused the city to start a costly and successful flood control project involving multiple streams and adjacent rivers. The Zumbro River that flows through the city center is currently being reorganized for increased development and use as part of urban planning along with funding from the Destination Medical Center project.
Climate
Rochester has a humid continental climate (Dfa/Dfb), with hot summers and very cold winters. The city has four distinct seasons. Rochester sees an average of 30 inches (760 mm) of rainfall and 48 inches (120 cm) of snowfall per year. Significant snow accumulation is common during the winter months. Spring and fall are transitional seasons, with general warming trends during spring and general cooling trends during the fall. However, it is not uncommon to see snowfall during the early months of spring and subsequent fall months. Rochester is the second windiest city in the United States, with an average wind speed of 12.6 mph. January and April are the most windy months on average, according to The Weather Channel.
Demographics
At the 2010 census, there were 106,769 people, 43,025 households, and 26,853 families living in the city. Population density was 1,955.8 souls per square mile (755.1/km 2 ). There are 45,683 housing units with an average density of 836.8 per square mile (323.1/km 2 ). City's racial makeup is 82.0% White, 6.3% African American, 0.3% Native Americans, 6.8% Asian (1.3% India, 1.2% Cambodia, 1.0% China, 0 , 9% Vietnamese, 0.6% Laotian, 0.4% Korean, 0.4% Filipino, 0.2% Hmong, 0.1% Japanese, 0.1% Thai, 0.1% Pakistan), 2, 0% of other races, and 2.6% of two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race 7.2% of the population (3.7% Mexico, Puerto Rico 1.3%, 2.0% Others).
In terms of ancestors, the 2005-2007 American Community Survey found German Americans to be the largest single ethnic group in Rochester, accounting for 35.5% of the city's population. The Norwegian Americans reach 15.9%, while the Irish Americans contribute 11.6% of the city's population. The English Americans comprise 8.2% of the population and the Swedish population of America is 5.0% of the city's population. In the mid-1980s Rochester had less than 40 Hmong. The 1990 US Census counted 200 Hmongs in Rochester. This increased to 300 by 1998. Cathleen Jo Faruque, author of "Hmong Migration to Rochester, Minnesota: Life in the Midwest," wrote in 2003 that there is "any indication that this trend will continue".
There are 43,025 households 31.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.4% are married couples living together, 9.5% have unmarried female households, 3.5% have male households without a wife, and 37.6% are not family. 30.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.8% had someone living alone 65 or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 3.04.
The average age in the city is 35 years. 24.8% of the population is under 18 years of age; 8.3% between the ages of 18 and 24; 29.4% are from 25 to 44; 24.8% is from 45 to 64; and 12.7% are 65 years old or older. City gender makeup is 48.4% male and 51.6% female.
In the 2011-2015 American Community Survey, the average household income was $ 68,023.
Government
Rochester is ruled by the mayor's council government with a seven-member city council. The current mayor is Ardell Brede. In December 2017, the city council comprised the following: Randy Staver, President of the City Council; Ed Hruca, 1st Lord; Michael Wojcik, 2nd ward; Nick Campion, 3rd Ward; Mark Bilderback, 4th Ward; Mark Hickey, 5th Ward; and Annalissa Johnson, Ward 6th.
Rochester is the center of Olmsted County, run by a seven-member regional council, each representing the district's inhabitants. The County Board of Commissioners oversees territorial operations and overcomes citizens' concerns. When a commissioner is elected, they are elected to serve a 4-year sentence. When the term of office is over, the commissioner may run for re-election if they so wish. The District Attorney and Sheriff County are also elected for a period of 4 years and may run for re-election when the term of office expires if they choose. Each of these elected officials acts as a director for his office, and is accountable to residents of Olmsted County.
Rochester falls under the District Court of Olmsted District in the Third District of Judicial State of Minnesota.
The city is part of the 25 and 26 state legislative districts of Minnesota. In the Minnesota House of Representatives, District 25A is represented by Duane Quam (R), District 25B is represented by Duane Sauke (DFL), District 26A is represented by Tina Liebling (DFL) and District 26B is represented by Nels Pierson (R). In the Minnesota Senate, Rochester is represented by Dave Senjem and Carla Nelson, both Republicans. Rochester is located in the 1st congress district of Minnesota, represented by Mankato educator Tim Walz, member of the Democratic Democratic Labor Party (DFL) currently running for Minnesota Governor.
Education
Rochester Public Schools enrolled 16,300 students in 23 public primary and secondary schools. The city is divided into three high school attendance zones: John Marshall, Mayo and Century. Private schools in the city include Lourdes, Schaeffer Academy, and Rochester Central Lutheran School among the smaller private religious schools. Studio Academy, a fine art-focused charter school operated for 10 years in Rochester and closed its doors in 2011 after losing its charter. Rochester STEM Academy opened in 2011, occupying the previous Studio Academy building.
Higher education in Rochester is concentrated around the former Rochester University Center in the city's southeastern suburbs, where the Rochester Community and Technical College shares campuses with the Winona State University branch. The University of Minnesota offered degrees through UCR until 2007, when the University of Minnesota Rochester was set up in the city center eventually building the presence of the city's major universities, in hand with the development of comprehensive city planning and investment under the Destination Medical Center project. Rochester is also home to the branches of Cardinal Stritch University and the Minnesota School of Business. The branches of Augsburg University and the College of St. Scholastica is also in Rochester, as are the branches of Winona State University and St. Mary's University. The Mayo Clinic offers graduates of medical education and research programs through the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine and the Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
According to the US Census Bureau 2011-2015, the number of senior high school graduates or higher, percent of people aged 25 years is 94.1%. The number of bachelor's degrees or higher than those age 25 is 41.3%.
Economy
The Mayo Clinic forms the core of Rochester's economy. In 2016, it employs 34,180 people and attracts more than 2 million visitors annually. Many clinic facilities, along with hotels, restaurants and retail stores, consist of almost all downtown cities. Excluding state governments, Mayo Clinic is the largest company in Minnesota. Other care providers, including the Rochester Federal Medical Center, are significant employers.
IBM Rochester Campus is one of the R & D centers. D and the company's most important manufacturing. This has resulted in the System i series, having been home to the first Blue Gene prototype, and donating servers to Roadrunner. Seven employees on the IBM Rochester campus created the IBM Employees Credit Union, which is now Think Mutual Bank, a banking network in the Rochester metropolitan area and Twin Cities.
Rochester's economy is also influenced by the agricultural nature of the area. Seneca Foods has a processing plant in Rochester. There are several milk producers like Kemps that are active in the area. In addition, Kerry Flavors and Ingredients, a subsidiary of a global Irish firm called Kerry Group, manages a production plant in Rochester that specializes in fermented ingredients found in breads, meats and other processed foods.
Destination Medical Center
In 2013, Governor Mark Dayton signed a bill known as Destination Medical Center (DMC). It will also increase Mayo Clinic's tax base, business and economic growth throughout the state of Minnesota. Because of this law, The Mayo Clinic will invest in $ 3.5 billion to improve patient space, add additional work space, and build research and administration buildings.
The main development of this plan will be in the DMC sub-district. The Downtown Waterfront district will include the Government Center, The Civic Center, and most of the area near the Zumbro River. The Central Station district includes Central Park and most of Civic Center Drive, which aims to be the city's transportation hub. St. Marys Place will include St. Marys and St. Marys Park, as well as most of 2nd Street. The Heart of the City will feature the Mayo Clinic campus and major residential, commercial, and retail companies. Discovery Square area will include scientific research and technology facilities. Finally, UMR and Recreation District will feature Soldier's Field and the campus of University of Minnesota Rochester.
Art and culture
A number of Rochester buildings are on the National Register of Historic Places, including the historic Chateau Theater, which in 2015 was purchased by the city for conservation, and Avalon Music, formerly an important hotel in the local civil rights movement.
The Rochester Art Center is located in the city center, just south of the Mayo Civic Center.
In the summer, every Thursday the city puts on "Thursday at First" where local restaurants and artists can set up booths along First Avenue in downtown Rochester. There are several stages in which the band performs and provides entertainment. There are also a number of street musicians sitting on the wall or standing on the sidewalk.
The oldest cultural art institute in the community, Rochester Symphony Orchestra & amp; Chorale was founded in 1919 as a professional performing arts organization called the Rochester Orchestra. Its earliest ensemble - Lawler-Dodge Orchestra - founded in 1912 as a volunteer orchestra, driven by Daisy Plummer, wife of world-renowned Mayo Clinic physician, Dr. Henry Plummer, and directed by Harold Cooke. In the early years, the Orchestra appeared in the former Chateau Theater where they performed background music for silent films.
Parks and recreation
Minnesota has one of the most extensive state park systems in the country. Seventy-two state parks are used all year round for hunting, camping, and hiking. In addition, Minnesota has more bicycle paths than any other state, and a growing network of hiking trails. Likewise, the large Rochester city park system, with over 100 sites covering 5 square miles (13 km 2 ). The city also maintains 85 miles (137 km) of asphalted roads beside country lanes such as the Douglas State Trail. The nearest state park is Whitewater State Park.
In addition, Rochester has provided educational and recreational opportunities through the Quarry Hill Nature Center, a collaborative effort between the Rochester Park & Department of Recreation, Rochester Public School District and Friends of Quarry Hill Nature Center. Quarry Hill Park was originally part of the former Rochester State Hospital hospital and was purchased from the state by City of Rochester in 1965. The Nature Center opened in 1973 as a collaborative effort between the Rochester Park Department and the Rochester Public School District. In September 1990, work was completed on a major addition to the existing natural center, effectively tripling the floor area and allowing Quarry Hill to meet the increasing needs of both the general public and the school. Additional facilities are completed in 2017 next to the nordic ski line in 2014. The facility includes a new educational facility and a 19th-century steppe-style house while guests can rent ski boots and snow boots on site to enjoy winter trips.
Oxbow Park and Zollman Zoo located at Zumbro River near Byron, Minnesota offer extensive hiking, camping, fishing and trails beside the Zollman Zoo that holds over 30 species of animals, most of whom have injuries that will prevent them from surviving. in the wild. All the animals are from Minnesota. The zoo is named after Dr. Paul E. Zollman. The most popular animals include wolves, bald eagles, white-tailed deer, coyotes, jungle cats, river otter, bull, and cougar. The zoo is open all year round.
The city also has four public golf courses: Northern Hills, Eastwood Golf Club, Hadley Creek (9 holes), and Soldiers Field Golf Course located downtown. In addition, a number of private courses are located in the Rochester area, including Willow Creek Golf Club, Oak Summit Golf Club, Maple Valley Golf Club, Somerby Golf Club, and Rochester Golf and Country Club along with a number of courses in smaller communities nearby. Minnesota has one of the highest number of golf courses per capita in the country, generally found to have much higher quality than general courses located in the Northeast and elsewhere. Extensive fishing is available in the area, including high quality trout.
Media
The city newspaper is Post-Bulletin , the evening paper published Monday through Saturday. The Post-Bulletin Company also publishes Rochester Magazine, a periodic monthly feature.
There are three television stations based in Rochester: channel KTTC 10.1 (NBC), KTTC- (CW) channel 10.2, and channel KXLT-TV 47 (Fox) is duopoly. The studio sharing station as part of a special agreement between Quincy Newspapers and Segamorehill Broadcasting. The ABC KAAL affiliate is also based in southwestern Rochester. KIMT channelÃ, 3 (CBS) in Mason City, Iowa, channel 15 KSMQ (PBS) in Austin and channel 24 KYIN (PBS) in Mason City is one of the stations serving the market. KAAL is licensed to Austin, but has a studio in Rochester.
The Rochester area provided cable service by the Charter Communications, which holds a monopoly in the area.
Transportation
Rochester is serviced by three US highways (US 14, US 52, and US 63), and Rochester's southern rim is encircled by Interstate Highway 90 and State Highway 30. Olmsted County Highway 22 is also the main highway in the city as it encompasses most of Rochester. A combination of sidewalks and underground pavements, the subway, connecting most of the buildings in the city center, which residents often use to avoid the brutal winter weather conditions in Minnesota. The public transit bus is run by the Rochester Public Transit. The operation is done by First Transit.
Rochester International Airport is seven miles south of the city center. The airport is Minnesota's second busiest commercial airport. It has direct flights to Atlanta, Chicago, and Minneapolis. Started in July 2018, service to St. Augustine, Florida, and Phoenix will be provided by Elite Airways.
Rochester has a shuttle service that connects to Minneapolis St. International Airport Paul by Rochester Shuttle Service and Go Rochester Direct.
A Cities Cities-Rochester twin rail link has been the subject of a series of studies since the late 1980s. Rochester previously had services to Chicago in the southeast and to Rapid City, South Dakota in the west until the Chicago railroad and North Western Railway Rochester 400 ended in 1963.
Main highway
- USÃ, 14 - US Route 14
- US $ 52 - Route 52 AS
- US $ 63 - US Route 63
- I-90 - Interstate 90
- MNÃ, 30 - Minnesota State Highway 30
Sports
Awards and ratings
The city has long been a fixture on the Money Magazine's "Best Places to Live" index, and ranked number 67 on the 2006 list, and in the top 3, including number one several times, from 1993- 1997.
Rochester ranks second in Quality of Life by the American Business Journal.
Rochester is ranked sixth in Kiplinger Personal Finance magazine 10 Best Cities for the Next Decade.
Golf Digest and Golf for Women both placed Rochester as the fifth best market in the midwest in 2006.
In 2009, US News and World Report put Rochester in 10 Best Developing Places and the Ninth for the Best City for jobseekers looking for work.
Rochester is ranked 5th best city to retire by Milken Institute.
See also
- List of tallest buildings in Rochester, Minnesota
- List of people from Rochester, Minnesota
References
Source
- Faruque, Cathleen Jo. "Hmong Migration to Rochester, Minnesota: Life in the Midwest" (Archive). In: Hmong Studies Journal ; 2003. 50 pages.
External links
- Rochester City, Minnesota - Official site
- City-Data.com
- ePodunk: Profile for Rochester, Minnesota
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