You are here: Home / Community Assets Search / University of Minnesota, Rochester Master Plan

University of Minnesota, Rochester Master Plan


 

UMR campus expansion to accomodate about 1,500 students initially. In its foundational years, UMR forged partnerships with the Mayo Clinic and other institutions to offer distinctive health sciences and biosciences education that prepares students for a broad spectrum of current and emerging careers, ranging from patient care to pure and applied research. UMR matriculated its first class in 2009 and currently serves approximately eight hundred undergraduate and graduate students. In 2009, UMR prepared a master plan that envisioned an “Education District” in downtown Rochester that would foster collaborations in learning, research, and industry; and in the process contribute to the regeneration of downtown through the campus’ physical design and successful integration with the city.

Project Impact(s): Economic Development, Education, Recreation & Open Space

This project is in Archive Phase.

  • Please scroll the following to view Beam's understanding of the project's strategy, indicators, expected results, and monitored metrics.
  • Please click this Link to get to the mainline view of the project.

 

Collaborators, Project Type, Impacts, Related Projects

 

Collaborators 

Lead Organization: University of Minnesota Rochester

Contact: Jay Hesley ; Email: TBD ; Phone: TBD

Known/Likely Collaborators: Community Development Department (Formerly Rochester-Olmsted Planning Department) ; DMC EDA ; Rochester Area Family Y ; University of Minnesota Rochester

Potential Collaborators: Rochester Area Family Y

Related Projects

Destination Medical Center (DMC) ; Education, Health and Recreation Space (DMC UMR/Rec sub-district) ; Integrated Recreation, Education, Living Space (iREL) Rochester Family Y 2020 Plan Concept ; Journey to Growth Plan ; Planning To Succeed: Rochester 2040 Comprehensive Plan (P2S)

Impacts 

Major Impact: 

PlanScape Impacts :

Level 1: Economic Development, Education, Recreation & Open Space

Level 2: Recreation & Open Space

DMC Impacts:

Education/Learning Environment, UMR and Recreation

Community Health Impacts:

Type of Project

Planning  

 

 

Detailed Description

2014 September UMR Plan PDF File

 

Introduction

 

Design Principles 1 - 4

 

Open Space Framework

 

Pedestrian Framework

 

Bicycle Framework 

 

Transit Framework

 

Vehicle Access and Parking

 

Implementation

 

UMR-1 Program

 

Appendix - Scenarios

 

UMR Master Plan (2/13, 2009): Hot Links: PDF File Link

 

 

Future UMR campus changing downtown neighborhood

PB Article - September 11, 2014

Post Bulletin Article - April 26, 2014

 

Strategy

Strategies (Principles)

  1. Leverage public-private partnerships to build capital projects, deliver educational programs, and create research opportunities
  2. Establish a front door opening from downtown Rochester into the education district and a gateway from the education district to soldiers field park.
  3. Maintain transparent and active ground floor uses
  4. Maintain a connected and pedestrian-friendly district throughout
  5. Create a strong architectural identity along Broadway and 6th street
  6. Encourage walking, cycling, transit use, and other alternatives to private vehicles
  7. Hold all capital projects to UM's B3 sustainability guidelines

 

Expected Results
  1. Expand UM Educational Programs in the Health Sciences
  2. Enhance Partnerships in Research Built on the Strengths and Interests of the Mayo Clinic, IBM and the University of Minnesota System
  3. Offer Innovative and Cost-Effective Approaches to Education and Research Establish UMR as a progressive, entrepreneurial leader in the University of Minnesota system
  4. Contribute to Economic Growth 

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Outcome Indicators
  1. A near-term enrollment goal of 1,500 students in Rochester and an ultimate enrollment of 5,000 students.
  2. At the municipal level, UMR will catalyze both direct and indirect job creation and capital investment. By locating the campus downtown, UMR will invigorate demand for goods and services in the city’s core. The attractiveness of the campus will stimulate demand for non-university growth in the downtown, curbing the recent history of sprawling growth.

 

Metrics

1. Enrollment

 

Key reports on: University of Minnesota, Rochester Master Plan

University of Minnesota, Rochester Master Plan Update (April 23, 2023)
2023-04-23 PB reporting on UMR;  2022-11-22 Plan change due to Covid 2020

Read more ...


 

Last modified by allnode on 2024/03/12
Created by on 2014/05/11

 

 

 

Site Information
Project Phase Definitions
The following defines the various project phases:
  1. Available - a product, program or service is in production
  2. Develop - program or application is being developed
  3. Plan - idea is solid, stakeholders are identified, and there is strong commitment to go forward from all parties.
  4. Concept Phase - idea scoped out with enough details to give an early sizing and/or to build a proof of concept
    demonstration
  5. Pre-concept Phase - an early idea or a requirement.
About Beam

Community Beam (dmcbeam.org) is a registry of private and public resources (organizations, projects, initiatives, programs) that underpin economic and social developments of greater Rochester:

  • For the commercial sector, we tend to register startup activities (new companies and new commercial projects) that bring diversification and high-impact opportunities to the area.
  • For the non-profit sector, we wish to shine light on all the organizations and services that otherwise labor under relative obscurity.
  • Our hope is that dmcbeam.org will encourage cross-sector collaborations and creative solutions.

While there are a number of registries in the community, dmcbeam.org's  distinct value is to pilot a database with a data structure and categorizations that answer the questions such as: What organizations or projects/programs in our community that have purported relevance with some of the over-arching focuses put forward by initiatives such as DMC, J2G and Health Improvements?

This database could be used as one of the ways to explore the capacities of the community. If you are someone on an exploratory journey to learn about the greater Rochester community. dmcbeam.org could be an interesting first step.

Links to Beam sub-sites 
Sample of Beam sub-sites: