Rochester Ready 2021

Rochester Ready 2021

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"*city has done since the start of the pandemic has been done with an eye on safety.

Kimt news 3's samantha soto spoke to president of experience rochester, a key leader in the city's efforts thus far about their plans as they continue into the new year.

" as we get further into the new year downtown rochester leaders are hoping to bring business back into the med city as they prepare to get rochester open as safely as possible" rochester ready came together late last spring.

Just after the coronavirus pandemic sent the nation into a lockdown.

This was an initiative to ensure safe and resilient recovery for the med?

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The first stage was the public safety pledge ?

"* *- where hotels, retailers, and restaurants signed on to a set of standards to ensure every visitor will know measures are in place to decrease the risk of the spread of covid?

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"* the focus early this year s helping educate on vaccine availability and encouraging those to take the vaccine once its available to them.

The shop local safely approach is another push at getting rochester back up and running.

With the struggles many area businesses are facing, president of experience rochester, joe ward says it's critical our local businesses make it through this.

"rochester, we're all in this together, we really are, and we need to make sure that there's the life blood of the economy, waiting for us on the other end."

" ward tells me the city's recovery would not be possible without the collaboration between experience rochester and city partners."

City partners involved in rochester ready include olmsted county public health, destination medical center, mayo clinic, rochester