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Rochester Public Library Facilities and Operations Master Plan –Request for Proposals

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The Rochester Public Library in Rochester, Minnesota, is seeking proposals from consultants and groups with experience working with libraries to engage in a robust, community co-design and collaborative process for a Facilities and Operations Master Plan.

 

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Rochester Public Library Facilities and Operations Master Plan –Request for Proposals The Rochester Public Library in Rochester, Minnesota, is seeking proposals from consultants and groups with experience working with libraries to engage in a robust, community co-design and collaborative process for a Facilities and Operations Master Plan.

The enclosed Request for Proposal contains the requirements for each submittal.

Refer to the Proposed Project Schedule section for critical meeting and submittal dates. Interested parties are required to register for the pre-bid meeting by Friday, April 26, 2024 at 12pm CDT.

If you have questions regarding the proposal, please direct all communications to: Kim Edson, Head of Reader Services Rochester Public Library 101 2nd Street SE, Rochester, MN 55904 507-328-2325 | kedson@rplmn.org

 

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City of Rochester, Minnesota Public Library Master Plan Request for Proposals 

 

 

 

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City Council Study Session March 25, 2025  Presentation Slides

 

 

 

 

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Related Reports

 

 

 

Pinned Rochester Public Library organization and project reports

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Project Report of Rochester Public Library Expansion (Two Floor Addition) : March 02, 2016 : Fundraising questions for RPL expansion

Sixty-three people were interviewed for the survey, plus an online survey yielded 263 responses. It was done in part to assess how fundraising for the project would go; the document refers to a $3 million fundraising campaign for the project.


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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.

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