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In collaboration with small businesses in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Arizona and Florida, Neighborly Gifts is proud to announce that it is expanding its gifting services ahead of the 2022 holiday season, including the launch of a new Restaurant Voucher Program.
“Being a homegrown financial institution, First Alliance really means it and is always looking for ways to help people in ways others won’t,” says Andrea Allen, Director of Lending at First Alliance Credit Union.
The three shows — featuring Minnesota indie sensation Jeremy Messersmith, Grammy Award-winner Dom Flemons-The American Songster, and Mick Sterling's "A Grand Ole Opry Christmas" — will all be held in the intimate setting of the Rochester Civic Theatre.
When it comes to diversity, equity, and inclusion, the staff at First Alliance Credit Union wanted those words to go beyond corporate buzzwords. They wanted those words to be actions. And the first action they took was to listen.
The forWARD Neighborhood Park Concert Series, sponsored by Mayo Clinic & The Current, kicks off on Wednesday with a performance by the Twin Cities band Kiss the Tiger. The free show begins at 5:30 p.m. at Cooke Park.
For nearly 90 years, First Alliance Credit Union has been offering an alternative choice to traditional banking to the people of Rochester and surrounding areas.
Nice as they may be, the Fernbrook Family Center offices are not usually busy. That isn’t because no one is seeking out mental health services (quite the opposite, in fact), but because of Fernbrook’s commitment to “meet people where they are.”
As an electronics distributor, Pace has navigated the last five decades of ceaseless progress and innovation with a familial work environment that fosters respect and responsibility. It’s a tradition passed down through three generations of the Deutsch family.
Nate Nordstrom and his family recently opened New Spin Bicycle Shop, 5335 East Frontage Road, in northwest Rochester. It’s the area’s first specialty e-bike sales and service shop.
Doing your taxes can often be intimidating, and even expensive. The volunteers with VITA know this.
Its 350-acre campus is home to public galleries and a sculpture garden, as well roughly 20 local artists and art entities who rent studio space on the site. Artists also pass through on temporary bases, whether as part of a residency cohort, or as part of the center’s programming.
On October 9-10, Roller Disco, presented by the Rochester Downtown Alliance and Destination Medical Center, will transform this town’s beloved Peace Plaza into an outdoor roller-skating rink for a shiny new, family-friendly event.
The journey to receiving those white coats reached a new milestone for the pair over the past few weeks, with each moving on to a new school: Orakwue started her first semester of medical school at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Ajayi at Tufts University in Boston.
Thirty-five rising high school seniors from across the country came to downtown Rochester to participate in the UMR NXT GEN MED Summer Quest program, tackling four key issues for the future of health care during the first seven days of August — and bringing the energy back to campus with them.
Ken Londoner says he envisions a future where BioSig’s technology is included in every cardiology clinic’s lab, with dozens of engineers and physicians working out of Rochester to build up the company’s capabilities.
Each week, students in the Winona State University-Rochester nursing program head to The Landing’s temporary home inside the former Silver Lake Fire Station to give haircuts, foot care, and medical screenings to people experiencing homelessness.
Prof. Amber Fiedler, an assistant nursing professor at WSU-Rochester, has spearheaded the “Save a Life: Prevent Opioid Overdose” program, which runs every second Thursday of the month. She says the free program is part of a larger goal inside her university and in the health care field at large: stymying the opioid epidemic, which has become one of the leading causes of accidental death in America.
If you find yourself searching for extra space, a better location, or both, now may be the right time to look at buying a new home — and Altra Federal Credit Union is here to help you become a more prepared homebuyer, giving you the information you need to find the right home and the right loan program.
Cyle Erie and Brian Muellner are two Rochester natives who have pursued careers in the built environment for the better part of the new millennium, working in cities across the Midwest. Now, as their hometown has grown into a first-class city, they both decided about 10 years ago to settle back into the community they knew as children to help build it from the ground up.
The newest Altra debit and credit cards, due for release in February, will come equipped with contactless technology. Add that to mobile wallets like Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, and Google Pay — which accept just about any card — and the future of payment is quickly becoming touch-free.
