Final Consortia Meeting and Celebration:

The final Steps Consortia meeting and celebration will be held on August 18th, 2009. 

Agenda coming soon!

For questions regarding the consortia, contact Jill Walters, Steps Community Coordinator, walters.jill@co.olmsted.mn.us or (507) 328-7526.

About the Steps to a Healthier Rochester Consortium:

The Steps to a Healthier Rochester Community Consortium is a network of community partners working towards healthy lifestyle objectives. The consortium assists the Steps program in collaborative efforts, designing strategies and communicating healthy lifestyle messages. The Rochester Steps Consortium meets quarterly to collaborate in the areas of physical activity, nutrition, secondhand smoke reduction, asthma, diabetes and obesity.

Steps community partners include:

·         The Rochester Area Family Y

·         Eliminating Health Disparities Initiative

·         Rochester Public and Catholic Schools

·         RNeighbors

·         IBM

·         Rochester Athletic Club

·         Rochester Downtown Farmers’ Market

·         Olmsted Medical Center

·         Mayo Clinic’s Action On Obesity

·         Rochester Senior Center

·         American Heart Association

·         Southeast Minnesota Tobacco Prevention Initiative

·         Southeast Minnesota Asthma Coalition

·         Midwest Dairy Council

·         Girl Scouts

·         Rochester/Olmsted Planning Department

·         Olmsted County Public Health Services