Rochester and the Institution That Built It
Rochester exists, in practical terms, because of Mayo Clinic. William Worrall Mayo settled in the area during the Civil War, and his sons William James and Charles Horace built the practice into what is now one of the largest medical centers on earth. The clinic employs more than 40,000 people in Rochester alone and draws over a million patients each year from all 50 states and more than 130 countries.
The Destination Medical Center initiative, launched in 2013, is a 20-year, $5.6 billion development plan to reshape downtown Rochester around the clinic. New hotels, transit lines, and research facilities are part of the project. The plan envisions Rochester as a global destination for medical tourism and biotech innovation.
Outside the medical campus, Rochester sits in the Zumbro River valley in southeastern Minnesota's bluff country. The surrounding landscape of rolling hills and hardwood forests contrasts with the flat prairies further west. Silver Lake, a city park downtown, hosts a flock of Canada geese that has wintered there since the 1940s, attracted by warm water discharged from a nearby power plant.
IBM operated a major manufacturing plant in Rochester from 1956 to the 1990s, and the AS/400 midrange computer was developed there. While IBM has scaled back, the tech workforce it trained contributed to a secondary cluster of technology companies in the area.
Providers serving the Rochester area list their websites on Escortservice.com. The directory reviews escort sites but does not facilitate introductions or verify compliance with any regulation. Visitors must be at least 21 years old.
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Rochester exists, in practical terms, because of Mayo Clinic. William Worrall Mayo settled in the area during the Civil War, and his sons William James and Charles Horace built the practice into what is now one of the largest medical centers on earth. The clinic employs more than 40,000 people in Rochester alone and draws over a million patients each year from all 50 states and more than 130 countries.
The Destination Medical Center initiative, launched in 2013, is a 20-year, $5.6 billion development plan to reshape downtown Rochester around the clinic. New hotels, transit lines, and research facilities are part of the project. The plan envisions Rochester as a global destination for medical tourism and biotech innovation.
Outside the medical campus, Rochester sits in the Zumbro River valley in southeastern Minnesota's bluff country. The surrounding landscape of rolling hills and hardwood forests contrasts with the flat prairies further west. Silver Lake, a city park downtown, hosts a flock of Canada geese that has wintered there since the 1940s, attracted by warm water discharged from a nearby power plant.
IBM operated a major manufacturing plant in Rochester from 1956 to the 1990s, and the AS/400 midrange computer was developed there. While IBM has scaled back, the tech workforce it trained contributed to a secondary cluster of technology companies in the area.
Providers serving the Rochester area list their websites on Escortservice.com. The directory reviews escort sites but does not facilitate introductions or verify compliance with any regulation. Visitors must be at least 21 years old.
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