The University of Minnesota Outreach, Research and Education (UMore) Park is a 5,000-acre site 25 miles southeast of the Twin Cities at the suburban-rural interface, near Rosemount, Minnesota.  It is the largest contiguous property in the United States that is owned by a land grant university.

The vision to build a University-founded community at UMore Park, a 25- to 30-year endeavor, was affirmed by the University’s Board of Regents in November 2006.  The vision, detailed in Creating the Vision:  The Future of UMore Park, is for a community that will be notably distinctive through the University’s unique imprimatur of education and discovery that brings quality of life to individuals and their families. Hallmarks of the values contributed through the University academic mission include the integrated elements of education, health, energy, environment, transportation and interdisciplinary strengths. The community will provide the pathway to:

• A unique and lasting University legacy of discovery and research-based education that helps to sustain people and communities in the region over the generations;
• A vital regional economy that is characterized by enriched communities, thriving businesses, and educational, social and natural amenities;
• An attractive locale to live in, work in and visit that incorporates University research and education to achieve quality of life, innovation, a sense of place, close connection with the natural environment and sustainability; and
• A growing University endowment that supports the academic mission in perpetuity.

The concept master planning phase of development for this unique, vibrant, intellectually and culturally rich, sustainable community of 20,000 to 30,000 people is under way.

The strategic planning phase was completed in Fall 2006.