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The University of Minnesota Outreach, Research and Education (UMore) Park is the University's 5,000-acre property located 25 miles southeast of the Twin Cities in Dakota County. The vision to build a unique, sustainable, University-founded community of 20,000 to 30,000 people, a 25- to 30-year endeavor, was affirmed by the University's Board of Regents in December 2006.
The plan for this new, sustainable community integrates environmental, socio-cultural and economic opportunities with a specific focus on innovations in renewable energy, education and lifelong learning, health and wellness, the natural environment and regional economic development.
Planning and development for UMore Park is founded upon the University's academic mission—research, education and public engagement—making UMore Park a distinctive planned community in the nation. Work based on the concept master plan for UMore Park is underway.
Read the latest UMore Park Update.
The early stages of field work for the Remedial Investigation on the eastern 3,500 acres of the UMore Park property is anticipated to begin mid-summer 2011.
An Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR) will be initiated in Summer 2011 by the City of Rosemount to review the potential impacts of development on the property and the surrounding area. You can find more information on the City's website.
The University of Minnesota Board of Regents determined that the Final Environmental Impact Statement in the UMore Park Sand and Gravel Resources Project adequately addressed all potential environmental issues and concerns. The board also authorized the administration to execute a lease agreement with Dakota Aggregates LLC for gravel mining at UMore Park. Read the news release (22 KB PDF).
Learn more about the UMore Park concept master plan.
View examples of student projects focused on UMore Park on the Student Project page.
A commissioning ceremony for the Wind Energy Research Station was held on October 25 at UMore Park.
The University is incorporating citizen input from the Public Forum on Sustainability Goals for UMore Park and ideas provided by community leaders and experts from local jurisdictions, nonprofit organizations, state and federal agencies and private sector organizations into an action plan for sustainability in the future community at UMore Park.
Got an idea for research at UMore Park? Learn more about UMore Park and the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)
Read about select faculty and student projects at UMore Park.