Rochester

– just 15 minutes from Elk Run, has a population of nearly 100,000 and prides itself on clean air, low crime, and a strong sense of community and family values.

Named three years in a row by Money magazine as among the best places to live in the United States, Rochester residents relish their active arts community, quality public schools, and low cost of living.

Outdoor Life magazine ranked Rochester ninth on its Top 200 Towns for Sportsmen, based on activities that include world-class trout fishing, hunting for giant Canada geese, trophy deer and turkeys, waterfowling and fishing on the Mississippi River, and biking and canoeing through the bluff country

Rochester is also recognized as a breeding ground for invention and innovation that promises to inspire and revolutionize the field of biotechnology thanks to the seeds sown by its top institutional residents: Mayo Clinic, IBM, and the University of Minnesota Rochester.