A bill that would finance redevelopment around the Mayo Clinic's proposed expansion in Rochester is starting to move through the Legislature…The Mayo Clinic's Patricia Simmons said the investment is needed to ensure that the Mayo Clinic continues to be a worldwide leader in health care. "We need to grow to succeed," Simmons said. "We need to grow to maintain and capture that historic Mayo Clinic that we know where we're the destination for healing and health and hope for people in the 50 states and people from 145 countries in the world."

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MPR by Tom Scheck

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