Neighborhood Project Grants News & Events

2023 was the ninth year of our Neighborhood Project Grants (NPGs). These grants now reimburse up to $3,000 for neighborhoods to complete projects that enhance a neighborhood’s livability and involvement, benefit the entire neighborhood, and promote a strong sense of community. 2020-2022 were quiet years for NPGs as neighbors dealt with the pandemic. But in 2023, successful NPGs more than tripled from 2022! Once again, there were robust applications with some original ideas from neighborhoods on ...

RNeighbors Neighborhood Project Grants reimburse up to $3,000 in costs for neighborhoods to complete projects that: Enhance a neighborhood’s livability and involvement Benefit the entire neighborhood Promote a strong sense of community. Be creative. These non-revenue producing projects can include, but are not limited to, identification signage, bike racks, mini libraries or food pantries, pocket park improvements, physical activity opportunities, butterfly & rain gardens, festivals, food ...

NUSA Grant Includes • NUSA Conference Registration • Hotel • Airfare • Food Each year RNeighbors has attended the Neighborhoods USA (NUSA) Conference we have come back energized about neighborhood organizing and full of successful ideas from other cities. The Council on Neighborhoods, the Neighborhood Toolkit, the Building Blocks Neighborhood Party Trailer and the Neighborhood Project Grants are just a few of these projects we’ve implemented in Rochester, learned at NUSA Conferences. This year ...

RNeighbors Neighborhood Project Grants reimburse up to $3,000 in costs for neighborhoods to complete projects that: Enhance a neighborhood’s livability and involvement Benefit the entire neighborhood Promote a strong sense of community. Be creative. These non-revenue producing projects can include, but are not limited to, identification signage, bike racks, mini libraries or food pantries, pocket park improvements, physical activity opportunities, butterfly & rain gardens, native ...

RNeighbors Neighborhood Project Grants are back and offering increased funds from past years to complete projects that: Enhance a neighborhood’s livability and involvement Benefit the entire neighborhood Promote a strong sense of community. Be creative. These non-revenue producing projects can include, but are not limited to, identification signage, bike racks, mini libraries or food pantries, pocket park improvements, physical activity opportunities, local performance artists, butterfly & ...

Updated – The Neighborhood Project Grant deadlines for the application submission and grant completion are both backed up by one month due to the COVID-19 virus. The new grant application date is Monday, April 27, at 5 pm, notification of awards will be Monday, May 4, and the new grant completion date is Monday, November 30, 2020. Different from the past, due to the current situation, we’ll be assessing project applications as they come in. So if you have a project that you want to start ...

Brand new. As requested by neighborhoods who just wanted some funds to throw a winter activity, it’s the RNeighbors Winter Neighborhood Mini-Grants. These grants will reimburse up to $200 in costs for a winter event such as a snowman building contest, sledding party, or garage chili cook-off. Funds can be used for food or event supplies. Let’s see your creativity! As with our larger Neighborhood Project Grants each event must: Enhance a neighborhood’s livability and involvement ...

2019 was the fifth year of our Neighborhood Project Grants. These grants reimburse up to $1,000 in costs for neighborhoods to complete projects that enhance a neighborhood’s livability and involvement, benefit the entire neighborhood and promote a strong sense of community. Once again there were strong applications with some original ideas from neighborhoods on how to bring neighbors together like fitness in the park, while getting positive things accomplished for their living space such as ...

Announcing the fifth year of our Neighborhood Project Grants. We received a great batch of creative, practical, and community-building grant applications this year. Projects that not only bring neighbors together, but also accomplish positive things for their living space. These grants reimburse up to $1,000 in costs for neighborhoods to complete projects that enhance a neighborhood’s livability and involvement, benefit the entire neighborhood and promote a strong sense of community. Each of ...

RNeighbors Neighborhood Project Grants reimburse up to $1,000 in costs for neighborhoods to complete projects that: Enhance a neighborhood’s livability and involvement Benefit the entire neighborhood Promote a strong sense of community. Be creative. These non-revenue producing projects can include, but are not limited to, identification signage, bike racks, mini libraries or food pantries, pocket park improvements, physical activity opportunities, butterfly & rain gardens, native ...

2018 was the fourth year of our Neighborhood Project Grants. Once again there were strong applications with some original ideas from neighborhoods on how to bring neighbors together, while getting positive things accomplished for their living space. These grants reimburse up to $1,000 in costs for neighborhoods to complete projects that enhance a neighborhood’s livability and involvement, benefit the entire neighborhood and promote a strong sense of community. Each of the applications had to ...

What is the Neighborhood Project Grant? These grants reimburse up to $1,000 in costs for neighborhoods to complete projects that enhance a neighborhood’s livability and involvement, benefit the entire neighborhood and promote a strong sense of community. We encourage you to be creative. These non-revenue producing projects can include, but are not limited to, identification signage, butterfly & rain gardens, native plantscaping and public art projects. Neighborhoods can take on several ...

2017 was the third year of our Neighborhood Project Grants. Once again there were strong applications with some original ideas from neighborhoods on how to bring neighbors together, while getting positive things accomplished for their living space. These grants reimburse up to $1,000 in costs for neighborhoods to complete projects that enhance a neighborhood’s livability and involvement, benefit the entire neighborhood and promote a strong sense of community. Each of the applications had to ...

We understand the value and benefits of these grants and are once again applying for this year’s grant. Our proposal continues on the theme of ‘neighborhood identity’. The members of our association seek to help create a ‘neighborhood identity’ that will assist in creating a stronger sense of ‘place’ within the community.” – Dennis Davey, Historic Southwest Neighborhood Association I’m thrilled for this opportunity. I know both of the Kutzky ...

What is the Neighborhood Project Grant? These grants reimburse up to $1,000 in costs for neighborhoods to complete projects that enhance a neighborhood’s livability and involvement, benefit the entire neighborhood and promote a strong sense of community. We encourage you to be creative. These non-revenue producing projects can include, but are not limited to, identification signage, butterfly & rain gardens, native plantscaping and public art projects. You can check out results from the ...

  Results are in for the second year of the Neighborhood Project Grants and the completed projects are pretty impressive. In total $6,868 of funds were distributed between eight different neighborhood projects through seven different grants. Over 440 hours of volunteer time was put into these projects, a value of $10,150.80 to our neighborhoods. This RNeighbors program was developed from requests from neighborhood association for access to small amounts of funding in which to carry out ...

We are very excited to be a part of this process again this year. These grants give us an opportunity to dream of what can be possible with a little focus and a little outside money. Thank you for organizing this again.” – Cathy Clermont, Slatterly Park Neighborhood Association Announcing the second year of our Neighborhood Project Grants. Once again we had strong applications and this year we have some very original ideas from neighborhoods on how to bring neighbors together, while ...

What is the Neighborhood Project Grant? These grants reimburse up to $1,000 in costs for neighborhoods to complete projects that enhance a neighborhood’s livability and involvement, benefit the entire neighborhood and promote a strong sense of community. We encourage you to be creative. These non-revenue producing projects can include, but are not limited to, identification signage, butterfly & rain gardens, native plantscaping and public art projects. Are you specifically interested in a ...

  19th Ave SW Neighborhood: Little Free Library Cimarron Neighborhood: Raised “Discovery” Garden Bed with surrounding paver walkway Eastside Neighborhood: Fourth Street Community Garden with components of a “Community Board” and weekly speakers Homestead Addition Neighborhood: Pocket Park Improvement including a bench Homestead Trails Neighborhood: Community Garden Enhancement Kutzky Park Neighborhood: Community Garden Raised Beds Kutzky Park Neighborhood: Historic Neighborhood Signage for ...

We had many strong grant submissions for the first year of our Neighborhood Project Grants. These grants reimburse up to $1,000 in costs for neighborhoods to complete projects that enhance a neighborhood’s livability and involvement, benefit the entire neighborhood and promote a strong sense of community. Each of the applications had to ensure that the neighbors would put in the volunteer effort to bring the project to completion by October 30, 2015. And the winners are… 19th Ave SW ...