Make Your Neighborhood a Better Place to Live

Know Your Neighbor List

Neighbor on right: ___________________________________________

Neighbor on left: ____________________________________________

Neighbor across: ____________________________________________

Neighbor in back: ____________________________________________

Neighborhood Projects

In choosing a neighborhood project, focus on a specific issue that will demonstrate action and results.

Get the whole community behind the project by promoting the event as much as possible. This will provide lots of participation for you to establish a large membership base. If you are successful in achieving your goals or effecting change on a single issue, it demonstrates that your Association is an effective group. This establishes credibility for the organization, which is crucial for sustainability. Small projects build confidence and power to tackle more complicated issues facing your neighborhood.

Consider one of the following projects to bring your neighbors together:

• Neighborhood clean up
• Street improvements
• Park improvements
• Youth projects
• Tree planting
• Community garden
• Crime watch program
• Murals
• Parades
• Tool lending libraries
• Paint swap
• Neighborhood t-shirts
• Candidate forums
• Neighborhood cookouts
• Welcome neighbors packet
• Asset mapping
• Yard of the month
• Speakers on topics of interest to the neighborhood
• Choose representatives to attend City Council and School Board meetings
• Back to school party
• Neighborhood scrap book or video
• Skills exchange (example: Ex-boxer in the neighborhood sets up an afternoon boxing program for kids. The kids mow and care for his yard.)
• National Night Out celebration
• Neighborhood newsletter, website, directory, or telephone tree

Important Rochester Dates to Remember

• RochesterFest is the third full week in June
• National Night Out is the first Tuesday in August
• Olmsted County Free Fair starts the last weekend in July