Neighborhood Associations [4]

RNeighbors, is a resource helping Rochester’s neighbors to build community and strengthen neighborhoods. Currently there are 27 registered Neighborhood Associations [5] in Rochester, Minnesota.

RNeighbors assists neighborhoods with answers & resources. Benefits for neighborhood organizations include bulk-mail permits, liability insurance for Neighborhood Association meetings and events, reduced printing and supply costs, RNeighborSigns to advertise upcoming Association meetings, crime watch resources and opportunities for increased visibility such as participation in the Rochesterfest Parade and National Night Out.

Each of the programs and projects below support Neighborhood Associations. Through these collaborative efforts, RNeighbors works to bring additional tools, resources, and community building events to neighborhoods.

RNeighbors Programs

• NeighborWalks [6]
  This walking program encourages people of all ages to walk in their neighborhoods. Neighbors who know each other and walk together create stronger neighborhoods, places that are safe and nurturing to live in.
   
• RColorful Corners [7]
  Without spending a single tax dollar, this program brings neighbors together to create art, reclaiming ownership of public space.
   
• RNeighborWoods [8]
  An ongoing project partnership working for citywide neighborhood improvement by strengthening Rochester's urban forest.
   
• RNeighbors.org [9]
  The website you're currently reading. Here, we host RVoices [10], a community journalism project, linking neighborhoods with resources, dialogue, and news.
   

RNeighbors Projects

• RNeighborhood Association Toolkit [11]
  This one-stop tutorial will aid current associations, and give start-up neighborhood groups guidelines for successful community organizing.
   
• RNeighborSigns
  We create and provide yard signs announcing neighborhood association meetings. Just ask us how. [12]
   

Other Community Projects

• Chalk the Block for National Night Out [13]
  This activity partners with Community Education's Summer of Service (SOS) program, working with neighborhood kids to spruce up sidewalks with chalk art for National Night Out.
   
• Coffee & Conversation [14]
  A partnership of community groups and members who create opportunities for non-partisan community dialog on topics of current interest.
   
• Help Make Rochester A Litter Bit Better! [15]
  At the beginning of 2007, two citizens came to Mayor Brede with the idea of building a "trash mountain", getting community members involved in a city-wide litter clean up effort. Supported by Rochester businesses and government entities, a loose collaboration of organizations and businesses joined together to organize this city-wide clean up effort.
   
• National Night Out
  Each year, on the first Tuesday in August, neighbors join together to celebrate National Night Out [16]. NNO has proven to be an effective, inexpensive and enjoyable program to promote neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships in our fight for a safer and more cohesive nation.