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Month: May 2012

Bounty on Cigarette Butts in Downtown Rochester

Bounty on Cigarette Butts in Downtown Rochester

The “Butt Kickers!” of John Adams accept the Challenge on Friday, June 1st Have you noticed the cigarette butts on the ground as you walk around the streets of Downtown Rochester? According to Keep America Beautiful, 85% of all cigarette butts smoked in public become litter. These butts are an eyesore in our community and are a threat to the health of waterways. Enough is enough. It is time for behavior to change in Rochester. The Rochester Downtown Alliance and…

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A Litter Bit Better! 2012 Final Results

A Litter Bit Better! 2012 Final Results

  The final results are in! Over 13,1000 pounds of waste was collected during 2012’s A Litter Bit Better! event. Over 3,116 volunteers in 245 groups picked up over 5,635 acres in Rochester! Neighborhoods were beautified, citizens gave back to their community, and all of that waste was prevented from polluting our land and water. While 12,000+ pounds of litter is a very large number, it is 9,042 pounds less than last year! It is exciting to see the downward…

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2012 Community Safety Survey Response Summary

2012 Community Safety Survey Response Summary

March 2012 The vision of the grassroots group Citizen Advisors for Public Safety (CAPS) is for Rochester to have the safest neighborhoods in Minnesota. The mission of CAPS is to give City residents an active role in promoting neighborhood safety. This survey was created by our all-volunteer committee and distributed across community sectors with the goal of collecting community feedback on the issue of perceived public safety in Rochester. No funds were requested for creation or distribution of the survey….

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2012 Spring Record Breaking Community Tree Planting

2012 Spring Record Breaking Community Tree Planting

What do you get when you have 1,200 trees, 500+ volunteers, some soggy, clay-based soil and 4 miles of empty neighborhood boulevards? You get a muddy morning, lots of hard work, tired volunteers and tree-lined streets that will benefit NW Rochester for decades to come. On May 5, over 500 volun-trees showed up to eager and willing to help break our past record (set in spring of 2011) of planting 1,000 boulevard trees in one morning with 450 neighbors. In…

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