September 2012 – RNeighbors

Working with Your City Forum

September 6, 2012

WHEN: Wednesday, September 26, 2012, 6:30-8:30 pm WHERE: Rochester Public Library Auditorium PURPOSE: To help neighbors and city staff work more effectively together to meet the changing needs of our community. AGENDA WELCOME and INTRODUCTIONS Ardell Brede, Mayor; René Lafflam, Exec Dir. RNeighbors; Bob Nowicki, President RNeighbors CITY PANEL Brief overview of their function as relates to neighborhoods and neighbors can work efficiently within the set structure of the department. City Council Representative — Interim Council President Randy Staver…

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Flu Vaccines

September 5, 2012

Preventing disease and keeping our children healthy is a priority for all of us. Schools play an important role in helping to keep our children healthy and in stopping the spread of infectious diseases, like influenza. Thirty schools in Olmsted County have partnered with Olmsted Medical Center, Mayo Clinic, Olmsted County Public Health and the SE MN Beacon Project to offer the flu vaccine (both injectable and mist) to students in the next three weeks. Vaccinations will take place during…

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Fall 2012 Community Tree Planting

September 3, 2012

On Saturday, May 5, 2012, over 500 neighbors, youth, and other community volunteers worked together to plant 1,200 trees in one morning, a record number of trees planted in one morning for the state of Minnesota and the RNeighborWoods program. The city’s boulevard tree spaces are currently over half empty and each year 500-900 boulevard trees are removed to disease or damage. We need your help to add more community trees to this neighborhood. This tree planting is funded by a…

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Green Up Your Lawn, Not Your Lakes and Rivers

September 1, 2012

Fall is right around the corner and, for many home and business owners, this means a final blast of fertilizer on the lawn to ensure thick green grass in the springtime. However, your fertilizer may end up somewhere else besides your lawn – our waterways. In Rochester, we all have waterfront property because ditches and storm sewers transport storm water and pollution from our property to our lakes and rivers. So, whatever we do to our lawns can affect our…

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