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Month: January 2014

Destination Medical Center Update:

Destination Medical Center Update:

2014 is a year of planning for DMC (and Rochester as a whole) and urban planners, architects, engineers and analysts will be drafting the 20-year DMC Development Plan. This plan will truly reflect what the community wants the Rochester experience to be for patients, visitors and residents. The plan will be grounded on input from all corners of the community, and there will be many ways to share your ideas and views. Here is a quick update of what has…

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Neighborhood Forum

Neighborhood Forum

On January 28, 2014, representatives from the Cimarron, Washington, Friends of Indian Heights Park, Kutzky Park, Northrop, Folwell, Sunnyside, Eastside, and Historic Homestead neighborhoods came together tonight to share challenges, successes, and plans for the future of Rochester neighborhoods. RNeighbors partnered in this effort with the Rochester Area Foundation and Mayor Brede.   Notes from the meeting can be found here.

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Friends of Indian Heights – A Magical Experience: Building strong relationships

Friends of Indian Heights – A Magical Experience: Building strong relationships

Wednesday, January 15 5:30-6:30 pm Rochester Public Library Meeting Room B, 2nd Floor Friends of Indian Heights Neighborhood sponsors presentation at Rochester Public Library- We hear from many solo visitors to Indian Heights Park that they feel better after walking around the park and seeing the plants and wildlife.  Below is a another way that people feel better for having spent time in the Park: This Wednesday, January 15th from 5:30 – 6:30pm you are invited to hear Barbara Timm…

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Upcoming Realize Raingardens Rochester Grant Writing Workshop

Upcoming Realize Raingardens Rochester Grant Writing Workshop

Are you planning on applying for a Realize Raingardens Rochester Cost-Share grant in 2014? Join us as we walk step-by-step through the grant application and answer any questions you might have. The 2014 Cost-Share Grant, which awards 50% of verifiable costs up to $750, is open to both residential customers and non-profit organizations installing new raingardens within the city limits of Rochester. Further details about cost-share grant and grant writing workshop are attached.   Realize Raingardens Rochester Cost Share Grant…

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Neighborhood Leader Focus Group

Neighborhood Leader Focus Group

WHEN:  Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 5:30-7:30 pm WHERE:  Rochester Area Foundation, 400 S. Broadway WHAT: RNeighbors is partnering with the Rochester Area Foundation and Mayor Brede in this opportunity for YOU to share your ideas of what resources your neighborhood association wants in 2014 in order to thrive during future growth of Rochester. Due to space constraints only two leaders per neighborhood may attend. Please RSVP by Monday, January 27 to Rene via email. AGENDA WELCOME and INTRODUCTION ACTIVITY Ardell Brede, Mayor; Ann…

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Wishing You a Colorful and Happy 2014

Wishing You a Colorful and Happy 2014

Thank you for being part of RFamily! Around the holiday season, we at RNeighbors like to take time to THANK YOU for your dedication to neighborhoods and look back at just some of what you helped accomplish in 2013. We welcomed two new neighborhoods into our registered association group, Sunnyside and Oak Terrace. Four street murals were repainted with the help of over 175 volunteers, partners, and LOTS of street paint. Neighborhoods were made a little greener thanks to 820 RNeighborWoods volunteers and partners who planted…

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Eastside Pioneers January Neighborhood Association Meeting Notice

Eastside Pioneers January Neighborhood Association Meeting Notice

The Eastside Pioneers Neighborhood Association (ESPNA) meeting will be Thursday, January 9 at 7 PM in the 2nd Floor Conference room at the Boys and Girls Club, 1026 East Center. Our guest speaker for the evening will be Kay Hocker executive director of the Diversity Council. Kay was to be our speaker last month but had a conflict and asked to present to our neighborhood association at our January meeting instead. Please go to our website at www.espna.us for more…

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Oak Terrace/Parkside

Oak Terrace/Parkside

Purpose To find support for the continual progress we have made, to bring activities and groups into our community. Working on programs for children and seniors. To bring into our community the best parts of Rochester. Boundaries On the north: High View Drive On the South: Park Lane/Marion Road On the East: 24th Avenue SE On the West: Marion Road Email Contact

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Sidewalk Snow Removal Administrative Fine and Enforcement

Sidewalk Snow Removal Administrative Fine and Enforcement

Residential Neighborhoods: Public works staff will respond to complaints in residential neighborhoods. We will not be regularly monitoring sidewalk conditions in residential neighborhoods. However, when we do respond to a complaint we will inspect all sidewalks on both sides of the street within the same block of the complaint address. Citations will be issued if any sidewalk within that block has not been cleared of snow and ice. The City’s contractor will be dispatched to clear the snow and ice….

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Nominations are now being accepted by the Rochester-Olmsted Youth Commission for the 19th annual Outstanding Youth Awards.

Nominations are now being accepted by the Rochester-Olmsted Youth Commission for the 19th annual Outstanding Youth Awards.

Nominations are now being accepted by the Rochester-Olmsted Youth Commission for our 19th annual Outstanding Youth Awards. Please consider nominating a young person between the ages of 13 – 20 who has gone above and beyond expectations to make a difference in our community through personal growth, initiative, community impact, and/or leading by example. We also take into consideration information regarding obstacles or challenges the nominee may have overcome in order to be successful. Nominations are due March 21st, and winners will…

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