October 2015 – RNeighbors

Fall 2015 Community Tree Planting

October 8, 2015

On September 28, 2013, neighbors and volunteers came out to plant 200 trees in the Kutzky Park neighborhood. We need your help to celebrate National NeighborWoods month and to add more community trees to this neighborhood. We’ll be planting 275 trees from 16th Avenue SE, S Village Drive SE and 8 ½ Street SE. Tree types to be planted include Sugar and Red Maples, Ohio Buckeye, Service berry, Catalpa, Hackberry, Hawthorn, Gingko, Honey Locust , Kentucky Coffee, Ironwood, Pin and Bur Oak, American…

OAKtoberfest 2015

October 7, 2015 Comments 0 Comment

Over 220 people came together to celebrate Rochester neighborhoods at the fourth annual OAKtoberfest, Friday, October 2, at Canadian Honker Events at Apache. Bob Nowicki, RNeighbors Past President opened the evening with a Prost (Cheers) to Rochester neighborhoods. A buffet style German meal was served, OAKtoberfest Neighbor Awards and the Mayor’s Urban Forestry Awards were given out (included below), and the Neighborhood Project Grants were recognized. The attached event program highlights each special part of the evening including the raffle…

2015 Mayor’s Urban Forestry Volunteer Awards

October 2, 2015 Comments 0 Comment

Sponsored by the RNeighborWoods program, the Mayor’s Urban Forestry Volunteer Award was created to recognize amazing citizens, for outstanding contributions to Rochester’s urban forest. This year there are four categories for these awards including adult, youth, business, and organization. 2015 Mayor’s Urban Forestry Volunteer Award Winners Individual: Lindsey Meek Individual: Nathan Runke Family: Angie, Ash, Milan and Amani Gupta. Karen and Edward Cohen. These awards were presented by Mayor Brede at OAKtoberfest 2015. Think of how many trees are in…