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Month: October 2016

2016 Neighborhood Project Grant Results

2016 Neighborhood Project Grant Results

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  Results are in for the second year of the Neighborhood Project Grants and the completed projects are pretty impressive. In total $6,868 of funds were distributed between eight different neighborhood projects through seven different grants. Over 440 hours of volunteer time was put into these projects, a value of $10,150.80 to our neighborhoods. This RNeighbors program was developed from requests from neighborhood association for access to small amounts of funding in which to carry out improvement projects. We started off in…

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Spark Transformation – Jay Walljasper Event

Spark Transformation – Jay Walljasper Event

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Over 60 people came out on Thursday, October 13, at the Rochester Public Library, to hear what writer and speaker Jay Walljasper had to say about “25 Ways to Spark Creative Transformation in Your Community.” Many ideas and stories came from his book, The Great Neighborhood Book, a Do-it-Yourself Guide to Placemaking. As Jay progressed through his presentation he shared stories from different communities and the neighborhoods in them and how they have achieved increased cohesiveness through sometimes simple, sometimes complex solutions….

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RNeighbors’ 2016 City Council Update

RNeighbors’ 2016 City Council Update

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On October 3, 2016, RNeighbors presented their annual update to the City Council at the Committee of the Whole meeting. We shared what we’ve been working on with Rochester neighborhoods in 2016, including quite a few statistics from the year. A PDF of the entire PowerPoint presentation is posted here, along with direct links to specific projects and resources at the bottom of this post. Presentation Title 2016 RNeighbors Year in Review PDF of Presentation Links Covered in Presentation About…

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2016 OAKtoberfest Neighbor Award Winners

2016 OAKtoberfest Neighbor Award Winners

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The OAKtoberfest Neighbor Awards will be presented along with the Mayor’s Urban Forestry Awards winners at OAKtoberfest 2016. Green Initiative Award: Neighbor who spearheaded and developed green initiatives within their neighborhood, as a means to make Rochester a more environmentally sustainable place to live. Sam Hilt, Historic Homestead Addition Neighborhood Association Nominated by Eileen Zirbel, Historic Homestead Addition Neighborhood Association In addition to participating with his neighbors on their 7 pm dog walk throughout their neighborhood, Sam has been an…

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