RNeighbors Neighborhood Project Grants reimburse up to $3,000 in costs for neighborhoods to complete projects that: Enhance a neighborhood’s livability and involvement Benefit the entire neighborhood Promote a strong sense of community. Be creative. These non-revenue producing projects can include, but are not limited to, identification signage, bike racks, mini libraries or food pantries, pocket park improvements, physical activity opportunities, butterfly & rain gardens, festivals, food trucks, native plantscaping, public art projects, live performances (musicians, theatre, etc.), and neighborhood gatherings….

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NUSA Grant Includes • NUSA Conference Registration • Hotel • Airfare • Food Each year RNeighbors has attended the Neighborhoods USA (NUSA) Conference we have come back energized about neighborhood organizing and full of successful ideas from other cities. The Council on Neighborhoods, the Neighborhood Toolkit, the Building Blocks Neighborhood Party Trailer and the Neighborhood Project Grants are just a few of these projects we’ve implemented in Rochester, learned at NUSA Conferences. This year we’d once again like to send…

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Updated – The Neighborhood Project Grant deadlines for the application submission and grant completion are both backed up by one month due to the COVID-19 virus. The new grant application date is Monday, April 27, at 5 pm, notification of awards will be Monday, May 4, and the new grant completion date is Monday, November 30, 2020. Different from the past, due to the current situation, we’ll be assessing project applications as they come in. So if you have a project that you…

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Brand new. As requested by neighborhoods who just wanted some funds to throw a winter activity, it’s the RNeighbors Winter Neighborhood Mini-Grants. These grants will reimburse up to $200 in costs for a winter event such as a snowman building contest, sledding party, or garage chili cook-off. Funds can be used for food or event supplies. Let’s see your creativity! As with our larger Neighborhood Project Grants each event must: Enhance a neighborhood’s livability and involvement Benefit the entire neighborhood…

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2019 was the fifth year of our Neighborhood Project Grants. These grants reimburse up to $1,000 in costs for neighborhoods to complete projects that enhance a neighborhood’s livability and involvement, benefit the entire neighborhood and promote a strong sense of community. Once again there were strong applications with some original ideas from neighborhoods on how to bring neighbors together like fitness in the park, while getting positive things accomplished for their living space such as gardens, identity signage, and public art. You can…

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Announcing the fifth year of our Neighborhood Project Grants. We received a great batch of creative, practical, and community-building grant applications this year. Projects that not only bring neighbors together, but also accomplish positive things for their living space. These grants reimburse up to $1,000 in costs for neighborhoods to complete projects that enhance a neighborhood’s livability and involvement, benefit the entire neighborhood and promote a strong sense of community. Each of the applications had to ensure that the neighbors…

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