Salt, sand and snow plows give our street murals quite a beating during tough Minnesotan winters. But have no fear, we’re ready to help neighborhoods spruce up their street murals. Everyone is welcome to these street mural paintings, each start at 9 am unless specified. Just wear your painting clothes and we’ll provide everything else! You do not need to live in the neighborhood or have any painting skill at all to help in these fun community-building projects. More about…

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Thursday, September 15, 9 am-noon RNeighbors was one of 16 prototyping proposals chosen to participate in the upcoming Placemaking Prototyping Festival. We were awarded a grant to paint “Creative Crosswalks” across 1st Avenue downtown to help bring art to a barren space and emphasize safe crosswalk space for the one of the most heavily used pedestrian areas in downtown Rochester. We are working with Greg Wimmer, the muralist who designed the street murals that are assets in several of our neighborhoods….

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Salt, sand and snow plows give our street murals quite a beating during tough Minnesotan winters. But have no fear, we’re ready to help neighborhoods spruce up their street murals. Everyone is welcome to these street mural paintings, each start at 9 am. Just wear your painting clothes and we’ll provide everything else! You do not need to live in the neighborhood or have any painting skill at all to help in these fun community-building projects. More about the RColorful…

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In the summer of 2013, RColorful Corners repainted 4 street murals with the help of over 175 volunteers that dedicated 525 hours of time! These events brightened the streets of Rochester and brought together members of the different neighborhoods and partnering organizations. We thank Sherwin Williams for selling the street paint to us at a contract price and for the downtown Rotary Clubs donation to help us purchase paint brushes and supplies. Historic Southwest Neighborhood-Funky Flower, June 18 Location: 7th Street SW and 7th Avenue…

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Salt, sand and snow plows give our street murals quite a beating during tough Minnesotan winters. But have no fear, we’re ready to help neighborhoods spruce up their street murals. Everyone is welcome to these street mural paintings, each start at 9 am.  More about the RColorful Corners street mural program can be found on our website. Come out and help add some color to our neighborhoods! RColorful Corners 2012 Street Mural Painting Schedule Painting starts at 9 am for…

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In the summer of 2011, RColorful Corners repainted 5 street murals with the help of over 290 volunteers that dedicated 939 hours of time! These events brightened the streets of Rochester and brought together members of the different neighborhoods. The street paint used for these projects was donated by generous local businesses including Hitachi and Sherman Williams. Historic Southwest Neighborhood-Funky Flower, June 24 Location: 7th Street SW and 7th Avenue SW Cimarron Neighborhood-Unity, July 17 Location: South of 48th ST…

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Salt, sand and snow plows give our street murals quite a beating during tough Minnesotan winters. But have no fear, we’re ready to help neighborhoods spruce up their street murals. Everyone is welcome to these street mural paintings, each start at 9 am.  More about the RColorful Corners street mural program can be found on our website: http://www.rneighbors.org/?page_id=183. Come out and help add some color to our neighborhoods! RColorful Corners 2011 Street Mural Painting Schedule Painting starts at 9 am…

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