RNeighbors News – Page 12

Kids Explore Indian Heights Park

June 19, 2018 Comments 0 Comment

Hundreds of students grades K-5 were treated to time exploring Indian Heights Park as a part of the Community Ed School Aged Child Care (SACC) program on June 20, 2018. Kids got to collect and identify bugs, search for items in a scavenger hunt, hike and discover additional signs of nature. This opportunity was provided by collaboration between Zumbro Valley Audubon Society, Olmsted County Youth Commission, SACC, Park & Recreation, MN Master Naturalists, RNeighbors and the Friends of Indian Heights…

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Neighborhoods USA Conference 2018

May 24, 2018 Comments 0 Comment

Representatives from RNeighbors attended the Neighborhoods USA Conference on May 23–26, in Birmingham, Alabama. Along with getting to learn from the over 1,000 neighborhood and city leaders from all over the United States and even farther, we presented a workshop to a packed room full of interested and enthusiastic attendees. To those of you who attended our workshop, we thank you for letting us share the story of the resources we provide for Rochester neighborhoods. As promised, a PDF of…

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2018 RNeighbors Neighbor Award Winners

March 24, 2018 Comments 0 Comment

Each year in Rochester neighborhoods there are stellar individuals who contribute to their living spaces in big and small ways. Presenting the 2018 winners of the RNeighbors Neighbor Awards – all of them are people who are actively working to make Rochester a more livable city. Project Manager Award Neighbor who recently welcomed a new neighborhood-building challenge or project, and carried the torch to ensure the effort was successfully executed with input and participation from neighbors. Mei-ling Huie, Historic Southwest…

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Council on Neighborhoods Meeting – March 6, 2018

March 7, 2018 Comments 0 Comment

On Tuesday, March 6, 2018, the Council on Neighborhoods (CoN) held their fifteenth official meeting at the 125 Live building. Mission To strengthen connections between neighborhood leaders and give neighborhoods a collective voice. Representatives from the Kutzky, Friends of Indian Heights, Historic South West, Eastside Pioneers, Homestead Trails and Homestead Addition neighborhood associations were in attendance. The topic was RNeighbors Neighborhood Project Grants. The agenda included summaries from 2017 grant recipients, how they generated ideas, the process taken to complete the…

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Help Make Rochester A Litter Bit Better Registration Now Open 2018

March 6, 2018 Comments 0 Comment

The week of April 21 – 28, over 3,000 volunteers from our community will be out in force collecting trash and recycling to beautify the City of Rochester and give a helping hand to our great outdoors. Registration is open March 7–April 27. Individuals and teams can register to focus their clean-up efforts in a selected area of town by visiting RNeighbors.org and completing the online registration form. This is a FREE volunteer event and instructions are provided along with trash and…

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Spring 2018 Community Tree Planting

March 3, 2018 Comments 0 Comment

The city’s boulevard tree spaces are currently over half empty and each year up to 600 boulevard trees are removed due to disease or damage. Through the teamwork of RNeighborWoods since 2004, we have utilized 6,441 volunteers to plant 7,230 boulevard trees. We need your help to add 200 more street trees to the southwest Apple Hill neighborhood. Saturday, April 28 Starting at 8:30 am Meeting place at Apple Ridge Blvd SW between Haralson Lane and Regent Lane SW Street parking…

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Neighbor Awards 2018

January 21, 2018 Comments 0 Comment

Each year in Rochester neighborhoods there are stellar individuals who contribute to their living spaces in big and small ways. Once again we’d like to hear your stories about people who deserve to be celebrated. Winners will be highlighted at our annual Lumber Jack & Jill Forest Fest on March 25, 11 am-3 pm. To nominate please email a 3-6 sentence summary and include: name of award, name of nominee and reasons why we should award this person. Convince us!…

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Lumber Jack & Jill Forest Fest 2018

January 20, 2018 Comments 0 Comment

Channel your flannel for a rollicking good time! On Sunday, March 25, 2018, 11 am – 3 pm, celebrate the neighborhoods and urban forests of Rochester at Lumber Jack & Jill Forest Fest 2018. Venture out to Kinney Creek Brewery (1016 7th Street NW Rochester) for an afternoon filled with flannel, beards and logging fun. There will be raffles of Minnesota experiences to bid on, Neighborhood Awards to be given out highlighting some excellent volunteers, stacks of lumber-themed activities and plaid photo ops will be throughout this woodsy event. Tickets…

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2018 RNeighbors Neighborhood Grants

January 4, 2018 Comments 0 Comment

What is the Neighborhood Project Grant? 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. We encourage you to be creative. These non-revenue producing projects can include, but are not limited to, identification signage, butterfly & rain gardens, native plantscaping and public art projects. Neighborhoods can take on several different projects but they must be bundled in one…

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2018 Spring Neighborhood Tree Grant Now Available

January 3, 2018 Comments 0 Comment

Photo: In April, 2017, the RNeighborWoods team helped the Slatterly Park Neighbors plant 25 trees as winners of the spring Neighborhood Tree Grant. Trees make good neighbors. Since its creation in 2004, RNeighborWoods has organized 6,441 volunteers to plant 7,230 trees on Rochester boulevards. These trees provide multiple ecological and other public benefits including reducing Rochester’s carbon footprint. Once again the City of Rochester and RNeighbors is offering a grant for a winning neighborhood to receive 25 free boulevard trees. Announcing the RNeighborWoods Tree Grant! Twenty-five…

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