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2017-18 Litter Bit Better Art Contest Winners

December 20, 2017 Comments 0 Comment

For the eleventh year, we challenged all fourth grade students in Rochester to draw a brightly colored picture that displays: Why it is important to not litter How you will make Rochester A Litter Bit Better! There were 224 entries from 9 schools across Rochester. With all of these fun and colorful entries it was a tough choice but our team of judges narrowed it down to one winner per school (who submitted entries) and one Grand Prize winner. 2017-2018 A Litter…

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2017 Neighborhood Project Grant Results

December 14, 2017 Comments 0 Comment

2017 was the third year of our Neighborhood Project Grants. Once again there were strong applications with some original ideas from neighborhoods on how to bring neighbors together, while getting positive things accomplished 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 would put in the volunteer…

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Open House

November 25, 2017 Comments 0 Comment

RNeighbors would like to show off our new office space! We’ve moved locations to the 125 Live building, 125 Elton Hills Drive NW. Join us for a community open house on Thursday, November 30, 7-9 am. Get a look at our office, tour the 125 Live building, learn some of things we’ve been working with neighborhoods on in 2017 and give us feedback on what you’d like RNeighbors to work on in the year to come. Since the City began…

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Building Blocks Neighborhood Party Trailer

October 18, 2017 Comments 0 Comment

Building Blocks Party Trailer Always wanted to have a block party for your neighborhood but it seemed like too much work to pull of the necessary items together to pull one off? Thanks to the Chamber’s Leadership Greater Rochester Class of 2017 and partnership between Park and Recreation and RNeighbors you can utilize an entire trailer full of what you need for a successful neighborhood bash free of charge. All you need to provide is your neighbors. The Building Blocks Neighborhood…

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Fall 2017 RNeighborWoods Community Tree Planting

October 10, 2017 Comments 0 Comment

Rochester’s urban forest needs your help to plant some trees in the Viking Hills Park NE Rochester neighborhood. On Oct. 14 we’ll be planting 200 trees on the bouvlards of Tundra Lane, Heritage Place, Heartland Ave, and Ashland Lane NW. 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 Linden and Hybrid elm. Appropriate shorter trees will be planted under power lines….

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NFL Tree Grant Planting Postponed – Tuesday, October 10, 4:30 pm

September 29, 2017 Comments 0 Comment

Due to possible storms, the East Park tree planting has been postponed until Tuesday, October 10, at 4:30 pm. All other information remains the same as detailed below. In February, Minnesota will host the Super Bowl, but on Tuesday, October 3, from 4:30-6 pm, Rochester will kick-off the celebration with a tree planting in East Park (1738 E Center St, Rochester, MN 55904) that is funded through a Super Bowl LII Urban Forestry Grant. Council member Mark Bilderback will start the planting…

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2017 Fall Neighborhood Tree Grant Now Available

June 27, 2017 Comments 0 Comment

Photo: The Kutzky Park Neighbors came out on Tuesday, September 27, to add some green leafy trees to their boulevards. This effort was done in several shifts of neighbors who got the last tree in the ground just prior to a dark, rain storm. Trees make good neighbors. Since its creation in 2004, RNeighborWoods has organized 6,206 volunteers to plant 7,030 trees on Rochester boulevards. These trees provide multiple ecological and other public benefits including reducing Rochester’s carbon footprint. Once again the…

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Art4Trails Kick-Off Event 2017

May 30, 2017 Comments 0 Comment

A public art initiative to promote local artists and enhance public parks by installing original works of art along bike trails near downtown Rochester. 2017 Installations (2017 Art4Trails Kick-Off Info Card) Fantastical Fruit, Artist: AMARAMA Mayo Park Perfect Canoe, Artist: Sébastien Richer Silver Lake Station Unbroken, Artist: Katya Roberts Slatterly Park Tractor Cat, Artist: Richard Brubaker Soldiers’ Field, Sutherland Playground Drinking Sunshine, Artist: Craig Snyder Government Center River Landing 2017 Kickoff Schedule – June 3 1-4 pm Family Day at…

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Neighborhoods USA Conference 2017

May 30, 2017 Comments 0 Comment

Representatives from RNeighbors and two Rochester neighborhood leaders attended the Neighborhoods USA Conference on May 24–27, in Omaha, Nebraska. Along with getting to learn from the over 800 neighborhood and city leaders from all over the United States and even farther, we presented a workshop to a 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 health in the state of Minnesota and specifically…

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A Litter Bit Better! 2017 Final Results

May 20, 2017 Comments 0 Comment

2017 was the 11th annual Help Make Rochester A Litter Bit Better! event. Each year, thousands of volunteers collect litter from across Rochester. Together in the past 11 years, these individuals, service groups, businesses, scout troops, faith-based organizations, neighborhood associations, and families have worked together to remove over 131.4 tons of litter from the community. The removal of this waste reduces potential land and water pollution while beautifying our cityscape. Participants in the event build community ties and reinforce a…

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