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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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So far, over 122 tons of litter has been collected by thousands of citizens since the program began in 2007. This year’s event will be April 22-29 and registration is now open. Volunteers are encouraged to collect litter anytime during that week. Trash and recycling bags are provided, all you need to do is pick a location, pick a date, and pick it up! Registration information, maps and more can be found at www.RNeighbors.org/litterbitbetter. Litter makes our city look bad…
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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. We need your help to add 250 more street trees to the northwest Rochester neighborhood on the west of Quarry Hill Park. Saturday, April 29 Starting at 8:30 am Meet at the WEST entrance of Quarry Hill Park 9th Street NE & 19th Avenue NE You’ll be able to see our volunteers at the check-in…
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