RNeighbors News – Page 15

2016 OAKtoberfest Neighbor Award Winners

October 3, 2016 Comments 0 Comment

The OAKtoberfest Neighbor Awards will be presented along with the Mayor’s Urban Forestry Awards winners at OAKtoberfest 2016. Green Initiative Award: Neighbor who spearheaded and developed green initiatives within their neighborhood, as a means to make Rochester a more environmentally sustainable place to live. Sam Hilt, Historic Homestead Addition Neighborhood Association Nominated by Eileen Zirbel, Historic Homestead Addition Neighborhood Association In addition to participating with his neighbors on their 7 pm dog walk throughout their neighborhood, Sam has been an…

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2016 Mayor’s Urban Forestry Volunteer Awards

September 28, 2016 Comments 0 Comment

Sponsored by the RNeighborWoods program, the Mayor’s Urban Forestry Volunteer Award was created to recognize amazing citizens, for outstanding contributions to Rochester’s urban forest. This year there are four categories for these awards including adult, youth, business, and organization. 2016 Mayor’s Urban Forestry Volunteer Award Winners Youth: Ava Masterpole Couple: Jeff and Dianne Ellerbush Individual: Clifford Hansen Business: People’s Coop These awards will be presented by the City Forester, Jeff Haberman and RNeighbors at OAKtoberfest 2016. Think of how many trees…

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Fall 2016 RNeighborWoods Community Tree Planting

September 20, 2016 Comments 0 Comment

Rochester’s urban forest needs your help to plant some trees in the Fox Trails NW Rochester neighborhood. On Oct. 15 we’ll be planting 250 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. Saturday, October 15,…

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OAKtoberfest 2016 – Celebrate with RNeighbors

September 19, 2016 Comments 0 Comment

Cheers to great neighborhoods! On Friday, October 7, 2016, we’re celebrating Rochester neighborhoods and the people and trees that live in them – OAKtoberfest, at the Kahler Apache, 1517 16th St SW, 6-9 pm. A plethora of German food will be served (see menu below) and each attendee will have their choice of one free tap Oktoberfest Beer, German Wine or mixed drink. Cash bar will be available. Several Neighbor Awards will be given, highlighting the excellent things going…

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Creative Crosswalks – Prototyping Festival

September 2, 2016 Comments 0 Comment

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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Looking for 2016 OAKtoberfest Neighbors Awards Nominations

August 26, 2016 Comments 0 Comment

Once again, as part of the upcoming RNeighbors OAKtoberfest fundraiser (save the date for Friday, October 7 folks!), we will be recognizing Rochester neighbors whose efforts in our community strive to meet the mission of RNeighbors, “to create sustainable neighborhood networks that promote a vibrant, healthy, and livable community.” We need you to nominate that special person in your neighborhood who goes above and beyond. We will be giving three awards and are looking for your nominations of neighbors you…

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Spark Transformation – Jay Walljasper

August 23, 2016 Comments 0 Comment

Thursday, October 13, 6:30-8 pm Rochester Public Library, Auditorium No admission fee but space is limited so please register through Eventbrite. Event Poster Join us in welcoming Jay Walljasper to Rochester. A popular speaker, award-winning writer, veteran communications specialist and leading authority on community issues, Jay will share strategies and stories that inspire people to make a difference. Jay taps the power of storytelling, people’s own experiences, and best practices from around the world to spark creative transformation. Just a few of the topics he’ll…

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2016 Fall Citizen Forester Training

August 11, 2016 Comments 0 Comment

Photo: On April 16, 2016, this crew spent four hours learning about and planting trees. They now can advocate and care for Rochester’s urban trees as official Citizen Foresters. When: Saturday, September 17, 2016, 8 am – Noon Where: Location has changed from Quarry Hill to the Silver Lake Fire Station, 702 W Silver Lake Dr NE. Park in the lot to the north. Community Ed Class Number: 8644.231 Price: $15.00 Become a part of the Rochester urban forester team through…

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Enter Today – Litter Bit Better 4th Grade Poster Contest

August 6, 2016 Comments 0 Comment

Calling all 4th Grade Teachers! Your students can play an important part in the 11h Annual Help Make Rochester A Litter Bit Better! city-wide litter collection event by participating in the poster contest! We are looking for artwork from 4th grade students in the City of Rochester that tell a story about littering in our community. One winner will from each participating school will be selected by a panel of judges. These school winners will be awarded an official A…

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2016 Fall Neighborhood Tree Grant Now Available

July 27, 2016 Comments 0 Comment

Photo: The Valhalla Park Condominium Neighbors came out in force on Saturday, May 7, to add some green leafy trees to their boulevards that had a large percentage of Ash trees. Over forty volunteers were efficient in getting the 25 trees planted in an hour and 15 minutes! Trees make good neighbors. Since its creation in 2004, RNeighborWoods has organized 5,852 volunteers to plant 6,529 trees on Rochester boulevards. These trees provide multiple ecological and other public benefits including reducing Rochester’s…

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