RNeighbors News – Page 19

2015 Fall Tree Grant Application Now Available

July 30, 2015

Photo: On a sunny and bright Saturday, April 18, 2015, the RNeighborWoods team helped the NW Neighbors plant 25 new boulevard trees, thanks to a well-deserved Neighborhood Tree Grant. Trees make good neighbors. Since its creation in 2004, RNeighborWoods has organized 5,371 volunteers to plant 5,976 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, RPU and RNeighbors is offering one grant for the winning neighborhood…

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2015 Fall Citizen Forester Training

July 30, 2015

Photo: On April 11, 2015, this crew of 45 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 19, 2015, 8 am – Noon Where: Quarry Hill Nature Center Community Ed Class Number: 8644.131 Price: $15.00 Become a part of the Rochester urban forester team through this course led by the City of Rochester Forestry Division and RNeighborWoods. This class is packed with tree education…

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Trash Hauler Survey

June 25, 2015

The Rochester City Council is considering altering Rochester’s system for collecting residential trash and recyclables. The Rochester Public Works Department and the Rochester Energy Commission are conducting research to evaluate the costs and benefits of a new collection system. RNeighbors is partnering with the Energy Commission to conduct a very short ANONYMOUS survey on current collection costs. This survey is important, because not all customers with the same hauler and the same size containers are paying the same amount. This…

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2015 RColorful Corners Street Mural Painting Schedule

June 22, 2015

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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Mayor’s Council on Neighborhoods Meeting – June 2015

June 17, 2015

Tuesday, June 17, 2015, the Mayor’s Council on Neighborhoods (MCN) held their eighth official meeting. Thanks to the Rochester Area Foundation for the excellent meeting space and to Mayor Brede for his support of the group. Representatives from the Slatterly, Sunnyside, Historic SW, Eastside, Parkway, Kutzky, Washington, Homestead Addition, and Downtown neighborhood associations were in attendance. Guests included Darrell Hildebrant, Police Department; Bob Nowicki, Rochesterfest; and Abby Larson, Public Health. The agenda included briefings on National Night Out, Rochesterfest and…

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Mayor’s Council on Neighborhoods Meeting – May 2015

June 3, 2015

Tuesday, May 12, 2015, the Mayor’s Council on Neighborhoods (MCN) held their seventh official meeting. Thanks to the Rochester Area Foundation for the excellent meeting space and to Mayor Brede for his support of the group. Representatives from the Slatterly, Sunnyside, Historic SW, Eastside, Parkway, Friends of Indian Heights, Washington, NW Neighbors, and Downtown Neighborhood Associations were in attendance. The focus of this meeting was to hear about and discuss efforts of the MCN work group that was given the…

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Spring 2015 Community Tree Planting

April 28, 2015

The city’s boulevard tree spaces are currently over half empty and each year 1,000 boulevard trees are removed to disease or damage. We need your help to add 200 more street trees to the Sunnyside and Slatterly Park neighborhoods in southeast Rochester. Much of this planting will focus on planting the “Right Trees in the Right Place” through placing short stature trees under power lines to prevent problems in the future of the trees growing into the wires. Saturday, May 2…

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2015 Neighborhood Project Grant Winners

April 24, 2015

We had many strong grant submissions for the first year of our Neighborhood Project Grants. 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 effort to bring the project to completion by October 30, 2015. And the winners are… 19th Ave SW Neighborhood: Little…

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2015 Spring Neighborhood Tree Grant Planting

April 20, 2015

At RNeighbors, we know that trees make good neighbors. That is why we partner with the City of Rochester, the Park and Rec Department, MN Conservation Corps and Rochester Public Utilities to offer the RNeighborWoods Tree grant for a winning neighborhood to receive free boulevard trees in the spring and fall. Check out all of the sponsors who help us make this effort possible. Thanks to over 45 volunteers, 25 trees have found homes in this NW neighborhoods boulevards. Tree types included Pin Oak,…

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Earth Month 2015 Proclamation

April 1, 2015

Mayor Ardell F. Brede held a media conference on April 1, 2015, in the Government Center’s City Hall Atrium, issuing a Mayoral Proclamation for Earth Month 2015, highlighting environmental activities scheduled throughout the month of April. Earth Month 2015 Proclamation WHEREAS, Earth Day is Wednesday, April 22, 2015 and Arbor Day is Friday, April 24, 2015; and WHEREAS, Earth Day and Arbor Day inspire many organizations to host environmental events to help raise awareness of environmental issues during the month…

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