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2022 Fall Community Tree Planting Success

October 13, 2022 Comments 0 Comment

Volunteers and RNeighborWoods partners bundled up and showed up to plant 100 new street trees in the Prairie Crossing NW neighborhood on Saturday, October 8, 2022. The temperature was a chilly 30 degrees at the start of this planting, proving these Rochester volunteers are made of hearty stuff. Thanks to everyone who came out to lend a hand. What a difference your volunteerism has made to these neighborhood streets! About 120 volunteers watched a tree planting demo by the City…

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2022 Outside Agency Oversight Update

September 2, 2022 Comments 0 Comment

On August 24, 2022, RNeighbors presented to the City of Rochester’s Outside Agency Committee. We were asked to give an overview of the organization including financial statements, challenges, and accomplishments from 2021-22. The PowerPoint presentation given can be accessed below. 2022 Outside Agency Oversight Committee Update

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Fall 2022 RNeighborWoods Community Tree Planting

August 31, 2022 Comments 0 Comment

Planting trees along streets maximizes the benefits we receive from the tree canopy. Trees intercept rainfall, shade pavement to cool neighborhoods, and extend the lifespan of our streets. In our city, up to 1,000 boulevard trees are removed due to disease or damage each year. Through the teamwork of RNeighborWoods since 2004, we have utilized 7,332 volunteers to plant 8,131 boulevard trees. Our goal is to fill every vacant boulevard in Rochester with trees and we need your help in…

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Chalk the Block 2022 Recap

July 25, 2022 Comments 0 Comment

RNeighbors, in partnership with the Southeastern Minnesota Poets, and City of Rochester organized the city-wide Chalk the Block Festival on July 24. The goal of this event was for citizens to connect across Rochester and express themselves through creating poetry and sidewalk chalk murals with the theme of Creating Memorable Connections. Although community event participation is tough to gauge, the feedback we received when handing out chalk was people are craving positive social connections. 1,500 Chalk bags were distributed across…

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Chalk the Walk 2022 – Call for Artists

July 10, 2022 Comments 0 Comment

Application Deadline Friday, July 15, 5 pm On Saturday, July 23, we’re inviting artists of all ages to take part in a city-wide Chalk the Walk Festival, adding colorful art throughout Rochester sidewalks, cultivating joy and positivity. Partners in this effort include the City of Rochester, the Southeastern Minnesota Poets, and RNeighbors. Chalk the Walk will include pavement poetry and sidewalk art done by neighbors, as well as chalk murals across the city created by professional artists. Through these grants,…

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Chalk the Walk – Rain Date July 24

July 6, 2022

City-Wide in Rochester, MNJuly 23Rain Date July 24 RNeighbors, in partnership with the Southeastern Minnesota Poets, and City of Rochester announces the city-wide Chalk the Block Festival, which will take place on July 23, 2022 with a rain date of July 24. This is an opportunity for local artists, poets and community members to create poetry and sidewalk chalk murals in Rochester neighborhoods while connecting with neighbors, creating chalk art with the theme of Creating Memorable Connections! We’d love to…

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2022 Neighborhood Project Grant Applications

June 10, 2022 Comments 0 Comment

RNeighbors Neighborhood Project Grants are back and offering increased funds from past years to complete projects that: Enhance a neighborhood’s livability and involvement Benefit the entire neighborhood Promote a strong sense of community. Be creative. These non-revenue producing projects can include, but are not limited to, identification signage, bike racks, mini libraries or food pantries, pocket park improvements, physical activity opportunities, local performance artists, butterfly & rain gardens, native plantscaping, and public art projects. Total Neighborhood Project Grant Funding $16,000…

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RNeighbors Strategic Plan Input Survey

June 10, 2022 Comments 0 Comment

This survey is to collect community member input for our 2023-2025 strategic plan development. RNeighbors is re-calibrating after the pandemic created uncertain times in our organization, city, and the world, just as we’ve heard many neighborhood groups are also re-calibrating. Although no specific feedback is guaranteed to be included in the final plan, the input provided will be used by the board to move us forward in providing relevant resources. This survey should take no more than ten minutes of…

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2022 RNeighbors Work Plan

May 25, 2022 Comments 0 Comment

The RNeighbors 2022 Work Plan builds off of Organization Priorities approved by the Board in January 2022 and outlines exact tactics to achieving our annual goals. In addition to usual projects and programs getting back on track, we will also be actively listening to neighborhood leaders and community partners about engagement resources that would be helpful during this “new normal” time. With this information we’ll be creating a multi-year strategic plan with metrics and equity embedded throughout. This planning effort…

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Litter Bit Better 2022 Summary

May 9, 2022 Comments 0 Comment

2022 was the 15th annual Litter Bit Better event. Each year, thousands of volunteers collect litter from across Rochester. Together in the past 15 years, individuals, service groups, businesses, scout troops, faith-based organizations, neighborhood associations, and families have worked together to remove over 321,286 pounds of litter from the community. The ultimate goal of the program is to prevent water pollution by eliminating litter-causing behavior in the City of Rochester. The removal of this waste reduces potential land and water…

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