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2020 RNeighbors Neighborhood Project Grants

2020 RNeighbors Neighborhood Project Grants

Updated – The Neighborhood Project Grant deadlines for the application submission and grant completion are both backed up by one month due to the COVID-19 virus. The new grant application date is Monday, April 27, at 5 pm, notification of awards will be Monday, May 4, and the new grant completion date is Monday, November 30, 2020. Different from the past, due to the current situation, we’ll be assessing project applications as they come in. So if you have a project that you…

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RNeighbors COVID-19 Message

RNeighbors COVID-19 Message

Your neighborhood can serve as a support team in this uncertain time of COVID-19. Get connected with neighborhood networks such as Facebook groups, email lists, and the Nextdoor website. These are excellent places to share community resources. Reach out, safely, to the most vulnerable, including those homebound or sick. Check in via phone, text, or a note on the door to ensure these neighbors have needed groceries and medical supplies. There are examples locally and nationally where people have left…

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Litter Bit Better Registration – Cancelled

Litter Bit Better Registration – Cancelled

With the health and safety of community members as a top priority, the Litter Bit Better planning team has decided to cancel the 2020 event due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The planning team with representatives from RNeighbors, Olmsted County Environmental Resources, and the City of Rochester, are encouraging residents to find ways to do smaller, independent litter clean ups in their neighborhood. More info here. The week of May 9-17, volunteers from our community will be out in force collecting…

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2020 Spring Citizen Forester Training

2020 Spring Citizen Forester Training

All spring 2020 RNeighborWoods tree planting events are cancelled due to the COVID-19 virus including the Neighborhood Tree Grant, Citizen Forester Training, and Community Tree Planting. It is our hope that fall events will take place. We’ll need all of your help to ensure trees purchased for 2020 get planted in Rochester neighborhood boulevards. Photo: Saturday, September 21, 2019, this crew spent four hours learning about, planting and pruning trees. They now can advocate and care for Rochester’s urban trees as…

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2020 Spring Neighborhood Tree Grant Now Available – Cancelled

2020 Spring Neighborhood Tree Grant Now Available – Cancelled

All spring 2020 RNeighborWoods tree planting events are cancelled due to the COVID-19 virus including the Neighborhood Tree Grant, Citizen Forester Training, and Community Tree Planting. It is our hope that fall events will take place. We’ll need all of your help to ensure trees purchased for 2020 get planted in Rochester neighborhood boulevards. Photo: In Spring of 2019, the RNeighborWoods team helped the Lowertown Neighbors plant 25 trees as winners of the Neighborhood Tree Grant. Trees make good neighbors. Since its creation…

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2020 Winter Neighborhood Mini-Grants

2020 Winter Neighborhood Mini-Grants

Brand new. As requested by neighborhoods who just wanted some funds to throw a winter activity, it’s the RNeighbors Winter Neighborhood Mini-Grants. These grants will reimburse up to $200 in costs for a winter event such as a snowman building contest, sledding party, or garage chili cook-off. Funds can be used for food or event supplies. Let’s see your creativity! As with our larger Neighborhood Project Grants each event must: Enhance a neighborhood’s livability and involvement Benefit the entire neighborhood…

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2019 Neighborhood Project Grant Results

2019 Neighborhood Project Grant Results

2019 was the fifth 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. Once again there were strong applications with some original ideas from neighborhoods on how to bring neighbors together like fitness in the park, while getting positive things accomplished for their living space such as gardens, identity signage, and public art. You can…

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2019-20 Litter Bit Better Poster Contest Winners

2019-20 Litter Bit Better Poster Contest Winners

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 292 entries from 18 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. 2019-2020 A Litter Bit Better! Poster…

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RNeighbors 2019 City Council Update

RNeighbors 2019 City Council Update

On December 9, 2019, RNeighbors presented their annual update to the City Council at the Council Study Session. We shared what we’ve been working on with Rochester neighborhoods in 2019, including statistics from the year and future needs for sustainability of the organization. A PDF of the PowerPoint presentation is below, as well as supplemental material that was submitted for the Council packet, and a short video that was shown. Presentation Contents 2019 RNeighbors Annual Update 2019 Organizational Assessment Rochester…

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Give to the Max 2019

Give to the Max 2019

You can join thousands of Minnesotans on November 14, as millions of dollars are raised for nonprofits and schools across the state. Make a donation to RNeighbors, the Rochester Neighborhood Resource Center on November 14 and be part of Minnesota’s annual day of giving! We’ll use the funds raised to continue assisting Rochester neighborhoods with tools and resources that they can organize around. Give with ease. All donations on GiveMN are made with a credit or debit card. No checks…

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