RNeighbors News – Page 9

Mayor’s Office Seeking Applicants for Mayor’s Medal of Honor Nomine

November 5, 2019 Comments 0 Comment

October 28, 2019 – ROCHESTER, MINN. – Mayor Kim Norton is seeking nominations for the Mayor’s Medal of Honor. The Mayor’s Medal of Honor recognizes residents who have gone above and beyond to serve the community. There are fourteen categories including, Community-Wide Service, Champion of Diversity, Heroism, Human Service, and Excellence in Industry. Nominations will be collected online or through a paper form and are due November 13, 2019. Selected recipients will be honored at a gathering on December 12,…

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Fall 2019 RNeighborWoods Community Tree Planting

September 4, 2019 Comments 0 Comment

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 more community trees to the Century Point NE neighborhood (just off of East Circle just NE of Quarry Hill on Century Valley Rd.) neighborhood. Through the teamwork of RNeighborWoods since 2004, we have utilized 7,000 volunteers to plant 7,752 boulevard trees. Saturday, October 12 Starting at 8:30 am (usually finished by 11…

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2019 Fall Citizen Forester Training

August 13, 2019 Comments 0 Comment

Photo: On a snowy Saturday, April 13, 2019, this crew spent four hours learning about, planting and pruning trees. They now can advocate and care for Rochester’s urban trees as official Citizen Foresters. When: Saturday, September 21, 8:30 am – Noon Where: 125 Live, 125 Elton Hills Drive NW Registration: Community Education Class Price: $15 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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2019 Fall Neighborhood Tree Grant Now Available

July 12, 2019 Comments 0 Comment

Photo: As winners of the spring Neighborhood Tree Grant on May 11, 2019, the Lowertown Neighbors, with the help of the RNeighborWoods team planted 25 new trees in their boulevards. When asked in the grant application why they wanted these trees they answered “our streets use to be lined with beautiful Elm trees making a canopy over the street. The influx of diseases have left our streets barren. We would like to see the streets lined with trees providing shade again.” Trees…

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National Night Out 2019

July 8, 2019 Comments 0 Comment

Info from natw.org, the Olmsted County Sheriff, CopTalkLive.com, and Custom Alarm. National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie. This year marks the 36th annual National Night Out, held on Tuesday, August 6 across thousands of communities from all fifty states, including Rochester, Olmsted County and SE Minnesota. National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live. National Night Out enhances…

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Park the Arts 2019

July 8, 2019 Comments 0 Comment

The Greater Rochester Arts and Cultural Trust announces “Park the Arts”! The Arts and Cultural Trust, Rochester Parks and Recreation, RNeighbors, and the Civic Theatre are partnering in this project to activate neighborhood parks as centers for collective arts and social experiences by bringing entertainment and arts activities to parks. The event is free, family-friendly and open to the community. Bring a chair, blanket and refreshments and enjoy an afternoon to socialize, relax and be entertained by outstanding artists. July…

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Council on Neighborhoods Meeting – May 21, 2019

June 4, 2019 Comments 0 Comment

On Tuesday, May 21, 2019, the Council on Neighborhoods (CoN) held their eighteenth official meeting. Mission To strengthen connections between neighborhood leaders and give neighborhoods a collective voice. Representatives from the Slatterly Park, Eastside, Homestead Addition, Sunnyside, Historic SW, Northwest Neighbors, Lowertown, Oak Terrace Parkside, and Folwell neighborhoods were present, as well as Mayor Norton and a staff member of RNeighbors. The meeting theme was the current status of Rochester neighborhoods and ideas for the future. Meeting notes are posted online here….

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RColorful Corners Street Mural Painting Schedule 2019

May 25, 2019 Comments 0 Comment

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 unless specified. 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…

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Neighborhoods USA Conference 2019

May 9, 2019 Comments 0 Comment

Representatives from RNeighbors attended the Neighborhoods USA Conference on May 15–18, in Palm Springs, California. 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. Workshop Title: Empowering Neighborhood Leaders: The Power of a Party PDF of Presentation Link to Video Shown Workshop Summary This session was a focused but quick-moving look into how Rochester, Minnesota neighborhoods…

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A Litter Bit Better! 2019 Final Results

May 9, 2019 Comments 0 Comment

2019 was the 13th annual Help Make Rochester A Litter Bit Better! event. Each year, thousands of volunteers collect litter from across Rochester. Together in the past 13 years, these individuals, service groups, businesses, scout troops, faith-based organizations, neighborhood associations, and families have worked together to remove over 150 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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