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Community Gang Initiative

April 16, 2010

Several individuals and organizations have been meeting for the past few months to discuss and brainstorm solutions regarding the gang problem in Rochester and Olmsted County. The goal of this effort is to come up with a viable focused initiative to effectively address the gang problem in our community. The Eastside Pioneers Neighborhood Association (ESPNA) is a participant in this effort. As you may know, the Eastside Pioneers Neighborhood Association has a long standing interest in the gang issue. In…

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8th Annual Arbor Day Event – Moved to Graham Arena 1

March 28, 2010

Presented by Rochester Public Utilities and Maier Forest and Tree When: Friday, April 30th from 11am-1 pm Where-Moved due to weather – to Graham Arena 1 at the county fairgrounds Festivities: 3,000 free trees to give away, live music, free lunch (hot dogs, corn, chips and soda), tree experts on hand, free cfl’s, register for your chance to win a rain barrel and compost bin, balloonists, poster contest ceremony, tree planting and much more!

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2010 Spring RNeighborWoods Community Tree Planting

March 23, 2010

At the fall 2009 RNeighborWoods planting this group of Slatterly Park neighbors joined in the effort to get 100 news trees planted in their neighbohrood. Did you know that currently there are 28,434 vacant boulevard tree spaces throughout Rochester neighborhoods, out of a total of 56,550 spaces? Our neighborhoods are at about 50% capacity and each year 600-900 boulevard trees are removed to disease or damage. Trees make good neighbors. Come join us for our largest community tree planting to…

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2010 Spring Citizen Forester Training

March 19, 2010

When: Saturday, April 10, 2010. 8am to Noon. Where: Quarry Hill Nature Center Community Ed Class Number: 8644.221 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, climbing, and planting. You’ll be an active participant in learning tree planting basics, care, basic arboriculture, urban forest advocacy, and hands-on activities. Discover techniques that will give you the knowledge to correctly…

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Vote Now! Rochester Downtown Plan

January 19, 2010

Share your voice and help create an extraordinary Downtown Rochester experience… Hundreds of millions of private and public sector dollars will potentially be invested in downtown in the coming years. The master plan will establish a clear set of objectives for that growth and development. Most importantly, the plan will identify the priorities, strategies, policies and resources necessary to realize downtown’s potential. An online community survey was launched January 11 to gather perspectives from community residents, workers, and visitors about…

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NeighborWoods Events

November 18, 2009

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State of Minnesota Arbor Day Celebraton

November 18, 2009

Submitted by Rene Jones Lafflam on Thu, 2007-03-15 11:07. State of Minnesota’s Arbor Day Celebration in Rochester Friday, April 27, 11-1 pm, Central Park, downtown Rochester Sponsored by Rochester Public Utilities, Rochester Park and Rec, and Maier Forest & Tree. See the attached flier for additional information. Elton Hills Drive RNeighborWoods tree planting Saturday, April 28, 9:30 am Meet by the ball fields of Rochester Central Lutheran School (RCLS). Please park on 9th Avenue, at Elton Hills Elementary, or at…

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Ahmed Makkawy

November 14, 2009

Neighborhood Historic Slatterly Park Neighborhood Association Board Member Since November 2009 Personal Information First generation Egyptian-American born in Durham, NC. I have two younger siblings. Have lived quite a few unique places including Alexandria, Egypt, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Grew up in Blue Springs, MO and Lincoln, NE with a love for the outdoors. Joined IBM as a software engineer in January 2006 and via a knock on the door by a friendly neighbor to come join the Historic Slatterly Neighborhood…

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2008 Fall RNeighborWoods Tree Grant

November 12, 2009

Submitted by Rene Jones Lafflam on Tue, 2008-11-04 09:36. The below story was written by Jesse Hoekstra. Jesse loves trees! He has his forestry degree, is a certified Citizen Forester, volunteers in the RNeighborWoods program, and submitted a grant proposal for the 2008 Fall RNeighborWoods Tree Grant. His grant was accepted and now 30 new boulevard trees are beautifying the older Eastside neighborhood’s streets thanks to his community activism. Keep an eye on this website for the 2009 Spring RNeighborWoods…

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University of Minnesota-Rochester

October 28, 2009

The city of Rochester has several post secondary educational institutions providing services to our community. But is the educational curriculum provided diverse enough to attract a wide range of students? Hopefully Rochester is not losing talented post secondary students, an essential ingredient to our future, because we are only providing limited course curriculum and degree programs. Rochester is the third largest city in Minnesota, we need a fully accredited four year university that provides a wide array of courses in…

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