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5TH ANNUAL TRUCKLOAD RAIN BARREL AND COMPOST BIN SALE

February 12, 2012

5TH ANNUAL TRUCKLOAD RAIN BARREL AND COMPOST BIN SALE Saturday, May 19, 2012 – 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (or while supplies last) Apache Mall – Macy’s South Parking Lot (Hwys 52 South and 14 East) www.zumbrowatershed.org Returning for the 5th year to Rochester is the Truckload Rain Barrel and Compost Bin Sale at the Apache Mall – Macy’s South Parking Lot. The sale was formerly held by Olmsted County but is now conducted by the Zumbro Watershed Partnership, a…

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Ethical Practices Board Application

February 8, 2012

The Appointing Committee is seeking applications from Rochester residents who are interested in serving on the Ethical Practices Board for the City of Rochester for the term of May 1, 2012, to April 30, 2015. The Ethical Practices Board is responsible for all City Code of Ethics and conflict of interest issues. Applications can be picked up at the City Clerk’s Office, Room 135 City Hall, call 328-2900 to request an application to be mailed or you can click here. Completed applications…

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Slatterly Park Neighborhoods CUDE Award Winner

February 6, 2012

Congratulations to Slatterly Park Neighborhood Association on receiving several Rochester’s Committee on Urban Design and Development‘s annual awards. Art in the Avenue is a annual event that will be awarded the Community Site Enhancement Award, given to any project which through exemplary design features and/or quality of construction is made into public amenities. The Riverside Boulevard Gardens will be awarded the Landscaping Award for exceptional landscape design. Included in the boulevard gardens is a series of sculptures by artist Cheryl Fitzgerald, including the flowers at the Hawthorne Literacy…

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RAW Winter 2012 Update

January 25, 2012

On Thursday, February 16, 2012, the Rochester Arborist Workshop proved to be one of the one of the most widely attended programs of the year. Over 200 urban foresters and arborists gathered from across six states to learn about how they can improve their tree care techniques with the workshop titled: Hard Core Arboriculture Fundamentals & Breakthroughs. Some of the topics discussed during the workshop were (was) the history of tree climbing, (A)anthropology of tree climbers (the Oakman and the Eucman), managing the risk…

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Volunteer Community Bias/Hate Incident Responder

January 1, 2012

The Diversity Council with Victim Services & Restorative Justice, a department of DFO Community Corrections, are recruiting and training community members to serve in the role of Volunteer Community Bias/Hate Incident Responder. General Purpose: The volunteer community responder’s major responsibilities are to enact all duties as described in the Bias/Hate Crime Response Plan and to follow all policies and procedures as outlined in the volunteer community hate crime responder protocol manual. The Responder will provide support to victims as well…

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Invitation to Meet and Greet Gord Hume

November 22, 2011

The Rochester Downtown Alliance and the Rochester Arts Council cordially invite you to an informal gathering with renowned author (“Cultural Planning for Creative Communities”) and entrepreneur Gord Hume on Monday, November 28th from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm at Sontes. The Rochester Downtown Alliance first introduced Gord to the Rochester community, where he shared his provocative thoughts on cultural planning and how Rochester might benefit as a creative community. Now he has returned to present his provocative ideas on the…

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ARTrageous

November 22, 2011

A fun local fine art show over Thanksgiving weekend. Please come to support the local art community and buy one-of-a-kind locally-handcrafted gifts! There will be artist demos and participatory activities. 15-minute expressionist portraits by request. Thanksgiving Weekend: —Preview Party & Show – Wednesday 11/23 5-8pm —Friday 11/25 Noon-8pm —Saturday 11/26: Noon-5pm —Sunday 11/27: 10am-2pm -Preview Party: All art will be on display and for sale. All Artists will introduce themselves and their art. Brandon Sampson and the Dovetailers will provide entertainment. Full Bar. Johnny Mango…

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Minnesota Veterans and EMS Museum

November 8, 2011

The Eastside Pioneers Neighborhood Association would like to invite you to our Thursday, November 10 neighborhood meeting. This is the day before Veterans Day. In light of that we thought we would dedicate our neighborhood meeting to honoring our Veterans, our police officers, our firefighters, etc., those that have put their lives on the line to keep us safe, to protect our way of life. Our guest speaker will be Mr. Joseph Adamson. We invited Mr. Joe Adamson to come…

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City of Rochester Development Services Redesign

October 19, 2011

“On Monday, April 4, a resolution was passed with a 7-0 vote at the Rochester City Council meeting to create a task force to review the current development permitting process and provide recommendations to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the process. It passed so smoothly, that if one did not know its background, they might not realize its significance.” Read the entire story on the Rochester Area Chamber’s website. Do you have input on Rochester’s current development permitting process?…

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2011 Fall Community Tree Planting

August 23, 2011

On Saturday, May 7, 2011, 450 neighbors, youth, and other community volunteers worked together to plant 1,000 trees in one morning, a record number of trees planted in one morning for the state of Minnesota and the RNeighborWoods program. The city’s boulevard tree spaces are currently over half empty and each year 500-900 boulevard trees are removed to disease or damage. We need your help to add more community trees to our neighborhoods. Help us celebrate national NeighborWoods month….

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