2016 Neighborhood Project Grant Winners

2016 Neighborhood Project Grant Winners

Microsoft Word - RNeighbors 2016 Neighborhood Project Grant

We are very excited to be a part of this process again this year. These grants give us an opportunity to dream of what can be possible with a little focus and a little outside money. Thank you for organizing this again.” – Cathy Clermont, Slatterly Park Neighborhood Association

Announcing the second year of our Neighborhood Project Grants. Once again we had strong applications and this year we have some very original ideas from neighborhoods on how to bring neighbors together, while getting positive things accomplished for their living space. 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. Each of the applications had to ensure that the neighbors would put in the volunteer effort to bring the project to completion by October 30, 2016. And the winners are…

  • Cimarron neighborhood association: Community Garden Bench 
  • Historic Southwest neighborhood association: Planned Presence (marketing and event materials)
  • Homestead Trails neighborhood association: Garden Greening (rain barrels, trees, and plants)
  • Homestead Addition neighborhood association: Pocket Park Improvement (bench)
  • Oakside Terrace/Parkside neighborhood association: Oak Terrace/Parkside Exercise Group
  • Slatterly Park neighborhood association: Sixth Street Bridge Beautification
  • Art4Trails: Cement pads for public art installations along the bike trails in the Slatterly Park and Eastside Pioneers neighborhoods

Neighborhood Project Grant Committee Members
• Jaime Rivera, 19th Avenue SW neighborhood association and past Neighborhood Project grant recipient
• Kelly Corbin, State of MN Public Health and RNeighbors board member
• Mike Nigbur, Park and Forestry Division Head
• Mitch Moore, Friends of Indian Heights Park neighborhood association and RNeighbors board member
• René Lafflam, RNeighbors Executive Director

Special thanks to community partners in this effort that have allowed and worked with RNeighbors to offer these grant opportunities.

Best of luck to each of the grant winners! We are excited to see the progress and the results of each neighborhood’s hard work that we will highlight on our website.

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