Pictured: The tree-shirts from the winter 2012 Rochester Arborist Workshop. Our photos are all posted on the RNeighbors facebook page. Be sure to “like” us and get all of our event and information updates.
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Mayor Brede will kick off Earth Month at his Environmental Awareness Month Proclamation, April 3, 10 am at Rotunda of the Government Center. This Proclamation celebrates the many positive environmental events occurring in Rochester this spring including the city-wide litter pick up campaign “Let’s Make Rochester A Litter Bit Better”, Quarry Hill Nature Center’s Earth Day FANfair, the 2012 Mayor’s Urban Forestry Volunteer Award Winners, the RNeighborWoods Community 1,200 Tree Planting and more! 2012 Environmental Awareness Month Proclamation WHEREAS, Earth Day is Sunday,…
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2010 Fall Tree Grant winners Homestead neighbors worked together on a gorgeous fall day to plant 20 trees and add leafy trees to their historic neighborhood boulevards. Trees make good neighbors. Since its creation in 2004, RNeighborWoods has organized 3,246 volunteers to plant 3,535 trees on Rochester boulevards. These trees provide multiple ecological and other public benefits including reducing Rochester’s carbon footprint. This spring, once again the City of Rochester, RPU and RNeighbors is offering a grant for a winning neighborhood to receive free boulevard trees. Announcing…
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Photo: On April 9, 2011, over 40 people dedicated their Saturday on all about how to be a Citizen Forester. When: Saturday, April 14, 2012. 8 am to 2 pm. Where: Quarry Hill Nature Center Community Ed Class Number: 8644.231 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…
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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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Barrel Depot Rain Barrels Rain Barrel Sale! During the Healthy Green Living Show Saturday and Sunday, March 24-25, 2012 Mayo Civic Center on the Zumbro River in downtown Rochester Rochester, MN 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. each day (or while supplies last) AmeriBarrel Rain Barrels $69 (a $159 value) MADE IN THE USA! Barrel includes diverter and hole saw bits! ($30.00 value) Whiskey Rain Barrel $169.00 Pre-order online at www.barreldepot.com Discount code: ROCHESTER2012 Questions? email Barrel Depot at barreldepot@live.com Receive free tickets to the…
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On March 25, 2012 from 2-3 pm, the Rochester Public Library will host the first Wasi Oju lecture of 2012 entitled: “Olmsted County’s First Residents: Archaeology Overview and Recent Survey Results” Dr. Constance Arzigian, Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center senior researcher and associate lecturer in Sociology and Archaeology at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, will offer an overview of past cultures in our area, from big-game hunters at the end of the Ice Age to the first farmers at 1000 A.D….
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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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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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Does your property have a mature, beautiful tree? In addition to being aesthetically pleasing and creating safer environments, modern society is valuing these trees in new ways. Trees reduce storm water runoff and flood potential by capturing the first 30% of precipitation in their leaves and absorb another 30% in their root structure. Increased pavement longevity, lower urban air temperatures, improved air quality, higher property values, reduced urban traffic speeds – the list goes on! In seeing these benefits, it…
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