April 2016 – RNeighbors

2016 Neighborhood Project Grant Winners

April 27, 2016

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…

Congratulations Citizen Forester Class of Spring 2016

April 16, 2016

The city trees of Rochester now have a whole class of brand new caretakers. Congratulations to the spring Citizen Forester graduates who completed a four hour class on Saturday, April 16. Cosponsored by City of Rochester Forestry Department, Quarry Hill, and RNeighbors this class teaches learning tree planting basics, care, basic arboriculture, urban forest advocacy, and hands-on activities. These volunteers now have the knowledge to correctly plant trees that will grow 100 years or more (rather than the average of…