2015 Neighborhood Project Grant Results

2015 Neighborhood Project Grant Results

 

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Project Grants (left to right): Cimarron Community Garden, Historic Homestead Addition bench, and mini-library in the 19th Avenue SW neighborhood.
Project Grants (left to right): Eastside Fourth Street garden, Kutzky Park raised garden bed, and Historic Homestead Addition bench.
Project Grants (left to right): Eastside Fourth Street Neighborhood Garden, Kutzky Park raised garden bed, and fencing around Slatterly Park Community Garden.
  • 19th Ave SW Neighborhood: Little Free Library
  • Cimarron Neighborhood: Raised “Discovery” Garden Bed with surrounding paver walkway
  • Eastside Neighborhood: Fourth Street Community Garden with components of a “Community Board” and weekly speakers
  • Homestead Addition Neighborhood: Pocket Park Improvement including a bench
  • Homestead Trails Neighborhood: Community Garden Enhancement
  • Kutzky Park Neighborhood: Community Garden Raised Beds
  • Kutzky Park Neighborhood: Historic Neighborhood Signage for their park
  • Slatterly Park Neighborhood: Community Gardens Project

Results are in for the first year of the Neighborhood Project Grants and neighborhoods did not disappoint!

This brand new RNeighbors program was developed from requests from neighborhood association for access to small amounts of funding in which to carry out improvement projects. We started off in the spring of 2015 with funds from the City of Rochester and Olmsted County Public Health, with oversight from RNeighbors.

Offered once a year in the spring, 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 on by October 30, 2015.

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

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