On the evening of August 4th, neighborhoods across Rochester gathered to celebrate National Night Out, a program that was started to heighten crime awareness and raise neighborhood spirits. One hundred NNO events were registered in Olmsted County, with an estimated 22,000 people attended. In Rochester, many of the neighborhood parties began early in the day, with Chalk the Block events. During Chalk the Block (an RNeighbors partership with Summer of Service), local neighborhood kids gathered to add some color to the…

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Hey kids! Show your artistic talents for all to see! Tuesday, August 4, several National Night Out party locations have been predetermined and are listed below. Rochester Community Education’s SOS (Summer of Service) teams will be on hand at these locations to help kids create sidewalk chalk art masterpieces. Rain or shine. Chalk will be provided free of charge at the activity, you bring the talent. The best artwork will be photographed and featured on the RNeighbors website! There are…

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RColorful Corners committee member and Historic Southwest Neighborhood Association Board member Jane Townsend was key in bringing about not only the original street mural painting in her neighborhood but also this year’s repainting where over 60 neighbors showed up in force to help. On Wednesday, July 29, 2009, neighbors and volunteers gathered to repaint the Funky Flower street mural near the Edison Building in the Historic Southwest neighborhood. Last year at the mural painting, a hail storm struck nearly minutes…

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The Eastside Pioneers Neighborhood Association is very interested in the discussions surrounding the proposed Southern Railroad corridor. We strongly encourage other neighborhood associations to take an interest in this effort to build on Rochester’s future. Southern Rail Corridor Informational Open House Schedules WHAT: Leaders from Olmsted and Dodge Counties will co-host public informational open house sessions to talk with community members about the Southern Rail Corridor proposal. The open house sessions will begin at 5:30 p.m. with a short presentation…

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On Wednesday, July 15th RColorful Corners gathered to repaint the Flower Kaleidoscope Slatterly Park Street Mural. Although the day started with high winds and an intimidating cloudy sky, the RColorful Corners team kept their optimism and the day ended up being a great one. The rain stayed away and the mural was repainted to its original vibrant state. Slatterly Park neighbors, RNeighbors board members, and a large group of Summer of Service kids gathered to repaint the mural. RColorful Corners…

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