July 2019 – RNeighbors

2019 Fall Neighborhood Tree Grant Now Available

July 12, 2019 Comments 0 Comment

Photo: As winners of the spring Neighborhood Tree Grant on May 11, 2019, the Lowertown Neighbors, with the help of the RNeighborWoods team planted 25 new trees in their boulevards. When asked in the grant application why they wanted these trees they answered “our streets use to be lined with beautiful Elm trees making a canopy over the street. The influx of diseases have left our streets barren. We would like to see the streets lined with trees providing shade again.” Trees…

National Night Out 2019

July 8, 2019 Comments 0 Comment

Info from natw.org, the Olmsted County Sheriff, CopTalkLive.com, and Custom Alarm. National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie. This year marks the 36th annual National Night Out, held on Tuesday, August 6 across thousands of communities from all fifty states, including Rochester, Olmsted County and SE Minnesota. National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live. National Night Out enhances…

Park the Arts 2019

July 8, 2019 Comments 0 Comment

The Greater Rochester Arts and Cultural Trust announces “Park the Arts”! The Arts and Cultural Trust, Rochester Parks and Recreation, RNeighbors, and the Civic Theatre are partnering in this project to activate neighborhood parks as centers for collective arts and social experiences by bringing entertainment and arts activities to parks. The event is free, family-friendly and open to the community. Bring a chair, blanket and refreshments and enjoy an afternoon to socialize, relax and be entertained by outstanding artists. July…