January 2020 – RNeighbors

2020 Spring Neighborhood Tree Grant Now Available – Cancelled

January 31, 2020 Comments 0 Comment

All spring 2020 RNeighborWoods tree planting events are cancelled due to the COVID-19 virus including the Neighborhood Tree Grant, Citizen Forester Training, and Community Tree Planting. It is our hope that fall events will take place. We’ll need all of your help to ensure trees purchased for 2020 get planted in Rochester neighborhood boulevards. Photo: In Spring of 2019, the RNeighborWoods team helped the Lowertown Neighbors plant 25 trees as winners of the Neighborhood Tree Grant. Trees make good neighbors. Since its creation…

2020 Winter Neighborhood Mini-Grants

January 30, 2020 Comments 0 Comment

Brand new. As requested by neighborhoods who just wanted some funds to throw a winter activity, it’s the RNeighbors Winter Neighborhood Mini-Grants. These grants will reimburse up to $200 in costs for a winter event such as a snowman building contest, sledding party, or garage chili cook-off. Funds can be used for food or event supplies. Let’s see your creativity! As with our larger Neighborhood Project Grants each event must: Enhance a neighborhood’s livability and involvement Benefit the entire neighborhood…