One group working together has a stronger impact than many separate voices.
Mission
RNeighbors empowers citizen leaders to create sustainable neighborhood networks that promote a vibrant, healthy, and livable community.
Vision
RNeighbors works toward a future in Rochester when community life is rooted in neighborhood networks that nurture citizen involvement for positive community change.
Our Purpose
RNeighbors is a nonprofit organization that encourages, supports, and provides tools to volunteers interested in participating and having a collective voice in their neighborhood and community by forming a neighborhood association. We believe that neighborhood associations are the heart of neighborhood activities in Rochester.
RNeighbors strongly advises registered associations to elect a board that will speak and represent the views and goals of the neighborhood.
RNeighbors does not take a stand for or against individual neighborhood efforts and is not responsible for the means that these groups choose to accomplish their vision. Each group registered with RNeighbors is asked to uphold the Neighborhood Association Guidelines and expectations that will assist these volunteers groups in their ongoing community improvement efforts.
Kristin Block
Neighborhood
Profession:
Michael LaPlante
Eastside Pioneers
Profession: Health Information Management at Mayo Clinic.
Paul Sims
Neighborhood
Profession:
Kelly Corbin
Eastside
Profession: Public health
Timothy Hawkins
Kutzy Park
Profession: Operations Manager Viking Electric Supply
Aaron Stelpflug
Elton Hills
Profession:
Taryn Edens
Neighborhood
Profession:
Michelle Nestler
Neighborhood
Profession:
Michael Walters
Silver Lake/Quarry Hill
Profession: Attorney
Jerffery Ellerbusch
Elton Hills
Profession: Senior Planner with the Rochester/Olmsted County Planning Department
Craig Nickles
Elton Hills
Profession:
Rene Halasy
Executive Director
Profession: RNeighbors Executive Director
Connect With Us
The RNeighbors office is located inside the City of Rochester’s Development Services & Infrastructure Center (DSIC)
Email
Rene@RNeighbors.org
Phone
(507) 328-2940
Address
DSIC Building
4001 West River Pkwy NW Suite 100
Rochester, MN 55901
RNeighbors Affiliations
RNeighbors is proud to be members of the organizations listed below. The excellent resources they provide, assists RNeighbors and our partners in carrying out successful community building programs and projects.
The Arbor Day Foundation
Since 2008
Mission: The Arbor Day Foundation inspires people to plant, nurture, and celebrate trees.
Rochester Nonprofit Consortium
Since 2022
Mission: To create a more efficient, effective and collaborative nonprofit sector in order to maximize our impact for the Olmsted County community.
Neighborhoods USA (NUSA)
Since 2001
Mission: The organizational mission of NUSA has, since its inception, been to build and strengthen neighborhood associations and to promote productive communications and collaborations among those associations with both the public and private sectors.
Alliance for Community Trees
Since 2006
Mission: To support grassroots, citizen-based nonprofit organizations dedicated to urban and community tree planting, care, conservation, and education.
The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
Since 2005
Mission: MCN works to inform, promote, connect and strengthen individual nonprofits and the nonprofit sector.
RNeighbors Accountability
RNeighbors is funded in part through the City of Rochester. The remainder of our operating budget comes from grants and donations. The Board of Directors and staff at RNeighbors believes in transparency. You can read our 2019 City Council Update to learn more about what we’ve been busy working with neighborhoods on.
Our 990 tax documents are available for the public to view at GuideStar.org, where we hold a Silver Transparency status.