Eastside

Eastside Neighborhood Association has as its purposes the following:

• To enhance and improve communications among neighbors through social and community activities and events;
• To promote the health, safety, and well being of neighbors through stewardship of the neighborhood, its green spaces and trails.

Boundaries

• Northern: Silver Creek – from the Zumbro River to the DME/CP Railroad Bridge located near the northwestern corner of the Federal Medical Center.
• Southern: Fourth Street SE – from Bear Creek to 19th Avenue SE.
• Eastern: Federal Medical Center – from Silver Creek at the DME/CP Railroad Bridge, returning west to a north-south line at the berm on the western side of the Federal Medical Center and 19th Avenue SE.
• Western: Bear Creek from 4th Street SE north to the junction of Silver Creek and the Zumbro River.

Bylaws (a PDF of the by-laws can be downloaded here)

Contact

Questions about the neighborhood association can be addressed to Matthew Sather, ENA President or Peter Lafler, Treasury/Secretary. (Terms: Nov 2023-Nov 2025)

Meetings

Quarterly (January, April, July, and November) on the 2nd Thursday of the month at 7:00 PM at various neighborhood locations.

History/Description

The Eastside Neighborhood Association formed in 1997. The association includes approximately 2,822 residents comprised of home-owners and renters in a core-neighborhood area east of downtown Rochester, Minnesota. Besides being the gateway to both Quarry Hill and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Parks, we have Mayo Field where the local Rochester Honker’s play baseball, historic Oakwood Cemetery and Mayo Memorial Park within our boundaries.