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The Festival of the Arts is on October 1st from 10 am to 5 pm.

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Chief Sheppard will be announcing to the media that the next R.P.D. Citizen’s…

“For every negative act someone is inspired to do a positive act.”

– youth participating in Positive Tickets

The media often highlights negative events that occur in the city and does not reveal the positive ones. The City of Rochester has recently been trying to emphasize publicly rewarding and recognizing good rather than bad deeds. In 2008, the City of Rochester’s Youth Voice, One Vision embarked on a new…

Monroe County has just announced that plastics numbered 1-7 will now be accepted as recyclables. This is great news! More ways we can help our planet get a bit cleaner!

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Here is the article from the Democrat and Chronicle: …

Hi Pocket Residents!

This information is especially relevant for those who live on Akron Street within the Healthy Blocks area. As you probably have heard by now the City of Rochester plans to do street improvements on Akron Street and Cedarwood Terrace in the spring. The project has been delayed on the one-way part of Akron Street because the Water Bureau needs to replace the water mains, which is a considerable undertaking. There is also the matter of where to put the utility poles.…

The city of Rochester is losing over 2,000 residents per year. That’s 2,000 people who are choosing to leave City neighborhoods, and they are taking their tax dollars with them. This leads to less revenue for the City to provide needed maintenance and basic services.  Some are moving out of state, but many others are finding homes in nearby suburbs. There are several reasons why people leave the City for suburbs like Penfield, Greece or Brighton. Schools are a top concern for those with…

Over the past few years, Nazareth College has developed the Community/University Partnership Project (CUPP). "The CUPP Mission is to provide transformational capacity-building and other educational services for those individuals, workers, organizations, and communities that are seeking healthy, sustainable and just communities. 

Our primary focus is on developing the sustainability of nonprofit organizations and project that seek to reduce or eliminate the root causes of health,…

You may have seen these house plaques around the neighborhood, and we have one for you! As part of the Healthy Blocks project, NeighborWorks Rochester and the…