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Greetings!
There have been some exciting things taking place around the NeighborWorks® Rochester offices since the start of the year. We hosted our 2010 Annual Meeting, added two additional employees to our team, received a $30,000 donation from the Realtors Charitable Foundation and even found time to do some ice skating.
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2010 Annual Meeting
On Wednesday, Jan. 27, NeighborWorks® Rochester hosted the 2010
Annual Meeting at our offices on South
Avenue. It was a well-attended
event and CEO Kim Brumber did an excellent
job presenting on our 2009 Accomplishments and 2010 Goals. We also presented a few special awards to our staff, partners and volunteers.
To give you a glimpse at what the 2009 year looked like for NeighborWorks®
Rochester:
- We
created 73 new homeowners; representing over $5 million being reinvested
into city neighborhoods
- Issued
522 Certificates of Completion to participants in our homeownership classes
- Completed
51 home improvement loans and grants in the amount of $959,313
Our Healthy Blocks program also saw great success in the
2009 year:
- Developed
Healthy Blocks projects in which neighborhood residents and volunteers
gave over 587 hours participating in activities that improved the physical
conditions of their neighborhoods
- Reinvested
over $99,081 in our three Healthy Blocks neighborhoods through home
improvement loans
- Developed
partnerships with the University
of Rochester
and St. John
Fisher College
Below are some pictures from the event. Thank you to everyone who came out to
celebrate our 2009 year of growth!
CEO Kim Brumber presents the 2009 Employee of the Year Award to Jean Marie Lipani, Program Manager
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Realtors Charitable
Foundation gives $30K to NeighborWorks® Rochester
A special thank you to our friends at the Realtors Charitable Foundation who donated $30,000 towards our Healthy Blocks Program. The money was used to help Healthy Blocks expand into a third neighborhood--East Main Atlantic ("The Pocket").
Within our Healthy Blocks program, we work with the residents in transitional neighborhoods to make exterior housing improvements, address quality of life issues, support business development and assist with neighborhood marketing and branding.
Our three Healthy Blocks neighborhoods are: E. Main Atlantic (The Pocket), Brooks Landing and Swillburg.
L to R: Ryan Tucholski, CEO of the Greater Rochester Association of Realtors; Cindy B-Rosato, chairwoman of the Realtors Charitable Foundation; Kim Brumber, CEO of NeighborWorks Rochester; Tom Emerson, city resident and Healthy Blocks participant.
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New Hire Announcement: Paula Frumusa and Jackie Woodward
This month, we welcomed two new staff members to our team.
 Paula Frumusa is NeighborWorks® Rochester's new Program Assistant, reporting to Jean Marie Lipani, Program Manager. Paula comes to us from Historic Houseparts, an architectural hardware store and she has over seven years of experience working with Rochester city homes.
In her new role as Program Assistant, Paula will be responsible for assisting the Lead Hazards, Construction Team and the Landlord
Enhancement Program
Administrator.
 Jackie Woodward is NeighborWorks® Rochester's new Neighborhood Outreach Assistant, reporting to Katrina Hanson, Healthy Blocks Manager. Jackie comes to us from the French Quarter Cafe and has over three years of experience working in Rochester city neighborhoods.
In her new role as Neighborhood Outreach Assistant, Jackie will be responsible for assisting Healthy Blocks manager, Katrina Hanson in event planning, neighborhood meetings and outreach.
Welcome aboard Paula and Jackie!
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Ice Skating with Healthy Blocks, U of R and 19th Ward
On Saturday, Feb. 13, Healthy Blocks partnered with the University of Rochester and the 19th Ward to host a free community ice skating party at the Genesee Valley Ice Rink.
The event was a huge success, with more than 250 residents showing up to hit the ice. A big thank you to everyone who volunteered to help make the event go smoothly!
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Did you know that when you give to the United Way that you can designate your gift to go to NeighborWorks® Rochester?
Just designate NeighborWorks® Rochester (#1167) on your United Way Donor Designation form this year. It's that simple.
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 Be Heard
The city of Rochester is applying
for HUD (Housing and Urban Development) funds, and they'd like to know how to best use the money.
Please help establish a budget and program priorities for City Hall
by filling out a brief survey.
Click here to begin.
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