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In cooperation with SEAC, The Highland Park Neighborhood Association has received a generous grant from The Arts & Cultural Council of Greater Rochester for a project that includes commissioning a “Family Friendly” art sculpture within Ellwanger & Barry Park. Craig Wilson, an artist who also designs exhibits at The Strong Museum, has been chosen to create the art work. To oversee this project and pursue similar initiatives, considered other programs (such design a summer concert series) , as well as manage our Lilac Festival events, we are forming a new Highland Park Neighborhood Arts and Cultural Team. This team will have an organizational meeting on February 3, 2010 at 6:30 pm Call Michael Tomb at 473-0026 or email us at arts@highlandparkrochester.org if you are interested in joining the team.
Because of the weather and a meeting on Security (See this page) , the PAC-TAC walk with Pizza scheduled last week was moved to Wednesday Feb 3 from 6:30 to 8:30. We meet at the NSC (Net) office on S. Clinton Ave. The next few dates after that are the fourth Wednesday of the Month:
2/24/10 3/24/10 4/28/10 5/26/10
Come for the exercise, come for the pizza, come help make our neighborhood a safer place
The City of Rochester has postponed the Voice of the Customer meeting on School Governance Reform that was scheduled for Thursday February 4 at 6 – 8 p.m at the : School of the Arts , 45 Prince Street
Peace Church at 125 Caroline Street has the following upcoming events
Baked Ziti Dinner January 30th
Join us for a Baked Ziti Dinner! Warm up from the inside out! All you can eat Ziti with salad and dessert (veggie or non!) $8 or $4 for 12 years and under. January 30th 6pm . Reservations are appreciated. Call 247-5699 ( we are still paying for that roof!)
Pay What You Want Yoga
Peace Church has Yoga Monday and Friday mornings at 9am and Wednesday evenings at 5:30. Hour long session for all fitness levels lead by certified Yoga instructor Amanda Jacobs. We put out a basket all donations help with paying for the roof! If you have questions give us a call at 244-9206
Dear Neighbors,
Join us for a neighborhood conversation and informational meeting on the topic of school choice!
Wednesday, January 27
6:30 – 7:00 pm Refreshments, mingling & information tables
7:00 – 9:00 pm Meeting
School #12 Cafeteria/Multi-purpose Room
(South Avenue across from Highland Hospital)
Co-sponsored by the Highland Park Neighborhood Association and School #12 PTA
We will have resource tables including information about elementary and secondary school choice options, and the Rochester City School District’s student placement office will be available from 6:30-7:30pm to assist you with registration.
The agenda will include an interactive discussion, a panel of parents and students who will share their experiences with school options in the city, and a “speak out” session that will give all participants a chance to share their thoughts and concerns. City officials, RCSD School Board members, and school representatives have been invited to participate in the discussion and answer your questions.
Please don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions. Don’t miss this important opportunity if you have kids, want kids someday, or just care about kids!
Mary Staropoli Meghan Delehanty-Reddington
461-0034 244-6072
marystaropoli@yahoo.com meghandelred@hotmail.com
- Press to Download Vol 9 No 1
The Buzz , the first of 2010, is ready to be downloaded on the right. And soon, if you live in the Neighborhood, it will also be delivered to your door. This is the third issue designed by Neighborhood Resident Joe Allard and we feel fortunate that a professional like Joe is willing to donate his services towards our Neighborhood Newsletter.
The United States Census 2010 :”It’s in Our Hands”
The Census Department is staffing up to hire Census takers to support the Census 2010. These temporary positions will start in late March 2010 and end in August 2010.
Census takers work in their communities locating households to explain the purpose of the census, conduct personal interviews with respondents who failed to return their 2010 Census questionnaire, and record their responses on paper forms. In most cases, a valid driver’s license and use of a vehicle are required to work as a census taker.
Each applicant must take a 30 minute basic skills test consisting of 28 multiple choice uestions measuring knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform a variety of census jobs.
Census taker schedules typically include 20 to 40 hours of work per week. You must be available to work when people are usually home, such as in the evening and on weekends.
More information, including a practice test, is available at:
www.2010censusjobs.gov or call toll-free 1-866-861-2010.
Monroe County H1N1 CLINIC
Blue Cross Arena at The War Memorial
Monday, January 18 (Dr. Martin Luther King Day)
11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
H1N1 flu can be a serious illness. The vaccine is safe and works.
There is no charge for this important vaccination.
This clinic is open to all Monroe County residents 6 months of age and older.
For more information:
www.MonroeCounty.Gov/health or (585) 753-5600
Happy New Year Neighbors,
Hope you all had a great holiday season. With 2010 upon us it gives us a chance to look back at 2009. I’d like to thank all of you that walked PAC TAC either on your own or with us for one of our HPNA group walks. My goal for 2010 is to gather a pool of HPNA PAC TACers that could saturate an area if we were seeing a crime pattern. Four or five nights of us walking might be enough to drive the criminals off to a less attentive neighborhood.
We also had a very successful safety and security meeting in September. We identified some key issues in the neighborhood, including speeding concerns, the need for more crosswalks and safety concerns around Ellwanger Barry Park. We have since formed a traffic safety committee and several of us have been trained on the speed watch program. We have met with and are continuing to meet with city and NSC office officials regarding these matters.
Our Park Ave walk was a success. The monthly walks start back up on Thursday January 28th from 6:30 to 8:30. (Because of the General Meeting on Wednesday the 27th, we are moving the first Pac-Tac walk to the following Thursday) We meet at the NSC (Net) office on S. Clinton Ave. The next few dates after that are the fourth Wednesday of the Month:
2/24/10 3/24/10 4/28/10 5/26/10
Come for the exercise, come for the pizza, come help make our neighborhood a safer place. See you there in 2010.
Paul Urai
Security Coordinator, HPNA
security@highlandparkrochester.org
Conservatory Moss
Saturday January 23, 2010 is a special edition of the Neighborhood’s year -long Guided Series Tours of Highland Park . This one is inside the famous Lamberton Conservatory. Our guide, Amy invites you and the whole family to come along. And as I have found, the kids will love it! Please note that unless you have already purchased a conservatory membership, there will be a fee of $3 to take this tour. (Our outside tours are always free)
All Tours start at 1 PM at Lamberton 
Conservatory in Highland Park…Look for the sign to the right….And then go inside.
Tours continue all through out 2010, usually on the third Saturday of every month…Details will be posted on this blog.
Opening Day of the New Dome
Free Saturday Movies!!
The Highland Park Neighborhood and The Cinema Theater are proud to announce a Third Year of Sponsoring :
Saturday at the Cinema! This has become a yearly tradition for young residents and there are two movies being shown this year that are destined to become classics. Even if not, they are both fun films appropriate for the entire family.
First date in this Family and Child friendly series is on:
Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 10 a.m.
The movie to be shown is: Up From Disney/Pixar
The second movie this year is on:
Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 10 a.m.
The movie to be shown is: BOLT A 2008 Disney Academy Award Nominee
For both Movies….
This is a great time to introduce our youngest neighbors to the fun of seeing a movie on the Big Screen. Plus, the popcorn is the best in town…honest. And someday, maybe 25 years from now, we will be invited to the wedding?
School Choice Meeting Wednesday, January 27
Location: School #12 Cafeteria/Multi-Purpose Room
(South Avenue across from Highland Hospital)
6:30 – 7:00 pm Refreshments, Mingling & Information Tables open
7:00 – 9:00 p.m Meeting Program
School Choice Networking Session
Co-sponsored by the Highland Park Neighborhood Association and School #12 PTA
Join us for a conversation and informational meeting about school choice. Meet students, families, teachers, and administrators from a range of public, private and charter schools that are popular among families living in our neighborhood. Come between 6:30 pm and 7:00 pm for mingling with your neighbors and refreshments. The program for the meeting will begin at 7:00.
For more information or if you would like to give a testimonial about your child’s school, contact Meghan Delehanty–Reddington at meghandelred@hotmail.com
Linden Sidewalk During Taste of The Neighborhood Event
As a result of the September 2009 General Meeting on Safety and Security, a group of neighbors came together to form a Traffic Calming Team. Our first areas of focus: Linden and Meigs Streets around Ellwanger and Barry Park and also Goodman Street. The playground is so popular with young families that it can be viewed as “The Heart of the Neighborhood”. So when the team created its first list of priorities, ensuring the safety of children going to and from this park got the top rank. Right behind on the list is the task of researching and working with the City on ways to create safer crossings on Goodman Street. But while discussing these hot-spots, we realized that our initiative needed an even broader focus towards building a modern culture of respect for pedestrian and non-vehicular transportation within our neighborhood, the surrounding area and the city at large.
As stated in our goals statement, we want our neighborhood to eventually rival the best among “walking-friendly” communities across the United States……(Read the complete story about the recent activity of this team on this page)
See the Team presentation shared with Rochester’s SE Quadrant Officials on November 12th
Come to the Open Meeting sponsored by this team
to discuss implementing solutions and other issues:
Open Team Meeting - Residents Welcome!
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 7 pm,
NSC Office at 846 South Clinton Ave.
Growing Together Community Garden Conference
Saturday, January 16, 2010 – Location
Rochester City Hall, Atrium -30 Church St. Rochester, NY 14614
Free parking available at City Hall
Morning Tour
9am – Noon
$15 per person (includes lunch / limited to 50)
Take a ride on the U of R bio-bus for a tour of Freshlink’s hydroponic facility and drive-by tours of area school and community gardens. Meet in the City Hall parking lot on Fitzhugh St.
How-to Community Garden
12:45 pm – 5:30 pm
$10 per person
Area experts will guide you step-by-step during three break-out sessions:
1) Soil Health
2) A-Z Organic Garden Planning
3) Community Gardens and Urban Agriculture Development and Policy.
Business, organization and vendor tables available: Cost: $10 each / Reserve a table to advertise your community supported agriculture project, farm, business, organization or product.
· Purchase Soil Test Kits
· Community Garden Permits
· Free Seeds
· Ask the Expert
· Vendor Fair
Download a registration form at www.rochesterroots.org
Questions? Please call Jan McDonald at 585-232-1463
Organizers: The Gandhi Institute and Rochester Roots
Sponsored by: The City of Rochester, The Rochester Area Community Foundation, Lori’s Natural Foods, Abundance Co-op and Phoenix Graphics – All proceeds benefit Rochester Roots
Help spread the word – Please Forward -
Jan McDonald – Director , Rochester Roots, Inc.
121 N. Fitzhugh St. – Rochester, NY 14614
Work: 585-232-1463 Cell: 585-802-0843 E-mail: satnam4all@msn.com
ROCHESTER ROOTS is committed to the creation of urban school and community garden-based
educational programs for youth and their families. These programs focus on growing, preparing
and enjoying high quality, safe and affordable, healthy food.
“Growing Youth, Growing Community, Growing Food”
Dear Community Gardeners – Don’t miss this chance to get together and especially bring others who may be interested. Thank you! Michael Warren Thomas
Sent by: Michael Warren Thomas, City of Rochester Parks & Recreation – 585-703-9237 Michael@SavorLife.com
COME TO PEACE THIS CHRISTMAS!
Peace Church – 125 Caroline St.
Festive Candlelight Christmas Service
December 24th at 7pm.
Our family-friendly welcoming congregation
invites everyone to celebrate Christmas with us.
We are right around the corner at 125 Caroline St.
For more information:
Call the church 244-9206 or the pastor 703-7823!
Holiday Blessings to all.
Ghislaine Cotnoir, Pastor
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Note: Other Local Church Services can be found at
Artisan Church 1235 S. Clinton Ave
as well as other Spirtual Organizations in Rochester
In addition to The Highland Blast, we have started a new e-mail newsletter that is devoted solely to Security Related matters. To subscribe to the Highland Security Bulletins, use this link (also found in the list of links to the right) Security E-mail Blasts will include area crime statistics when made available to us and also any appropriate bulletins from police and neighborhood sources that we receive.
On this site you will also find a new Security Alert Page. This page will also allow for comments and discussions related to on-going issues. Use this email address: security@highlandparkrochester.org to send us info or feedback.
Click for Year in Review Site
At our recent Annual meeting and celebration, the Highland Park Neigborhood Association shared two presentations, the first was a 2009 year-in-review month by month list of our events, exhibits and other activities. The second was a simple Thank You to all our volunteers, friends and supporters. Both of these presentations are now on-line over at our Virtual Scrapbook site along with a reprised link to our Youtube videos shot at the Taste of the Neighborhood event.
If while examing the presentations, you find that we did not mention a volunteer, please let us know and we will add his or her name to our list. Also if you or anyone you know volunteered and did NOT receive our specially designed 2009 post card, just send your contact information to blog@highlandparkrochester.org
There still time to celebrate the season downtown. And here are some events you may want to add to your calendar.:
Holidays at the Market
Sundays, Dec. 20, 2009 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Rochester Public Market 280 N. Union St.
Last of the Special Shopper Sundays planned throughout December. See this link for more
Rochester’s 27th Annual Merry Tuba Christmas
Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009 3 p.m. Hochstein Performance Hall, 50 N. Plymouth Avenue
Music lovers of all ages are sure to enjoy this spectacular Downtown Holiday tradition. Bring the whole family and enjoy Rochester’s 27th year of Tuba Holiday Concert. More info here
175th Anniversary New Year’s Eve Celebration and Big Wish
New Year’s Eve, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009 will bring a variety of family events downtown at several locations. Early and late-evening (9 to 11 p.m) open-skate sessions at the Manhattan Square Rink with DJ music during which refreshments will be for sale. Meanwhile the Rochester Riverside Convention Center, 123 E. Main St. will be home to three hours of family-themed entertainment from 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. There is the Big Wish Globe Fire Ceremony shortly before Fireworks at 10 pm. Find more information at this link
- Free Saturday Movie
The Highland Park Neighborhood and The Cinema Theater are Proud to Announce a Third Year of Sponsoring :
Saturday at the Cinema!
The next event in this Family and Child friendly series will be held on: Saturday, January 9th 2010 at 10 a.m.
The movie to be shown is: Up
From Disney/Pixar
This is a great time to introduce our youngest neighbors to the fun of seeing a movie on the Big Screen. Plus, the popcorn is the best in town…honest.
