In the City for Good Mayor and City Council Candidate Forum: Thursday, October 11, 6:30 to 9 pm
125 Live, 125 Elton Hills Dr. NW
Hosted by In the City for Good, a community-based, grassroots response to the challenges of growth, and an affirmation that all can share in planning for and benefiting from that growth. This forum is an opportunity for school board, city council and mayor candidates to answer questions about issues of social justice and community empowerment in Rochester. Topics to be covered for mayor and city council candidates will include affordable housing, sustainability, etc. School board candidates will be addressing key topics like discipline disparity and how to address the continuing growth in student numbers in the district. There may be time for members of the audience to ask questions of the candidates at each session. If you have questions regarding this event, please email inthecityforgood@gmail.com, putting Question for Forum in the subject line.
Planned schedule for the evening
- Separate City Council forums for Wards 1, 3,and 5, from 6:30-7:30
- At the same time as the City Council forums, there will be a forum for School Board candidates for all 4 seats.
- Mayoral candidate forum from 7:45 to 8:45
Lowertown Neighborhood Block Party: Saturday, October 13, 10 am-2 pm (attachment)
Goose Egg Park-199 8th Street NW
Join friends and neighbors for a block party to celebrate the newly branded Lowertown Neighborhood Association (formerly Northrop). Music sponsored by Struve Paint! Food trucks! Rain or Shine. Tents provided by “Majestic Tents”. Building Blocks trailer with Kids Games! Business and neighborhood information Displays! https://www.facebook.com/Northrop-Neighborhood-Association-236309286389990/
Visual Harvesting Workshop in Rochester: November 6, 9 am-4 pm (attachment)
Two workshop options: Part I in the morning, Part II in the afternoon. You can sign up for either or both!
Rochester Area Foundation, Community Room (12 Elton Hills Drive, Rochester, MN 55901)
Visual harvesting is a creative way to capture information, reflect ideas, spark creative thinking, and support sense-making. It may be used to support a variety of personal and professional practices, including journaling, notetaking, planning, coaching, facilitating, and engaging your community. This skill would be an excellent asset to put to use in your neighborhood association, a tool for communication improvement.
In this workshop, you will learn how to:
- Harness the power of visuals to bring people together.
- Engage others and highlight various perspectives in the room.
- Build the skills necessary to capture conversations and notes in a visual manner.
- This is a very practical workshop. You’ll have opportunities to apply what you are learning to projects and ideas of your own. You do not need to know how to draw! Materials will be provided.
For more information on cost and registration, go to this URL:
https://extension.umn.edu/event/visual-harvesting-workshops. RNeighbors is providing neighborhood leaders scholarships for this workshop. Please email rene@RNeighbors.org to apply and register.
