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Block Party 2015
It’s that time of year again! Please join us at our Tenth Annual ARNETT BLOCK PARTY! on Saturday, August 1, Noon to 4 pm Location: Arnett Boulevard from Warwick to Rugby (street closed) Here’s the Schedule! 12:00 – 12:30 Booths, Raffle 12:30 – 1:00 Story Time with Mr. Bruce 1:00 – 1:30 “Airplay” Jugglers 1:30 – 2:00 Zoo Mobile 2:00 – 2:30 Jump Rope and Hula Hoop Contest 2:30 – 3:00 Magic Show 3:00 – 3:30 Entourage Lions of Judah 3:30 – 4:00 New Progressive Gospel Choir...
read moreSquare Fair 50th!
Posted June 2 – The 19th Ward’s vibrant community enjoys getting together for diverse events and activities. Please consider joining us for these upcoming events! Friday, June 5, starting at 5:30 PM – 19th Ward Gathering/50th Anniversary Reunion – Bring yourself and your neighbors, invite your out of town 19th Ward friends for a family friendly picnic in Genesee Valley Park. All 19th Warders and Supporters, past, present, and future are invited for a picnic that features food catered by Unkl Moe’s BBQ and Catering, music, games, photos,...
read moreArnett Library Wins Award
Public Library of the Year: Arnett Branch, Rochester Public Library Nominations are in and the winners of this year’s RRLC* Library of the Year contest have just been announced! Library advocates will be proud to learn that a record 1,448 people told the RRLC how much they love their library! These weren’t just one liners either. Instead people wrote short paragraphs (limited to 300 words) about what their library meant to them. The statistics are impressive: 36 public libraries participated, with 1,007 nominations. This year’s...
read moreBike Clinic May 9
Bike need repair? Come to a Free Bike Clinic Get help repairing your bike 350 Arnett Blvd parking lot May 9th, 1-4 pm No Bike?? 15 free rehabbed bikes and helmets raffled off to kids without bikes Cosponsored by the Arnett Block Association & R Community...
read moreTrolley Stop Event
Posted April 27 – This past Saturday Arnett Boulevard from Kenwood Avenue to Rugby Avenue was transformed into The Arnett Trolley Stop District, and the event was a great success! Artists, merchants, church members, friends, families, neighbors, and visitors turned out in droves to celebrate a wonderful spring day and envision how Arnett Boulevard could become an even “Better Block,” as imagined by creative neighbors and business owners. It was an exciting celebration of a vision of economic and community vitality! Click...
read moreArnett Trolley Stop!
You’re invited – to a celebration of place and community. On April 25th, 2015, Arnett Blvd from Rugby to Warwick will be transformed into a Better Block. A Perfect Block, as envisioned by neighbors and business owners. Come join us from 11 am to 7 pm in celebration of a vision of economic and community vitality. Click here or on the picture below for up-to-date news about our event. Or click here to find out more about some of our vendors! Schedule of Events Kenwood Arnett Field (Rain Location – New Life Church): 11:00 am: Walking Group, lead...
read morePremiere a great success!
The Premiere of our new video, The Front Row, was a great success last night! We had a full house with about 100 in attendance representing a wide array of youth, agencies, churches, and other supporters from around the community. The video itself was deeply moving, and the panel discussion afterwards very enlightening and encouraging. Already nearly 400 DVDs have been distributed for group viewing in schools, rec centers, and youth programs throughout Rochester, and copies are traveling to NYC, Washington DC, and Atlanta. To view the video,...
read moreFront Row Video Premiere
The Front Row is a dynamic anti-gun violence video, created and filmed locally by a collaborative coalition of youth and adults from Rochester, New York who have seen too many lives lost to gun violence. Final editing, layout, and duplication are now complete, and our DVD is ready for distribution. We’re eager to have it shown in as many places as possible, reaching young people and making a positive difference in their future. You’re invited to view the video and find out how you can help us share it! The Front Row Premiere...
read moreResurrection Sunday 2015
He is Risen! And God spoke all these words, saying, “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. “You shall have no other gods before1 me. “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of...
read moreEaster Eggs in the Park
We had a great turnout and fun time again this year preparing, hiding, and letting kids find and gather Easter eggs in the neighborhood park down the street. Rora spent spare moments throughout the year finding special sales on Easter baskets and brightly colored plastic eggs just waiting to be filled with candies. Then neighbors who have been helping maintain the Bird & Butterfly Garden on the corner of Wellington Ave. and Arnett Blvd. all year long gathered to share a meal together, plan for spring planting, and stuff eggs with candies...
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