If you have participated in Healthy Blocks, our NeighborWorks® Rochester targeted neighborhood initiative, you are sure to have met Michelle Bilock. As the Program Assistant for Healthy Blocks, Michelle works primarily with residents in targeted neighborhoods to improve their communities through physical and social investments. She enjoys “being out...
By Michelle Bilock For the past several months, residents in Brooks Landing and the Pocket have been developing community branding to be used in a neighborhood signage project. Committees formed and they asked residents to submit “design concepts” that would reflect the values and characteristics of their communities. Submissions...
By Alyssa Deal I heard the term “Urban by Choice” from a NeighborWorks® Rochester staff member a few weeks ago. This staff member was referencing a conversation with a friend over the recent passing of a beloved board member, Edline Chun. “Edline was urban by choice, she could have...