UMNA Trivia question

How many fire hydrants are there in the Upper Monore Neighborhood Association? The prize for answering this question is a great sense of accomplishment about knowing trivia facts about your neighborhood.

What do you think of the City of Rochester Purchasing the Armory?

City of Rochester may acquire the Culver Road Armory Site

What does this mean? What can we do? Hear from representative of the UMNA, Chap 2L, TREC, SEAC, the Rochester regional Community Design Center and the City of Rochester
Thursday, June 12th at 7:00pm in the Lake Riley Lodge (practically across the street from the Armory)

Public Meeting

The City’s Dept. of Community Development is hosting a public meeting to discuss the Consolidated Community Development Plan / Annual Action Plan for 2008-09, 7 p.m., Wed., Feb. 27 in City Council Chambers, City Hall, 30 Church St.

The purpose of the meeting is review federal resources available to address housing and community development needs and establish program priorities.

The UMNA web site and Blog - What do you think?

We here at UMNA would like our UMNA web site and blog to be as useful and popular as possible. Do you have any ideas that would make either enterprise better or more useful to our neighborhood?

Please post your ideas in the comment at the bottom of this entry and let us know.

Message from Peter

Message from Bill

Message from Josh

Fix or Move?

Congregation Beth Sholom weighs its options: Renovate or rebuild? — Discussion about moving Congregation Beth Sholom, an Orthodox Jewish temple, from Rochester to Brighton has raised concerns and questions. Congregation officials have said the existing building at 1161 Monroe Ave., near the intersection with Culver Road, is aging, and perhaps too large and too costly. They are considering an Elmwood Avenue parcel in Brighton, across from the Home Acres neighborhood. (November 14, 2007) Democrat & Chronicle

What do you think of possible changes with Cobbs Hill Reservoir

Big Changes could be coming to our area because of possible changes to our Cobbs Hill Reservoir. What do you think about this project? What concerns do you have? What have your heard about this story? Here are the lastest news stories about this issue:

• CITY HALL: Officials offer answers to concerns about reservoir plan - News & Opinion - Rochester City Newspaper The federal Environmental Protection Agency has mandated new protections for the nation's drinking water. And that has had Rochester's environmental services department looking for a way to do it without disturbing two beloved public spaces: the reservoirs at Cobbs Hill and Highland Parks. Residents of the city and some suburbs get their drinking water from Hemlock and Canadice Lakes; water flows from those lakes to the city's three reservoirs - Rush, Cobbs Hill, and Highland. None of the three are covered, however, which leaves the water vulnerable to microbial or manmade contamination. (July 4, 07) Rochester City Newspaper
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  Cobbs Hill reservoir faces demotion - Tighter federal rules on water systems also affect Highland and Rush — Cobbs Hill and Highland reservoirs would be removed from the city's water system but maintained as park features, and Rush reservoir would be covered with a floating tarp, under a proposal to be unveiled tonight. The city is responding to tightened federal regulations on how communities store and treat their drinking water. (June 27, 2007) Democrat & Chronicle
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  City reservoir plan: Remove two, cover one — To comply with tighter federal rules the city might remove Cobbs Hill and Highland reservoirs from the water system but maintain both as park features, and cover Rush reservoir. City officials have called a public meeting for 7 p.m. Wednesday at City Hall to present the proposal. The idea — which also calls for building cement storage tanks at all three reservoirs — is the preferred alternative to address the new regulations on how communities store and treat their drinking water. (June 26, 2007) Democrat & Chronicle
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  Skeptical residents question costly water reservoir rules — Plans to overhaul the city's water reservoirs drew concerns Wednesday night about potential impacts on historic Cobbs Hill and Highland parks. But it was skepticism that dominated discussion during a public meeting at City Hall, with residents questioning the federal regulations that officials say mandate the changes — and how all this plays into the city's ongoing talks with the Monroe County Water Authority. (June 28, 2007) Democrat & Chronicle

Spring is Coming! Got any ideas for UMNA

Spring is almost here. We'll all be sprucing up our own homes and we'll also be sprucing up the Upper Monroe Neighborhood. Got any ideas on sprucing us up?

Winter Party 07

Many attended out first every winter party at the Tay House. Did you attend? Got any ideas for next year? Let us know what you think.

UMNA has its own Lilacs. Check them out in Cobbs Hill Park. 

What do you think of our new web site

What do you like about our website? Not like. What additions would you like to see. What photographs of our neighborhood would you like? Let us know what would make our UMNA website better

What are your ideas for our neighborhood?

Let us know what you think about the Design Charette. Here at UMNA we have been working for a while on our Design Charette: "The charrette generated many, many ideas for neighborhood improvement projects. The Implementation Group will be ranking these projects and setting priorities for future project implementation. You will be asked to pick a "topic area" table and work with a focus group to prioritize projects suggested for that area. The topics are: Armory Site, Culver Road Corridor, Monroe Avenue Corridor, Monroe Urban Village, Gateways, and Visual and Architectural Themes. We invite you to help select future improvement projects for our neighborhood."

What do you like best about living in the UNNA neighborhood?

If you have lived in this neighborhood a while, what do you like best?