Upper Monroe Neighborhood Association
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    • Help preserve, enhance & celebrate the historic and unique characteristics found in Upper Monroe
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    • UMNA Work Plans & Budgets
      • 2025 UMNA Work Plan
      • 2025 UMNA Budget
      • Multi-year Monroe Avenue Revitalization Plan
    • Monroe Avenue Revitalization Coalition (MARC)
      • Monroe Avenue Community Mobilization
      • Homelessness, poverty & vagrancy along the Monroe Avenue Corridor
      • Commercial Vacancies at Monroe Avenue & South Goodman Street
    • Public Safety Task Force
      • List of Recent Incidents
        • Vehicle Vandalism
        • Conflicts associated with vagrant individuals
        • Conflicts associated with a group of juveniles
    • Digital billboards proposed near Upper Monroe & Cobbs Hill on Rt. 490
    • Conversion to LED Streetlights
    • Landmark Status For All Of Cobbs Hill Park
      • The Backstory: Two Pavilions, Two Standards
      • What About A Master Plan for Cobbs Hill Park?
    • Code Compliance "High Priority" Cases
      • Case: Vacant Properties on Crosman Terrace
      • Case: Parking Lot - Code Compliance & Maintenance
    • Zoning Alignment Project (ZAP)
      • ZAP Community Engagement Through January, 2024
      • ZAP Final Phase
    • Care Of Our Green Streetscape
    • Cobbs Hill Village Redevelopment
    • Invasive Species & Pests
    • Road Related Construction or Redesign Projects
      • PROJECT: 2025 Preventative Maintenance Project (Culver/University)
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    • Saturday, May 3: CLEAN & PREEN
    • Saturday, June 14th | Lady Bug Day
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      • 2025
        • 2025 March 16th: UMNA Annual Meeting
        • 2025 February 5: Security & Public Safety | MARC ACTION TEAM
        • 2025 February 3: Community Forum on Vehicle Vandalism/Theft, Homelessness & Other Concerns
        • 2025 February 3: Economic Development | MARC ACTION TEAM
        • 2025 January 28: Beautification & Livability | MARC ACTION TEAM
        • 2025 January 25 | Discussion: Conversion to LED Streetlights
      • 2024
        • 2024 December 2nd | Help Reboot Monroe Avenue
        • 2024 November 30th: Small Business Saturday
        • 2024 November 13: UMNA General Meeting
        • 2024 November 10th: Monroe Branch Library 110th Anniversary Celebration
        • 2024 October 29: Results of the Monroe Avenue Revitalization Community Input Survey
        • 2024 October 19: Plant Exchange + Cider Social
        • 2024 October 14: Sunrise Ceremony | Indigenous Peoples Day
        • 2024 October 1: 2025 Preventative Maintenance Project Public Meeting #2
        • 2024 September 7th: Discussion of Public Safety in the Pinnacle Rd Area
        • 2024 September 5th: Exploring The Architectural Heritage of Upper Monroe
        • 2024 August 31st: Vacant Properties on Crosman Terrace
        • 2024 August 29: Guided Walk Through Washington Grove
        • 2024 August 21: A discussion about bringing "Garden Walk" to Upper Monroe
        • 2024 August 20: Informal UMNA leaders conversation at TRATA
        • 2024 August 14: Help tidy up Monroe Avenue with Walking For Rochester
        • 2024 June 27: Ladybug Day
        • 2024 June 24: Informal UMNA leaders conversation at Bar Bad Ending
        • 2024 June 19 & 22: Invasive Plant Removal on Pinnacle Hill
        • 2024 June 20: Monroe Avenue Community Input Launch Party
        • 2024 June 12: UMNA General Meeting
        • 2024 May 23: Plant Exchange + Lemonade Social
        • 2024 May 21: Informal UMNA leaders conversation at Bar Bad Ending
        • 2024 May 11: Restore The Children's Garden
        • 2024 May 4: Clean & Preen | City of Rochester Clean Sweep Program
        • 2024 April 25: Walking Tour of Washington Grove
        • 2024 April 23: Informal UMNA leaders conversation at TRATA
        • 2024 April 16: 2025 Preventative Maintenance Project Public Meeting #1
        • 2024 March 30: Tidy Up Monroe Ave For Eclipse Visitors
        • 2024 March 23: UMNA Annual Meeting
        • 2024 February 13: Alternatives to a downtown Business Improvement District
        • 2024 January 13: Special Meeting regarding the Zoning Alignment Project
      • 2023
        • 2023 November 14th: General Meeting
        • 2023 October, 27th: "Thousands Of Bodies Buried In Upper Monroe! Where Are They?"
        • 2023 September 10th: Monroe Avenue Clean-up with Walking For Rochester
        • 2023 September 7th: Guided Walk Through Washington Grove
        • 2023 August 31st: "Architecture In The Wild: Exploring Upper Monroe"
        • 2023 August 19th: #UMNAsocial at Cobbs Hill Park
        • 2023 August 3rd: #UMNAsocial at TRATA
        • 2023 July 30th: Monroe Avenue Clean-up with Walking For Rochester
        • 2023 June 15th: Guided Walk Through Washington Grove
        • 2023 June 6th: General Meeting
        • 2023 April 29th: Clean & Preen | Clean Sweep
        • 2023 13th & 15th April: #UMNAsocial
        • 2023 April 4th: General Meeting
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  • 🌟Awards & Recognition
    • Pinnacle Award for long-term commitment to Upper Monroe
    • Reservoir Award for community building in Upper Monroe
    • Wendell Harrison Award for business commitment to Upper Monroe
    • Highland Award for commercial or rental property ownership in Upper Monroe
    • Portage Award for organizational partnership with Upper Monroe
    • Crosman Award for a notable gardenscape in Upper Monroe
    • Culver-Cobb Award for the notable restoration or improvement of the exterior of a residence
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  • 1. Pedestrians & cyclists feel comfortable navigating along and across Monroe Avenue
  • 2. Community members are engaged in activities to enhance public safety.
  • 3. The economically disadvantaged and unhoused who are present on and near Monroe Avenue are engaged and supported with compassion by professional organizations best equipped to do so.

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  1. Hot Topics
  2. UMNA Work Plans & Budgets
  3. Multi-year Monroe Avenue Revitalization Plan

Monroe Avenue is SAFE & COMPASSIONATE

The UMNA multi-year Monroe Avenue revitalization effort is comprised of seven goals. The goals are expressed with aspirational language; language that describes the future we want to see.

Last updated 1 year ago

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The community on and around Monroe Avenue supports a safe and compassionate environment.


1. Pedestrians & cyclists feel comfortable navigating along and across Monroe Avenue

Action beginning in 2024

  • The stripped crosswalk between Werner Park & Culver Road is enhanced with better signage and a pedestrian island

Time frame: Beginning in the spring of 2024 and completed by the fall of 2025.

UPDATE: In May, 2024 UMNA and area residents participated at a public meeting to hear details for this improvement and provide commentary to the City of Rochester.

2. Community members are engaged in activities to enhance public safety.

Action beginning in 2024

  • UMNA leadership undertakes formal training through the Rochester Police Department and informal research available in the public domain

Time frame: Completed by April 30, 2024

UPDATE: In March, 2024 a representative of UMNA completed the Rochester Police Department's Citizen Police Academy training program.

UPDATE: In April, 2024 a representative of UMNA completed the Rochester Police Department's PAC-TAC training program.

  • UMNA launches at least one pilot program

Time frame: Completed by October 31, 2024

3. The economically disadvantaged and unhoused who are present on and near Monroe Avenue are engaged and supported with compassion by professional organizations best equipped to do so.

Action beginning in 2024

  • UMNA invites and supports partnerships with local non-profits, government agencies and the Rochester Police Department to reach out to the economically disadvantaged and unhoused on and near Monroe Avenue with the intent of providing housing and other services as appropriate to the individual circumstances of those in need.

Time frame: This effort will commence immediately and the efforts will be ongoing

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