Southwest Neighborhood Service Center
923 Genesee Street
Rochester , NY 14611
United States
8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Welcome! We look forward to working with you to make the Southwest Quadrant a better place to live, work, play, and raise a family.
Spring 2025 NIA grant awardees
Southwest
| Project | Amount | Description |
| Arnett Boulevard Beautification | $2,500 | The Arnett Block Association will renovate and replace street light banners and flowers for the Arnett Bird and Butterfly Garden. |
| SWEM Food Cupboard Delivery | $3,000 | Southwest Ecumenical Ministries Community Services will provide free, nutritious food delivery to those in need in the Southwest. |
| Hamilton Tenant Association | $4,000 | Southwest Ecumenical Ministries Community Services will provide free, nutritious food delivery to those in need in the Southwest. |
| Garden Outreach & Connection | $5,000 | The Rotary Club of Rochester Southwest will create and distribute a community needs assessment survey, three events, a mural, and improvements for the community garden at Kirkland and Kenwood Avenues. |
| Liberty Pole Way Beautification and Community Garden | $5,000 | Downtown ROC will beautify Liberty Pole Way, including planting a flower garden and commissioning a mural. |
| Sankofa Arts Initiative 2025 | $5,000 | The Burch Community Foundation will use the funding to kick off their Sankofa Arts Initiative at the Foundation’s 2nd Annual Community Carnival on Saturday, July 5, 2025. The initiative will serve as an incubator for youth activities focusing on health and wellness, arts disciplines, and educational programs. |
| Project 5C – 19th Ward Community Cats | $5,000 | 19th Ward Community Cats will provide TNVRM (Trap, Neuter, Vaccinate, Return, and Monitor) services for feral cats in the 19th Ward as well as to help foster and rehoming lost, stray, or abandoned cats. |
| Summer Celebration Picnic and Senior’s Garden | $5,364 | The Southwest Area Neighborhood Association will create a garden for seniors and host a community picnic and resource fair. |
| Summer Neighbor Engagement Events – Corn Hill | $10,000 | The Corn Hill Neighbors Association will use the funding for new resident welcome kits and community events including a picnic, an ice cream social for National Night Out, and a summer gazebo concert series. |
Neighborhoods
From Jefferson Avenue (our Focused Investment area) to the 19th Ward neighborhoods, your quadrant team and Service Center staff will work with our community partners to resolve quality-of-life issues, pave the way for appropriate housing and economic development, and help make Southwest Rochester the best it can be. Please visit our neighborhood pages to learn more about our vibrant community:
19th Ward
Center City
Changing of The Scenes
Corn Hill
High Falls
Neighborhoods United
Plymouth Exchange
Susan B. Anthony
SWAN
Upper Mount Hope