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The City of Rochester is dedicated to making this a world-class bicycling community.
Learn how to reserve city facilities, fields and green space for different uses.
Rochester's eleven R-Centers offer first-rate programs, facilities, and professional staff to promote healthy living, education, creativity, self-discovery, and positive relationships.
R-Central
The City of Rochester employs about 3,500 people in several hundred occupations that focus on a single goal: providing our customers with outstanding service. City employees enjoy competitive pay, generous benefits, and opportunities for advancement.
The City offers an abundance of year-round social, cultural and athletic programs at throughout the city for youth, teens and adults. Find out about R-Central and discover the latest Rec Guide!
Mayor Malik D. Evans announced today that Thursday Thinkers: Insights into Rochester, a new discussion series to help city residents learn about the many local programs and services available to them, will kick off Thursday, Feb. 1 with Strengthening Neighborhoods: Getting the Most Out of Your NSC.
Earth Explorers Activities that expose people to nature have been shown to improve health and happiness and are a great way to educate through exploration and discovery. They are also just plain fun! The Earth Explorers program aims to expose youth to the nature right in the city.
The Recreation on the Move mobile program brings the offerings and benefits of City R-Centers right to City parks and greenspaces. Through fun and engaging activities, the ROTM mobile team engages youth and families.
In collaboration with the Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council, Youth Voice One Vision (YVOV), youth from the Urban Ecologist Program of the Seneca Park Zoo Foundation, and support from the Cities Connecting Children to Nature (CCCN) initiative, the City of Rochester adopted a Children’s Outdoor Bill.
The After School In the Park (ASIP) program is the City's only Office of Children & Family Services certified school-age childcare program open to young people ages 6-12.
We live in a great green city, thanks to the tireless work of City employees and community members who toil in the soil year-round! The city offers the residents that grow our greenery an array of horticultural programs and services.
In anticipation of forecasted high temperatures, Mayor Malik D. Evans announced today that the City will conduct a Cool Sweep operation this coming week. City R-Centers, and spray parks and features will be open for extended hours so residents can remain safe and comfortable.
The Genesee River is the lifeline of Rochester and was also a lifeline of the Iroquois people who lived in our region long before the city was established on the high falls of the river in the early 1800s.
Starting Monday, June 24, area residents will have more options to cool off as the City’s Genesee Valley Park (GVP) Sports Complex Outdoor Pool, 131 Elmwood Ave., and the Durand Eastman Beach, 1250 Lakeshore Blvd. open for summer.
The Rochester Community Sports Complex (RCSC) features a state of the art indoor sports training facility with both turf and court sports. The outdoor soccer stadium is home to a professional soccer club, and also hosts a variety of sport clinics such as lacrosse, football, baseball, soccer, conditioning and much...
Located in Genesee Valley Park, the GVP Sports Complex is an all-season facility that offers an indoor ice rink in the Fall/Winter, an outdoor Olympic-sized pool during the summer months, a 60 X 90 lighted baseball field, a 60 x 90 baseball field (no lights), 2 softball fields (no lights), and 8 lighted tennis...
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The City offers a wide array of aquatic amenities and programs, including beaches, an Olympic-sized outdoor pool, several spray-play areas and year-round indoor pools. Programs include swim and boating lessons, organized water sports and parent-and-child events.