Monroe Village

Monroe Avenue in Sector 7, in the South East section of Rochester, NY
http://www.monroevillage.org

Generally, the Monroe Village is defined as a quarter mile on either side of Monroe Avenue from the Inner Loop to 490. The boundaries are, starting in the northwest: Chapman Alley, Tracy Street, Brighton Street, Harvard Street, Vassar Street, Canterbury Road, I-490, South Clinton Avenue, and the Inner Loop. This map shows the area

The Monroe Village Task Force. Six neighborhood associations make up the Monroe Village: Harper-Wilmer, Lock 66, Park-Meigs, Pearl-Meigs-Monroe, Priem-Linwood, and Wadsworth Square. The Task Force also includes the Monroe Avenue Merchant's Association, Southeast Area Coalition (SEAC), South East Arts Development, Inc. (SEAD), Genesee Center for the Arts and Education, NBN Sector 7, the NET Office, and representatives from the City Department of Community Development and the Department of Economic Development.

The Monroe Village is an eclectic urban village centered on Monroe Avenue. Recent revitalization efforts have seen a number of organizations come together under the umbrella group of the Monroe Village Task Force. There has been public investment in the sidewalk improvements at the Monroe-Boardman-Wilmer intersection and private investment in the former Genesee Hospital site, now known as Alexander Park, new townhomes on Union Street at Lafayette Park, and the anticipated new Rite Aid, and associated restoration of the front portion of the historic Monroe Theatre, at the corner of Monroe and Goodman. Also in 2008 they will be introducing the Monroe Village Farmers' Market.

Along with Park Avenue and the South Wedge in Rochester, Westcott Street and Eastwood in Syracuse, Lark Street in Albany, and the Elmwood Village and North Buffalo in Buffalo, the Monroe Village is one of Upstate New York's biggest and most vibrant, pedestrian-focused, urban villages. It retains so much of what is advantageous and positive about city life, including diversity and walkability, with a wide variety of shops and services within easy walking distance of residential streets.