Green Visions – Green Community Advocacy

Our Green Visions program proves that you can “go green” and also serve and build a community.

Greentopia is Creating a More Resilient Rochester.

Greentopia’s been working for years to create a more resilient Rochester. This is our story.

EcoDistrict® – Green Stewardship

We’ve created the FIRST EcoDistrict in Upstate New York. How can we steward our great resources to insure a green future.

Thank You!

Thank you for making our 2019 Annual Campaign a success. We topped our goal of $10,000 and raised $13,000! Thank you for supporting Greentopia’s efforts to use natural assets and the creation of green space to transform Rochester economically and environmentally.

What is Greentopia?

Since 2011, Greentopia has worked to create energized placemaking that changes Rochester both economically and environmentally. We’ve accomplished a lot in our few short years. Interested?

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Green Visions

Green Visions is a workforce development program that takes place in the JOSANA neighborhood. We uniquely train 15 youth, (18-21 years old, for 22 weeks) in how to prepare for the work world – by working on an urban cut flower farm!

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High Falls Park & EcoDistrict

High Falls Park, now a project of ROC the Riverway, will use the existing EcoDistrict as its core. The High Falls EcoDistrict is the First Registered EcoDistrict in the State of New York and serves as a conceptual FRAMEWORK to reimagine our community. Greentopia is also working to expand the current EcoDistrict to the entire footprint of ROC the Riverway improvements.

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Green Visions – Campus Vision 2020

ROC the River & Greentopia

News from our blog:

Lucas Green House Cocktail Party!

Sep 22, 2020 | EcoDistrict, Green Visions, Greentopia

This past week Greentopia hosted a cocktail party to thank our Green Visions program partner Lucas Green House. The event took place on our viewing platform with a beautiful view of the high falls gorge. In attendance was the Lucas Green House staff and recently...

Sprouts Spotted!

Aug 26, 2020 | Development, FlourGarden, Green Visions, Morgan Barry

Sunflower sprouts have started to peak through at our Smith Street location! We are so excited to see the start of some new flower growth! Follow @green.visions on Instagram or like the Facebook page for more Green Visions updates!

THANK YOU! Dinner Off the Bridge

Aug 25, 2020 | Charity, Green Visions, Greentopia, Lisa Baron

Thanks to you all our Dinner Off the Bridge event was a HUGE success! 146 delicious dinners prepared by The Cub Room's amazing staff were sold. A huge thank you to everyone who came out to support our event! All of the proceeds were given to the Green Visions program,...

Green Visions Program 2020 Updates!

Aug 20, 2020 | Development, Green Visions, Morgan Barry

Our Green Visions program is adapting, like us all, to the COVID-19 pandemic. Planting has begun at both our Joseph Ave. and Smith St. gardens! A late but great start! A special thank you to the Nature Conservancy for their continued support of our Joeseph Ave....

#bethegoodroc COVID-19 – Meals for Health Workers

Apr 15, 2020 | Charity, Greentopia, Lisa Baron, Philanthropy

BetheGoodRoc envisions a future where frontline and healthcare workers at any time of a crisis are provided with simple comforts to help make the situation more bearable and maintain a level of normalcy for workers and their families. We do this through the community....

Green Visions Shipping Container Floral Workshop!

Aug 27, 2018 | Environment, Green Visions, Greentopia

Now in its sixth year, the Green Visions program has installed an 800 square foot shipping container at the Green Visions Campus at 174 Whitney Street in the JOSANA neighborhood. The container has been completely retrofitted by Ikoniq, a Canandaigua-based company that...

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Lisa Baron

Executive Board Chair

Lisa Baron is a Founding Board Member who now serves as the Executive Board Chair for the organization. Lisa works closely with city initiatives and other stakeholders to move the vision of Greentopia forward.

Lisa@greentopia.org
585-287-5560