Rosemount Neighborhood Decorates For A Good Cause: Photos

ROSEMOUNT, MN — Nineteen households on Amiens Court, Amiens Avenue and Ardroe Avenue are taking part in the holiday decorating contest, according to contest organizer Jennifer Lowman.

Each participating house has pitched in $10, and the winner of the contest gets to decide which charity the full amount of money gets donated to, Lowman told Patch. A few other homes are donating money but not decorating, she said.

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Lowman said that this contest has brought the community closer together.

"I've started talking to neighbors I hadn't met yet," she said.

If her house — The Grinch — wins, Lowman told Patch she will be donating the money to Gifts for Seniors.

Sheree Nowak, another neighborhood resident participating in the contest, told Patch that if her house — North Pole (Amiens Avenue) — wins, she would donate the money to Neighbors Inc., which is an organization she said donated food and toiletries to families.

Nowak said that although she has only been in the neighborhood since September, she can already tell that the Meadow Ridge neighborhoods are a strong community.

For the contest, Lowman roped in future neighborhood resident Jennifer Bordonaro to help with the "tech" side. Bordonaro created a map of the houses participating in the contest, as well as a Google Form for voting.

Lowman said that the contest also helps her create traditions for her son.

"I have a rare blood cancer," she said. "It's not terminal, but there's no cure for it, really. So that has really made me also want to make sure that I am putting in traditions and that he will remember every Christmas."

You can vote on a contest winner here.

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