Emerson Garfield

Corbin Senior Center Movin’ & Groovin’ Fair (Mar 5)

February 29, 2016 Emerson Garfield

The Corbin Senior Center (827 W Cleveland) is holding its twelfth annual Movin’ and Groovin’ Fair this Saturday, March 5 from 8am to 2pm. Admission is free to this all-ages event and fundraiser, which features free massages and health screenings, seminars and giveaways, as well as a raffle and an affordable ($6) lunch. Around 75 vendors took part last year. They generally wind through the whole first floor and lower level of the center, and they represent services and businesses from all fields: home care, retirement living, legal…

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Public Crime Strategy Meeting (Feb 17)

February 16, 2016 Emerson Garfield

The Spokane Police Department leadership team meets monthly to discuss the latest crime trends, significant arrests, and investigations. These meetings are called Compstat Meetings. Tomorrow (Wednesday, February 17) the public is invited to watch that process starting at 9:30am at the Fire Training Center (1618 N Rebecca). During this Compstat briefing you will see SPD’s efforts to address crime, quality of life issues, and community outreach efforts made in the prior month. Also included in the presentation will be crime hot spots…

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Recap of the February 2016 E-G Neighborhood Council Meeting

February 12, 2016 Emerson Garfield

This is a brief recap of the Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council (EGNC) meeting that took place on February 10, 2016. Patrick Striker, the Executive Director of the Spokane Community-Oriented Policing Services (Spokane C.O.P.S.) program gave common-sense advice about preventing crime. Some of his tips included: Do not leave anything tempting in a vehicle, such as a laptop bag, regardless of whether or not it contains valuable contents. As jackets can also be used for covering valuables, that may also be tempting to a…

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Materials for the Feb 10 E-G Neighborhood Council Meeting

February 9, 2016 Emerson Garfield

Following its customary January hiatus, the Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council resumes its monthly meeting schedule tomorrow (Wednesday, February 10). It starts at 6pm in the Corbin Senior Activity Center Center (827 W Cleveland). There are two guest speakers this month: Jonathan Mallahan of the City of Spokane and Patrick Striker of Spokane COPS. Jonathan will be speaking about the reorganization at City Hall and what that means for neighborhoods. He’ll leave time to field questions and address some of the concerns we had when the news was…

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SEPA Request for Comments for 1220 & 1230 N Division

February 5, 2016 Emerson Garfield

Per the stipulations of the Neighborhood Notification process, we’re publicizing this request for comments (RFC), SEPA Checklist, and map (attached to the end of the checklist) for the following proposed project within Emerson-Garfield’s boundaries: Project Name: Demolition of Existing Buildings Permit #: B1600646SEPA Site Address: 1220 & 1230 N Division St Please direct any questions or comments to Certified Plans Examiner, Mike Penkunis, at mpenkunis@spokanecity.org. The corresponding documents are: SEPA request for comments.pdf Sepa Checklist.pdf

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