Emerson Garfield

Concert in the Park (Aug 2)

July 24, 2015 Emerson Garfield

This year’s free Concert in the Park featuring the band Broken Whistle will be on Sunday, August 2 starting at 5pm in Emerson Park (1116 W Alice). This concert is open to everyone who would like to attend. Bring blankets, folding chairs, friends and family and make an event of it! If you’re on Facebook and would like to RSVP to the event, click here. Many thanks to our sponsors — Gina Lanza of Farmers Insurance, Corbin Park Homeowners Association, Rogue Heart Media and…

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Register Your “Night Out” Block Party

July 23, 2015 Emerson Garfield

Don’t forget to register your Night Out block party! The deadline for registration is Tuesday, July 28. What is the Night Out? It’s part of the annual National Night Out Against Crime (NNO) event that raises awareness about crime and drug prevention. Each year neighborhoods, community organizations, youth organizations, apartment complexes and businesses throughout Spokane are invited to join forces with thousands of communities nationwide for the NNO. The nationwide NNO event takes place on Tuesday, August 4 this year. It’s sponsored…

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2015 COHBC Parking Lot Party (July 26)

July 22, 2015 Emerson Garfield

This year Christ Our Hope Bible Church (1620 N Monroe) will be holding its free annual Parking Lot Party this Sunday, July 26 from 5:30 to 8:30pm. The Parking Lot Party is one of COHBC’s many popular, family-friendly events that is open to the wider community. They usually have a bouncy castle, live music, carnival food, face painting, games, raffles and prizes, and lots more. For more info, get in touch with Alex Rappé at alexanderappe@gmail.com or on (509) 994-4800.

Compost Tea Demo (July 17)

July 15, 2015 Emerson Garfield

This week’s Emerson-Garfield Farmers’ Market on Friday, July 17 has a follow-up to the popular composting demo that launched the season back in June. Master Composter and Master Gardener Ryan Herring will be demonstrating the process for making both compost extract and compost tea, and he’ll explain uses of each in your home garden. This fun, educational demonstration will run for the duration of the market — that is, from 3 to 7pm in the parking lot of Knox Presbyterian (806 W…

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Greening Grants: Street Trees on W Mansfield

July 2, 2015 Emerson Garfield

As part of the City’s current round of Greening Grants, volunteers from the Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council recently convened in Emerson Park and identified streets in the neighborhood that were lacking trees. One area that came up (and has come up at least once before) is West Mansfield. The Office of Neighborhood Services and Spokane Urban Forestry pulled together some data that identified existing trees and showed where new trees might be planted. Those annotated maps are shown in the gallery below. If…

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