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One-time events and ongoing activities (public and ticketed) in the Emerson-Garfield neighborhood.

Winter Potluck 2015 (Dec 9)

Winter Potluck 2015 (Dec 9)

The Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council is hosting its annual Winter Potluck on Wednesday, December 9 starting at 6pm at the Corbin Senior Activity Center (827 W Cleveland). The December 2015 meeting of the EGNC will follow with a seasonally light agenda. We’ll be discussing proposed changes to how CDBG sidewalk money is allocated, brainstorming projects for 2016, and doing some year-end housekeeping. This event isn’t limited to members of the neighborhood council. Anyone who lives, works or owns property is invited to attend!…

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Materials for the Nov 11 E-G Neighborhood Council Meeting

Materials for the Nov 11 E-G Neighborhood Council Meeting

The Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council meets tonight (Wednesday, November 11) at 6pm in the Corbin Senior Activity Center (827 W Cleveland) to discuss and/or vote on the following: Allocating $24,145 in remaining 2016 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to the installation of new sidewalks along Cedar, Emerson Park improvements, and the West Central Community Center​. Photos roughly outlining those proposals are below and are also included in the agenda. Recaps of the Fall Cleanup, the NW Blvd Greening Grant planting, and the…

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Transitions Community Meeting (Nov 10)

Transitions Community Meeting (Nov 10)

Transitions is holding a community meeting tomorrow (Tuesday, November 10) between 6:30 and 7:30pm at the Transitional Living Center. The community meeting is designed to answer questions from members of the Audubon-Downriver Neighborhood and the Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood in regards to a potential housing project on the empty two acres located at the south side of the property at 3128 N Hemlock. It’s also intended for neighbors’ concerns to be heard and noted by Transitions. The Office of Neighborhood Services will be moderating…

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Photos from the Oct 31 E-G Community Planting

Photos from the Oct 31 E-G Community Planting

The Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council held a community planting on the morning of October 31 as part of our neighborhood’s successful round of Greening Grants. Its purpose was to remove the thatch and dead brush from the traffic triangles on Northwest Boulevard and to install new native, hardy plants like lilacs and echinacea. Despite gray skies, about fifteen volunteers from Emerson-Garfield and beyond came out and spent their Halloween morning pulling up thick layers of dried grass, raking the debris, loading…

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E-G Community Planting (Oct 31)

E-G Community Planting (Oct 31)

Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council is organizing a community planting as part of our successful round of Greening Grants this Saturday, October 31. The planting will run from 9am to noon, rain or shine, and will beautify the unsightly traffic triangles on Northwest Boulevard. Volunteers will need to meet at Perfection Tire (1021 NW Blvd) at 8:45am. We’re looking for folks of all ages and abilities to help us prepare the area for planting and then put in phlox, yucca, echinacea, and…

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