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

Building Dreams Kickoff Breakfast (Feb 3)

Building Dreams Kickoff Breakfast (Feb 3)

Building Dreams is holding its annual Kickoff Breakfast on Wednesday, February 3 at 7:30am at the West Central Community Center (1603 N Belt).

This free breakfast is open to anyone who wants to know more about Building Dreams – Bright Futures for Our Kids, which is a multi-partner fundraiser for three important area community centers: Northeast Youth Center, East Central Community Center and West Central Community Center. The money raised goes directly to vital youth programs.

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At the breakfast, you’ll learn what’s in store for the 2016 event and ways you or your organization can help support it through donations or by raising awareness. You’ll also hear from individuals and families whose lives have changed for the better as a result of these youth programs.

If you plan on attending the breakfast, please e-mail Kim Ferraro at kferraro@westcentralcc.org or call her on (509) 323-7480 by Monday, February 1. It’s important that she has an accurate gauge of attendance.

This year’s Building Dreams fundraiser event will be held at the Lincoln Center (1316 N Lincoln) on Sunday, April 3 at 6pm. The 2016 Dreambuilder Award recipient is Carla Altepeter, President and CEO of Numerica Credit Union.

Traffic-Calming Workshops (Jan 26, 27 & Feb 3)

Traffic-Calming Workshops (Jan 26, 27 & Feb 3)

The Office of Neighborhood Services is hosting three different traffic-calming workshops for anyone interested in learning how their grassroots traffic-calming proposals can turn into fully realized projects. To put it another way: If you really want a roundabout or a crosswalk somewhere, these workshops will let you know if it’s possible and, if so, how to go about making it happen.

The workshops will take place on Tuesday, January 26 at the Northeast Community Center (4001 N Cook), Wednesday, January 27 at the Southside Senior & Community Center (3151 E 27th) and on Wednesday, February 3 at the West Central Community Center (1603 N Belt). All of them will run from 5:30 to 7pm.

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Although the workshops are provided to each of the three city districts, you don’t have to live in a particular district to attend a particular workshop.

For more information and further links on this topic, please see this recent blog post on the City’s website. And if you’re wondering what good can come of the traffic-calming program, have a look at this roundup of citizen-driven traffic-calming projects constructed just in the past year.

Neighborhood Notification Trainings (Jan 12 & 28)

Neighborhood Notification Trainings (Jan 12 & 28)

Owing to the popularity of its previous Neighborhood Notification training session on December 28, the Office of Neighborhood Services has coordinated two more training sessions.

The first is a repeat of the earlier Neighborhood Notification Training. That is scheduled for today (Tuesday, January 12) from 5:30-7:00pm at the the West Central Community Center (1603 N Belt) in the Mason Room at the rear of the building. If you missed the first one in December, it would be useful to attend this one to get an overview of what Neighborhood Notification involves and the protocols associated with it.

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A second more advanced training covering Decision Criteria will be offered on Thursday, January 28 from 5:30-7:00pm (location TBD, but likely at the West Central Community Center once again). This session will provide a more in-depth look at the decision-making criteria for development projects. If you’re planning on attending the Decision Criteria Training, it’s important that you attend the Neighborhood Notification Training beforehand.

These training sessions are open to anyone who’s interested, not just neighborhood council members, so please feel free to attend and help spread the word.

To RSVP for either session, please contact Jackie Caro at jcaro@spokanecity.org or call (509) 625-6733.

Neighborhood Notification Training (Dec 28)

Neighborhood Notification Training (Dec 28)

Following the passage of the Neighborhood Notification Ordinance, neighborhoods have had questions about the notifications they have received and how they are expected to respond.

To better educate and prepare neighborhoods for this responsibility, the Office of Neighborhood Services has organized a training in partnership with the Building & Developer Services Department to help neighborhood councils navigate the development notifications. The training session will be held on Monday, December 28 starting at 5:45pm in the Newton Room of the West Central Community Center (1603 N Belt).

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This training will teach your neighborhood what notices you will be receiving, the process itself, and how you can be engaged in the application review and decision-making process. All neighborhood councils are strongly encouraged to attend this training!

Please RSVP to Jackie Caro at jcaro@spokanecity.org or by calling 625-6733. To confirm your attendance via the Facebook event, click here.

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.

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This event isn’t limited to members of the neighborhood council. Anyone who lives, works or owns property is invited to attend! Just bring a dinner, dessert or drink for sharing.

We look forward to seeing you there! Oh, and feel free to RSVP to the event on Facebook.