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

Building Dreams Charity Event (May 10) & Raffle Tickets

Building Dreams Charity Event (May 10) & Raffle Tickets

The West Central Community Center (1603 N. Belt) will be hosting its Building Dreams charity event on Saturday, May 10 at 6pm. Building Dreams is a really fun and worthwhile concept. It began last year as Project Playhouse Spokane, whereby members of the Spokane Home Builders Association designed, built and donated twelve children’s playhouses. The money that was raised at auction on these playhouses helped to fund youth programs at the WCCC and other community centers around Spokane. This year they’ve changed the…

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Spring Workshop: Meetings That Don’t Suck (Apr 26)

Spring Workshop: Meetings That Don’t Suck (Apr 26)

[EDIT: This workshop has been cancelled due to low response rates.] Building Stronger Neighborhoods will be hosting its Spring Workshop, titled Planning and Running Meetings That Don’t Suck (and Instead Are Awesome), on Saturday, April 26 from 9am to noon at the East Central Community Center (500 S Stone). The workshop will give you simple tools to plan and run great meetings that will move your project forward. That means using consensus to reach agreement and share power, sharpening your…

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Photos from the Tree Planting on N. Maple

Photos from the Tree Planting on N. Maple

Roughly one dozen volunteers turned out today for the tree-planting event on N. Maple street. Representatives from the Office of Neighborhood Services and Spokane Urban Forestry were there to lend a hand, and Nancy MacKerrow of The Susie Forest attended with cookies and “treegrams” to allow the planters’ wishes to flourish along with the trees. This marks the first important step in dealing with this stretch of property on N. Maple. The Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council hopes to work with the…

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Petunia’s Flower & Chocolate Festival (Apr 19)

Petunia’s Flower & Chocolate Festival (Apr 19)

It’s all going off in Emerson-Garfield this Saturday (April 19). In addition to the Pancakes ‘n’ More breakfast at the Corbin Senior Center from 7:30 to 10:30am and the street-tree planting event on N. Maple from 8:30am to noon, Petunia’s Marketplace (2010 N Madison) will be holding a Flower and Chocolate Festival from 9am to 5pm. So why not make a neighborhood day of it? As the flyer above says, there will be handmade chocolate Easter bunnies; seasonal lilies, flowers and herbs;…

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Pancakes ‘n’ More at Corbin (Apr 19)

Pancakes ‘n’ More at Corbin (Apr 19)

The Corbin Senior Center (827 W Cleveland) will be holding its annual Pancakes ‘n’ More event on Saturday, April 19 from 7:30 to 10:30am. It will take place in the center’s Henderson Room. What’s on the menu? Pancakes, sausage, eggs, orange juice and your choice of coffee or hot chocolate. And that’s all for just $7 per person. If you’re planning on attending the street-tree planting event in Emerson-Garfield on the same day, this would make a great stop beforehand….

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