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Trinity “Christmas in July” Sale, July 27 & 28

July 26, 2013 Emerson Garfield

Trinity Catholic School (1306 W Montgomery) [map] will be holding a two-day Christmas in July Sale this weekend on Saturday, July 27 from 8:30am to 5pm and on Sunday, July 28 from 9:30am to 4pm. The event will be held in the school’s gym (and we’re pretty sure that will be well marked once you arrive).

The Christmas in July sale is your chance to get a sizable head start on the holiday season — plus take a mental vacation from the 90°+ heat — by shopping for Yuletide gifts, ornaments, knick-knacks and more. The school promises lots of holiday items to choose from, including Department 56 collectibles.

For more information, call Trinity’s main office at (509) 327-9369.

Incidentally, this is a busy weekend here in Emerson-Garfield. In addition to Trinity’s Christmas in July Sale on Saturday and Sunday, we’ve got today’s Emerson-Garfield Farmers’ Market and both the Concert in the Park and the COHBC Parking Lot Party on Sunday. We’ll post more info on the Parking Lot Party tomorrow.

July 25, 2013 Emerson Garfield

We’ve just posted the vendor lineup for tomorrow’s Emerson-Garfield Farmers Market to our Facebook page.

There are 17 in total — including fresh-baked bread (also gluten-free), fresh-picked veggies, locally grown berries and tree fruit, healthy goat meat, wild-caught seafood, seasonings, and some amazing health & beauty items. Not to mention the delicious ready-to-eat food and ice cream on offer from our loyal food trucks.

Check it out here!

Free Concert in the Park, July 28

July 24, 2013 Emerson Garfield

This marks the year that the Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council launches its Concerts in the Park series. The first of those concerts — and the only one for 2013 — will take place on Sunday, July 28 in Emerson Park (1116 W Alice) [map] from 4-6pm.

Admission to the concert is free. The R&B/soul band Island Soul will be performing, and Smokin’ Rome’s food truck will be on hand serving up his delicious BBQ and soul food. So it’ll be a feast for at least two of the five senses.

Concertgoers are encouraged to bring blankets, chairs and picnic items as well as friends and family — but please leave any alcohol at home. And that goes for trying to consume it discreetly, too. Otherwise it jeopardizes the possibility that these concerts will continue in the future.

Eline Helm has been instrumental (no pun intended) in getting these concerts off the ground. She arranged the venue, took out the necessary permits and insurance, sought out the band, and handled all the funding. Mallory Battista pitched in by designing the eye-catching poster you see above, and Jackie Wheler designed the promotional brochure that will be available at the concert.

We also had a very generous donor on the neighborhood council who ensured that we had the initial money to do all this. Neighborhood businesses who chipped in are Zip’s on N. Monroe, Caffe Delicio, the West Central Association of Businesses and the Corbin Park Homeowners Association. Hamilton Studio is kindly loaning their PA for use at the concert.

If things go smoothly and there’s an encouraging turnout, this year’s concert will serve as a stepping stone to more ambitious series in coming years, which will be held in both Corbin and Emerson Parks.

Free Training: How to Engage the Community

July 23, 2013 Emerson Garfield

The Office of Neighborhood Services is providing another free session as part of its Neighborhood Training series. This one is called Organizational Success: How to Engage the Community, and it will take place on Monday, July 29 from 6-7:30pm at the West Central Community Center (1603 N Belt) [map].

Like its title suggests, this training session will teach you how to reach out to, interact with and involve the community in your neighborhood organization. This training is ideal for neighborhood councils of all shapes and sizes, but it’s open to anyone who wants to attend — which means senior centers, nonprofits, churches, schools, and other organizations in that vein.

The ONS’ last training session, which focused on social media, was overbooked and received very positive feedback from the participants.

To reserve your spot for Organizational Success: How to Engage the Community, get in touch with Jackie Caro at (509) 625-6733 or jcaro@spokanecity.org.