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The Future of North Monroe

The Future of North Monroe

The state of North Monroe has been a point of concern for residents and businesses for a long time now. This poorly lit, five-lane, treeless thoroughfare physically and psychologically divides Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood. There have been pedestrian fatalities. The doors of parked cars have been ripped off by passing traffic. The current environment is downright hostile to anyone who wants to park and walk from shop to shop, and by the same token, it poses an additional challenge to all the…

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N. Monroe Holiday Shopping Bus Tour (Dec 6)

N. Monroe Holiday Shopping Bus Tour (Dec 6)

North Monroe and Emerson-Garfield businesses have banded together and arranged their first holiday shopping bus tour. It takes place this Saturday, December 6 and runs from 11:00am to 3:30pm. The tour includes bus transportation, a shopping guide, wine and food pairings and VIP offerings. The tour starts at Manic Moon & More (1007 W Augusta) at 11:30am (park behind Christ Our Hope Bible Church across the street). There you’ll be given a personal gallery tour of their 1890 Victorian home, which features the works…

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E-G Boundary Expansion

E-G Boundary Expansion

At its November meeting the Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council voted to approve a boundary expansion to include land ceded by the Northwest Neighborhood Association. The NWNA was not seeing any representation from this peninsular area on their southern border and felt that this was because it was a more natural geographical fit for Emerson-Garfield. Starting from the intersection of Fairview and Ash, the rough boundary continues west to Cochran, southwest across the Meenach Bridge, further south along the Pettit Drive Ridge (aka…

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Neighborhood-wide Planting (Nov 15) Cancelled

Neighborhood-wide Planting (Nov 15) Cancelled

We’ve put this news out via other channels — namely, Facebook, Twitter and at Wednesday’s EGNC meeting — but wanted to spread the word here too: The neighborhood-wide planting scheduled for tomorrow (Saturday, November 15) has been cancelled on account of the freezing temperatures. This was supposed to bring street trees to an entire stretch of N Atlantic and a full block of N Stevens along with hardy native bushes to a traffic median on N Maple, but the ground is frozen both…

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Materials for the Nov 12 E-G Neighborhood Council Meeting

Materials for the Nov 12 E-G Neighborhood Council Meeting

We’re rapidly approaching the second Wednesday of the month, which means it’s time for another Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council meeting. It takes place tomorrow (November 12) starting at 6pm in the Corbin Senior Center (827 W Cleveland). This month we’ll be hearing — no, really this time — from Tim Schwering, Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Spokane Police Department, about the practicalities and policies of police body cameras. This is all the more topical in light of this weekend’s car chase across…

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