Lest it seem that our neighborhood requests routinely fall on deaf ears or get nixed due to lack of available funding, allow us to draw your attention to Madison Street, where construction crews are currently putting in new sidewalks. We’re hoping that these sidewalks will ultimately run all the way down Madison to Emerson Park. This tends to be the principal route that families and older children take toward Emerson Park, and it will be better for both them and…
Lucky residents in Emerson-Garfield have already begun receiving their flyers for this year’s Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Picnic & Potluck, which will be held Wednesday, August 8 from 6 to 8pm in Emerson Park [map]. Click either of the icons for a larger view: The picnic/potluck is being organized by members of the Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council — an all-volunteer organization that’s dedicated to bringing improvements to the neighborhood and ensuring a better quality of life for residents and business owners alike. This event…
Christ Our Hope Bible Church [map] will be holding a neighborhood garage sale this Saturday, July 28, from 9am to 1pm. It will take place in the church’s parking lot at 1620 N. Monroe. It’s free to shop, of course, and even better — it’s free for vendors. COHBC will take care of all promotional activity and set up tables in the church parking lot. Members of the community can sign up to sell their own items at one of those…
Here are the main points of yesterday evening’s neighborhood planning meeting. The lingering questions — feel free to leave answers in the comments below — are in bold. The October issues/solutions workshop will be two hours in length. In those two hours, it has to fulfill four goals: explain to the public what exactly neighborhood planning is (in under 15 minutes) highlight areas of consideration such as traffic, demographics, parks, economics describe what our planning ideas look like so far elicit…
We’re saddened to share the news that Area 58 [map], one of Spokane’s most colorful secondhand and vintage stores, is closing. As part of their pre-closure inventory liquidation, everything is 50% off. Their impressive selection of secondhand books is priced at $1 per hardback and 50¢ per paperback. Their last day of operation is this Saturday, June 30. In a brief conversation with the owner, the reason for the closure comes down to flatlining (as opposed to falling) profits over…