Telephone Town Hall Tonight, Jun 12

Telephone Town Hall Tonight, Jun 12

Just a reminder: Mayor David Condon is hosting a Telephone Town Hall tonight (June 12) at 6pm to ask the public for input on the 2014 budget and community priorities.

Residents will be contacted using technology that allows the City of Spokane to call thousands of people to ask if they want to participate in the meeting. Citizens can also opt into the meeting by calling (888) 409-5380 between 6 and 7pm tonight.

Mayor Condon will introduce the proposed 2014 Programmatic Budget in August. The line-ttem budget will be delivered weeks in advance of the November deadline.

The Telephone Town Hall is the first of several opportunities for the public to provide input on the 2014 budget. Additional opportunities include:

  • Community presentations by members of the mayor’s cabinet
  • New ways to engage citizens through the City’s website, spokanecity.org and MySpokaneBudget.org, a new budget-focused tool that will launch in August
  • Meetings hosted by neighborhood councils
  • Weekly budget hearings hosted by the City Council in November

As the city enters the 2014 budget process, they are claiming that significant improvements have been realized in affordability, accountability and alignment. Those efforts have supposedly focused on being more efficient in how the city does business, and they have tightened the gap between revenues and expenses to less than half of the $10 million shortfall the city faced last year.

Trinity Cow Plop Winners 2013

Trinity Cow Plop Winners 2013

There are an awful lot of people coming to this blog in search of the Trinity Cow Plop results — and we’re happy to oblige.

Here’s the info, straight from the horse’s (cow’s?) mouth:

Trinity Cow Plop winners 2013
Trinity Cow Plop winners 2013

No word yet on the raffle winners (if indeed a raffle was held like in years past).

Congrats to all the lucky winners. And if you didn’t win, you can be satisfied in knowing that your money helps support a great neighborhood school.

Book Signing at Heart of Spokane, Jun 14

Book Signing at Heart of Spokane, Jun 14

On Friday, June 14 there will be a four-author book signing and reception at The Heart of Spokane [map] from 6 to 8pm. The theme is food, but there are every different takes on that theme, including gluten-free cooking, vegan cooking, and gourmet “health-and-healing” dishes.

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The books and their respective authors are: Dinner with Cecile and Willam, a cookbook by Cecile Charles and William Maltese; The Gluten-Free Way: My Way by Adrienne Z. Milligan; and Get-Real Vegan Desserts by Christina-Marie Wright.

For more info, contact Sarah at (509) 443-4799.

Materials for the June 12 EGNC Meeting

Materials for the June 12 EGNC Meeting

This month’s Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council Meeting (and the last one until the potluck in August) will take place this Wednesday, June 12 starting at 7pm in the Corbin Senior Center.

Materials are available from the Downloads page. Or grab ’em here:

We have one presentation scheduled for this meeting. Andrew Worlock begged off (please read his e-mail to the EGNC), but we still have police ombudsman Tim Burns, who will be on hand to explain the The Office of the Police Ombudsman‘s 2012 Annual Report and answer questions. (Some recommendations from that report can be found here.)

The August 14 potluck in Corbin Park is approaching faster than we might like, and folks are needed to bring/donate cutlery, tables, hot dogs and burgers (and buns), as well as make and distribute flyers — so please have a think about how and what you might contribute. On a completely unrelated note, we’re also going to be voting on a new head for our Neighborhood Planning Committee.

The launch date for the Emerson-Garfield Farmers’ Market is July 19. As such, we have a lot to discuss in terms of recent developments and what remains to be done to ensure a successful inaugural event. On another completely unrelated note, the EGNC ought to determine where it stands on forming a non-profit: Do we pursue it, or do we partner with other non-profits instead?

On top of all that comes the usual organization updates (Corbin Center, Emerson Community Garden), crime reports, and announcements. We hope to see you there. And as always, everyone who lives, works, or owns property in Emerson-Garfield is encouraged to attend!

Corbin Park Yard Sale, June 15

Corbin Park Yard Sale, June 15

The annual Corbin Park Yard Sale will take place next Saturday, June 15.

That’s all the info we’ve got, unfortunately. We’re assuming that it will run — as in years past — from 9am to 4pm, rain or shine.

And, assuming other details remain the same, the participating homes will span the blocks between Division and Post [map] in Emerson-Garfield — which means streets like Waverly Place, Park Place, Cleveland and Euclid. They’ll be selling everything under the sun: antiques, collectibles, baby items, books, electronics, kitchenware, linen, glassware, tools, arts and crafts, CDs and DVDs, furniture, kids’ clothes and toys.

The early weather forecast looks promising: 80° and sunny.