Corbin Senior Center will hold its ninth annual Movin’ & Groovin’ Fair on Saturday, March 9 from 8am to 2pm.
Admission to the fair is free. It’s an informative event with lots of free advice on how to remain healthy and active — something that applies to all age groups, not just senior citizens. Some of the highlights include:
Free screenings for glucose, cholesterol, blood pressure, and more
Free massages
Information booths with expert advice
Free drawings for cash and prizes
Affordable lunch
Avista and SNAP workshops
Click on the image above to view the full flyer, which you can e-mail or print out and send to friends, family, co-workers, and anyone who might be interested.
Corbin Park Little Free Library
A Little Free Library (for more info on LFLs, see our “Wouldn’t it be nice if…” post here) is flourishing in the Corbin Park area of our neighborhood.
For more info — and current offerings — check out the library’s Facebook page.
Do cars tear down your street? Do you see a lot of reckless cut-through traffic on roads near your house? Is there a spot on a busy road that threatens the safety of pedestrians, cyclists, and other drivers?
Here’s the good news: You can do something about it.
Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council is soliciting neighborhood traffic-calming proposals to be implemented in 2014-15. These will be vetted, voted on, and then the top two (one residential proposal, one arterial proposal) will be passed to the city for consideration.
Traffic island
Chicanes
Traffic circle
Curb bump-out
Traffic-calming proposals include anything from curb extensions to traffic circles (aka roundabouts), chicanes, traffic islands, medians, landscaping, and pedestrian crosswalks. You can see some examples of these in the images above.
The traffic-calming toolbox (PDF link) from the City of Spokane provides a lot of easy-to-read information about potential traffic-calming measures, including a short description of each one as well as pros and cons. This post from a street-scaping blog also has lots of ideas and images.
Unfortunately, the deadline is incredibly tight (it’s Friday, March 1), but that’s because word didn’t filter out of the city until recently — so you’ll need to e-mail your suggestions immediately to emerson.garfield@gmail.com. We’ll take care of the initial paperwork.
Please include the following basic info in your e-mail:
Your contact information
The exact location of the proposed traffic-calming project
Why you think traffic calming is necessary in that particular location
Which traffic-calming method (e.g., chicanes, pedestrian islands, roundabouts) would be most effective
Keep in mind that, if your proposal is selected by the city for further study, you might have to collect signatures from neighbors for approval. This is not nearly as daunting as it sounds. Although there’s always a neighbor who grumbles or is overly suspicious, signature-gathering here in Emerson-Garfield is usually a pretty pleasant experience, especially for universally beneficial projects like these.
And should you think that nothing ever comes of these applications, please note that Emerson-Garfield is currently under study for one of the most ambitious traffic-calming projects in Spokane — which was entirely proposed and advocated by residents.
There will be a meeting for the new Building Stronger Neighborhoods Committee on Monday, February 25.
This year’s top goal for the Building Stronger Neighborhoods Committee is to attract and retain membership in the neighborhoods program. At the upcoming meeting we will discuss the responsibilities of the Chair, Vice Chair, and Secretary and tentatively hold elections. If you aren’t interested but know of someone who might be, please forward this information and let potential candidates know about the upcoming meeting.
Here’s what’s on the agenda:
Meet & Eats Plan for 2013
Recap of the January 30 event that was hosted in Chief Gary Park
Discuss template for helping Neighborhood Councils host M&E events
Schedule Meet & Eats for at least the next 3 months
Trainings Plan for 2013
Discuss working with COPS to training for Neighborhood Night Out Against Crime events
Plan out the first 6 months of 2013 trainings
Follow-Up on District 81 Program
Discuss which neighborhoods have been contacted
Discuss elections
Nominations for Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary Position
If time permits and there are nominations, take a vote on each position
The Building Stronger Neighborhoods Committee is a subcommittee of the Community Assembly. It works to provide training and resources to neighborhoods to increase participation, identify and meet neighborhood needs, and build capacity. The committee meets monthly and works directly with the Community Assembly and neighborhood chairs to set annual goals and work plan.
The meeting on February 25 will run from 11:30am to 12:30pm and will be held at Fire Station 4, which is located at 1515 W. 1st Ave [map] outside of Browne’s Addition (accessible by STA bus routes #20, #60, #61).
Emerson-Garfield needs a logo, and we want it designed by our own local talent.
Are you interested? Please fill out the application form (PDF link) and submit your design!
Here are the details:
To be eligible, you must either live, work, or own a property or a business in Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood (see the boundaries on the Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Map).
The logo must include the following text: Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council (yes, there is a hyphen in there.)
Additional text options — we don’t have an official slogan yet, but you are welcome to invent one if you want and add it to the logo.
Use imagery and/or typeface that represents Emerson-Garfield neighborhood. At our February meeting, our attending members brainstormed about our imagery and came up with the following descriptive words: community projects, parks, trees, play sets, the boulevard building, pillars, old brick walls, middle-class, turn-of-the-century homes, historic, old-fashioned lamp posts, the old street car rail line (which used to run up Monroe from downtown to the foothills), the Northern gateway to the city, squirrels, stone lion statues, street trees, marmots, skunks, old Emerson school, businesses, people, families, 1902–1925.
Size should be about 6 inches across (height or width depending on the shape of your design). Image resolution should be 300dpi.
Color — design should be shown both in (1) black and white and (2) in color.
Submit your entries in print quality PDF format (retain your native files until after the contest). E-mail to emerson.garfield@gmail.com by Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at midnight.
The logo entries will be printed and displayed at the March 13 meeting. The winning logo will be chosen by silent ballot vote at the meeting by the members in attendance. There will be much hoopla made about the winner, and public recognition on all our media channels.
While this is not a paid job, it is a great opportunity to build your portfolio and create a lasting mark for a nonprofit that represents your neighborhood in Spokane.
Click on the image above to view the full flyer, which you can e-mail or print out and send to friends, family, co-workers, and anyone who might be interested.
