Faith Bible Church Fall Clean Up Day (Nov 1)

Faith Bible Church Fall Clean Up Day (Nov 1)

Faith Bible Church is holding its first Fall Clean Up Day for Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood on Saturday, November 1 from 9am to 2pm. Residents of Emerson-Garfield neighborhood can bring their leaves and yard waste to FBC’s parking lot at 600 W Cora. They’ll have two dumpsters available for yard waste disposal. Also, volunteers from FBC will be going around the neighborhood south of the church and raking up leaves. If you’d like to make sure your address gets on their list, please contact them well…

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October Korean Food Sale (Oct 17 & 18)

October Korean Food Sale (Oct 17 & 18)

Spokane Hope Christian Reformed Church (스포켄 소망교회), the Korean congregation that shares a building with Knox Presbyterian (806 W Knox), is holding its October Korean food sale today (Friday, October 17) concurrent with the Emerson-Garfield Farmers’ Market from 3 to 7pm and tomorrow (Saturday, October 18) from 11am to 3pm. As today is the final market of the season, this will also be the last Friday of the year that the church will hold the sale. Afterwards it will return to its monthly Saturday event. There’s bulgogi…

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E-G Farmers’ Market Season Finale (Oct 17)

E-G Farmers’ Market Season Finale (Oct 17)

The Emerson-Garfield Farmers’ Market got a nice writeup in today’s Spokesman-Review — just in time for tomorrow’s (Friday, October 17) season finale. In addition to the usual vendor lineup — which now includes Chattaroy Cheese Co. — here’s what the market has in store for this season-closing event: A one-time vendor will be selling Davenport-area organic Fuji apples and Bosc pears for just 75¢ per pound. (Compare that with Safeway’s $2.99 per pound for non-local, non-organic apples.) An old-fashioned cider press to juice…

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Recap of the October E-G Neighborhood Council Meeting

Recap of the October E-G Neighborhood Council Meeting

The October 8 meeting of the Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council began at its new time of 6pm. Christa Richardson of the Corbin Senior Activity Center started off the meeting by sharing the good news about their Munch and Mingle auction on September 27, which raised $20,000. Of that, $4,000 was directed towards the elevator. The center’s new van arrived as well. The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) applications were explained, and attendees were invited to participate in determining how the funding for 2015 will be allocated…

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Materials for the Oct 8 E-G Neighborhood Council Meeting

Materials for the Oct 8 E-G Neighborhood Council Meeting

The Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council holds its monthly meeting tomorrow (Wednesday, October 8) starting at the new time of 6pm at the Corbin Senior Center (827 W Cleveland). We’ll be hearing from Tim Schwering, Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Spokane Police Department, about the practicalities and policies of police body cameras. We’ll also be voting on a neighborhood boundary expansion, deciding on details and planting dates for the Greening Neighborhoods Grants, laying the groundwork for a Safe Routes to Schools committee, and preparing…

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