Growing Neighbors News

Growing Neighbors News

From our friends, and Emerson-Garfield Farmer’s Market vendors, Growing Neighbors:

Howdy Neighbors!
Our good buddies at Shadle Park Presbyterian Church need to sell the house next to their church building and that means we need to move out all the stuff we’re storing on that property! We would love your help with that including ideas about how to move an 8×12′ shed and 8×8′ greenhouse. Here are some additional items that we need to find homes for, and your home could be an option if you need any of these materials to help you grow and share healthy food and relationships with your neighbors!

  • Bikes and bike trailers for making food deliveries
  • Little free pantries
  • Wood for building raised beds, compost bins, and yard signs
  • Pots, trays, and other plant start materials – Now is a great time for you to start some plants in your places (home, work, church, etc.)
  • Buckets for community compost collection & garden work
  • Garden tools including wheelbarrows, shovels, rakes, hoes, etc.
  • Cardboard for weed suppression
  • Sticks for building a natural-looking trellis
  • Blocks for building a small bed or border
  • Fencing for trellising
  • Ice chests for hauling your fresh produce to local neighbors and/or the GN booth at your local farmers’ market
  • Tomato Cages
  • 50 gallon compost tea brewer
  • Large commercial sink for an outdoor produce wash station
  • Posts/stakes for holding trellis fencing or for pole beans
  • Booth supplies for your local GN farmers’ market team
  • Other odds and ends related to gardening đŸ™‚

I’d love to have you over anytime next week to pick up what you need for your local garden and/or to help me organize and move things around!

Peace & Produce,

Johnny & Your GN Family đŸ™‚

www.growingneighbors.org
Office: 509-327-5522

SpoCanopy Expo Forest Planting

SpoCanopy Expo Forest Planting

The Lands Council is planting 500 trees to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Expo ’74. They will plant free trees in low canopy neighborhoods to provide those residents with the benefits of an urban canopy. Please join them – they will teach you how to plant trees correctly, provide all necessary gear and equipment, and you can join them afterwards for a free meal from local food trucks! This is a family friendly event, and all ages are welcome. Thank you for supporting our urban canopy! 

Emerson-Garfield folks are welcome to request a tree, as well as volunteer at the plantings!

When – May 7-11th from 10am – 2pm

Where – More information can be found here.

How to sign up – More information can be found here.

Cost – FREE to attend and volunteer and FREE to sign up and receive a tree!

SpoCanopy is a program of City of Spokane Urban Forestry, in collaboration with The Lands Council. We want to ensure every person in every neighborhood in Spokane has access to trees and green space. That’s why we work with residents and volunteers to plant trees and beautify our city. Our goal is for every neighborhood in Spokane to have 30% canopy cover by 2030. Learn more about SpoCanopy here.

Spokane Public Schools Levy – Feedback Requested

Spokane Public Schools Levy – Feedback Requested

A representative from Spokane Public Schools (SPS) attended our December 2023 EGNC meeting to present information about the replacement levy and bonds which were on the February special election ballot. SPS is now requesting levy and bond feedback.

From SPS:

Thank you for hosting a presentation on the bond and levy in the leadup to the Feb., 13 special election. Spokane Public Schools is grateful for your time, and we appreciate the insights you shared.

We’re also grateful to voters for approving the Educational Programs and Operation Levy. While the school facility bond initiative received 55.9% approval, it did not meet the 60% threshold to pass.

To help us understand community thoughts about the bond, we’re encouraging residents to participate in this brief, anonymous survey.

The answers will assist us as we look for ways to address the continuing needs of school facilities in a manner that aligns with public feedback.

If you have any questions, please contact us using Let’s Talk, or reach out to Communications Director Ryan Lancaster at Ryanla@spokaneschools.org.

Thank you.

-Spokane Public Schools

SRTC Regional Safety Action Plan

SRTC Regional Safety Action Plan

Spokane Regional Transportation Council (SRTC) is looking for feedback for their Regional Safety Action Plan.

You can help contribute to this work by sharing your safety concerns with them here. That page is an interactive story map, where you can learn more about the Regional Safety Action Plan, answer survey questions, and pinpoint specific locations on a map where you feel unsafe. The page will be open until March 15th, 2024. You can learn more about the Regional Safety Action Plan here.

Citizens’ Transportation Advisory Board – Open Positions

Citizens’ Transportation Advisory Board – Open Positions

As mentioned in the EGNC meeting this evening, there are multiple openings on the Citizen’s Transportation Advisory Board (CTAB). If you are interested in learning more about this role, please visit the City website, here.

CTAB meetings are held on the first Wednesday of each month, at 5:30pm, in the City of Spokane Streets Department Conference Room – 901 N. Nelson Street.

If transportation isn’t your calling, but you would still like to get involved, there is a list of current vacancies for City boards, commissions, and committees here.