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Town Hall Meeting on June 11

Town Hall Meeting on June 11

There’s a town hall meeting on Monday, June 11 at 6pm at the West Central Community Center. The town hall is an annual meeting where Spokane’s neighborhood councils present reports of their past and future activities to the city council and the mayor. It’s open to the general public and is televised. Liorah Wichser, chair of the Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council, will be making the slideshow presentation on behalf of the neighborhood. It’s an opportunity to voice our concerns and also to tell the city…

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Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteer Opportunities

One of the most daunting things about volunteering to help among a large and disparate group like Emerson-Garfield neighborhood is knowing where you’ll fit in. What opportunities are available to you? Where can you make the biggest contribution? Where will your support have the most impact? As a resident, you can: Join the Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council. The EGNC meets just once a month, and simply being there and offering input is all that’s asked of you. You’re able to voice…

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Public Planning Event Wrap-Up

Public Planning Event Wrap-Up

Graduating EWU urban planning students present neighborhood maps and statistics. The public planning open house that took place last night saw participation from Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council members, students from Eastern Washington University, the North Monroe Business Association, the City of Spokane — and perhaps most importantly, the residents and business/property owners of Emerson-Garfield neighborhood. Attendees were able to hear EWU students present data they had compiled from census information as well as feet-on-the-ground observation. They talked about sidewalk coverage, walkability,…

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Public Planning Open House

Public Planning Open House

Emerson-Garfield is hosting its first neighborhood planning open house on Monday, May 21 from 6 to 9pm at 1905 N. Monroe (formerly Stewart’s Hardware). Neighborhood residents as well as property and business owners will be able to: View the results of a recent demographic study of our neighborhood conducted by EWU students Take a neighborhood survey Add to the neighborhood talent and ideas inventory Help choose a neighborhood identity Learn about crime statistics Find out who is responsible for making decisions…

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