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Vintage, Hearts & Flowers Charity Event, Aug 24

Vintage, Hearts & Flowers Charity Event, Aug 24

The annual North Monroe Vintage, Hearts & Flowers charity event to benefit the Women and Children’s Free Restaurant here in Emerson-Garfield will take place tomorrow (Saturday, August 24) at The Heart of Spokane (3017 N Monroe) [map] between noon and 5pm. The event is both a canned food drive and family-friendly shopping extravaganza. In addition to face painting for the kids and fundraising raffles, you can wander up and down North Monroe and visit the many individually owned retro, craft, and…

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Meet Your Neighbors: Mary Charbonneau

Meet Your Neighbors: Mary Charbonneau

How did we miss this? Last year Emerson-Garfield resident Mary Charbonneau won the Peirone Prize as part of The Inlander’s Give Guide, the alt-weeky’s annual philanthropy issue in which they highlight people who are making things better here in the Inland Northwest. The paper featured a long profile of Mary and her work with Washington Bassett Rescue. Mary is a familiar face at neighborhood council meetings, neighborhood events, and even (or especially) in the virtual ‘hood on our Facebook page….

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Spokane Community Land Trust Open House, July 17

Spokane Community Land Trust Open House, July 17

The Spokane Community Land Trust (SCLT) is a new nonprofit organization focused on providing affordable home ownership opportunities to low- and moderate-income households in the Spokane area. Community land trusts enable affordable home ownership by separating the ownership of the land from the ownership of the house. The land is placed in a trust, making home buyers responsible only for the cost of the structure. CLT home buyers lease the land from the nonprofit for a modest fee. The SLCT…

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Marlene Alford Profiled in InHealth

Marlene Alford Profiled in InHealth

Marlene Alford, Executive Director of the Women and Children’s Free Restaurant, is profiled in the most recent issue of InHealth. It would be hard to overstate Marlene’s dedication to the WCFR or the neighborhood itself. In addition to all the hours she invests in her organization, Marlene has been involved with the Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council in the past, particularly with our neighborhood planning efforts. The WCFR itself is an invaluable resource in Emerson-Garfield — and its positive reach extends far…

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