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Materials for Tonight’s Meetings

Materials for Tonight’s Meetings

The agendas for tonight’s Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council and planning stakeholder meetings are available for download. Save paper and grab your copy here: Planning agenda for October 12 EGNC agenda for October 12 Remember: the meetings start at 6pm (planning) and 7pm (neighborhood council) at the Corbin Senior Center. As much as we wish everything was always sunshine and rainbows in the world of Spokane neighborhoods, there are some pressing issues to consider on both of these agendas. Many of those…

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July 11 Planning Meeting Wrap-up

July 11 Planning Meeting Wrap-up

Here are the main points of yesterday evening’s neighborhood planning meeting. The lingering questions — feel free to leave answers in the comments below — are in bold. The October issues/solutions workshop will be two hours in length. In those two hours, it has to fulfill four goals: explain to the public what exactly neighborhood planning is (in under 15 minutes) highlight areas of consideration such as traffic, demographics, parks, economics describe what our planning ideas look like so far elicit…

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Upcoming Meetings Reminder

Upcoming Meetings Reminder

Just a brief reminder about upcoming meetings: The North Monroe Business Association meets at 6pm on Wednesday, June 27 at Petunia’s Marketplace. We’ll detail what’s on the agenda closer to the date, although it will almost certainly include planning for the proposed July “classic cars” event. There is no July meeting for the Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council. The next time the EGNC will meet is at the neighborhood potluck on Wednesday, August 8 at 6pm. More info on the potluck will…

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Neighborhood Council Meeting Tomorrow

Neighborhood Council Meeting Tomorrow

The Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council meets tomorrow (June 13) at the Corbin Senior Center [map] at 7pm. What’s on the agenda for June? Among other things, we’re going to talk about this website and other grassroots communication efforts like Twitter and Facebook, issues with our parks and streets, and recap what happened at the Corbin Park Yard Sale last weekend as well as last night’s town hall meeting. We’ll also hear from the ad hoc parks subcommittee and vote on how to allocate…

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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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