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Corbin Senior Center Movin’ & Groovin’ Fair (Mar 5)

Corbin Senior Center Movin’ & Groovin’ Fair (Mar 5)

The Corbin Senior Center (827 W Cleveland) is holding its twelfth annual Movin’ and Groovin’ Fair this Saturday, March 5 from 8am to 2pm.

Admission is free to this all-ages event and fundraiser, which features free massages and health screenings, seminars and giveaways, as well as a raffle and an affordable ($6) lunch.

2016 Movin' & Groovin' Flyer

Around 75 vendors took part last year. They generally wind through the whole first floor and lower level of the center, and they represent services and businesses from all fields: home care, retirement living, legal services, computer assistance, moving services, hearing, energy savings. real-estate and financial planning, and lots more.

During this year’s event, the Corbin Senior Center will once again be offering half-price annual membership for new members. That’s just $13 for individual membership and $18 per couple! Membership gives you access to all the Corbin Senior Center’s facilities and first dibs on their tours and activities — plus a range of discounts at all these great area businesses. Anyone over the age of 18 can be a member.

Public Crime Strategy Meeting (Feb 17)

Public Crime Strategy Meeting (Feb 17)

The Spokane Police Department leadership team meets monthly to discuss the latest crime trends, significant arrests, and investigations. These meetings are called Compstat Meetings. Tomorrow (Wednesday, February 17) the public is invited to watch that process starting at 9:30am at the Fire Training Center (1618 N Rebecca).

During this Compstat briefing you will see SPD’s efforts to address crime, quality of life issues, and community outreach efforts made in the prior month. Also included in the presentation will be crime hot spots that were identified and efforts taken to address crime in those areas, significant arrests, and any other significant events or investigations that impacted Spokane in the previous month.

Public Compstat Meeting

The Precinct Captains, Investigative Captain, Assistant Chief, and other SPD leaders will be in attendance providing reviews of the past month’s crime trends. This is an excellent opportunity for our community to see firsthand what their Spokane Police do on a regular basis to keep citizens safe and to reduce crime in Spokane.

Please note that certain ongoing investigations may be left out of the presentation due to the sensitive nature of the information surrounding the event.

Compstat reports are posted on the City website every week for public viewing.

For more information, please contact Kathy Armstrong of the Spokane Police Department at (509) 835-4519 or via e-mail at karmstrong@spokanepolice.org.

Building Dreams Kickoff Breakfast (Feb 3)

Building Dreams Kickoff Breakfast (Feb 3)

Building Dreams is holding its annual Kickoff Breakfast on Wednesday, February 3 at 7:30am at the West Central Community Center (1603 N Belt).

This free breakfast is open to anyone who wants to know more about Building Dreams – Bright Futures for Our Kids, which is a multi-partner fundraiser for three important area community centers: Northeast Youth Center, East Central Community Center and West Central Community Center. The money raised goes directly to vital youth programs.

Building Dreams 2016

At the breakfast, you’ll learn what’s in store for the 2016 event and ways you or your organization can help support it through donations or by raising awareness. You’ll also hear from individuals and families whose lives have changed for the better as a result of these youth programs.

If you plan on attending the breakfast, please e-mail Kim Ferraro at kferraro@westcentralcc.org or call her on (509) 323-7480 by Monday, February 1. It’s important that she has an accurate gauge of attendance.

This year’s Building Dreams fundraiser event will be held at the Lincoln Center (1316 N Lincoln) on Sunday, April 3 at 6pm. The 2016 Dreambuilder Award recipient is Carla Altepeter, President and CEO of Numerica Credit Union.

Traffic-Calming Workshops (Jan 26, 27 & Feb 3)

Traffic-Calming Workshops (Jan 26, 27 & Feb 3)

The Office of Neighborhood Services is hosting three different traffic-calming workshops for anyone interested in learning how their grassroots traffic-calming proposals can turn into fully realized projects. To put it another way: If you really want a roundabout or a crosswalk somewhere, these workshops will let you know if it’s possible and, if so, how to go about making it happen.

The workshops will take place on Tuesday, January 26 at the Northeast Community Center (4001 N Cook), Wednesday, January 27 at the Southside Senior & Community Center (3151 E 27th) and on Wednesday, February 3 at the West Central Community Center (1603 N Belt). All of them will run from 5:30 to 7pm.

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Although the workshops are provided to each of the three city districts, you don’t have to live in a particular district to attend a particular workshop.

For more information and further links on this topic, please see this recent blog post on the City’s website. And if you’re wondering what good can come of the traffic-calming program, have a look at this roundup of citizen-driven traffic-calming projects constructed just in the past year.

Neighborhood Notification Trainings (Jan 12 & 28)

Neighborhood Notification Trainings (Jan 12 & 28)

Owing to the popularity of its previous Neighborhood Notification training session on December 28, the Office of Neighborhood Services has coordinated two more training sessions.

The first is a repeat of the earlier Neighborhood Notification Training. That is scheduled for today (Tuesday, January 12) from 5:30-7:00pm at the the West Central Community Center (1603 N Belt) in the Mason Room at the rear of the building. If you missed the first one in December, it would be useful to attend this one to get an overview of what Neighborhood Notification involves and the protocols associated with it.

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A second more advanced training covering Decision Criteria will be offered on Thursday, January 28 from 5:30-7:00pm (location TBD, but likely at the West Central Community Center once again). This session will provide a more in-depth look at the decision-making criteria for development projects. If you’re planning on attending the Decision Criteria Training, it’s important that you attend the Neighborhood Notification Training beforehand.

These training sessions are open to anyone who’s interested, not just neighborhood council members, so please feel free to attend and help spread the word.

To RSVP for either session, please contact Jackie Caro at jcaro@spokanecity.org or call (509) 625-6733.