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Free Training: How to Engage the Community

Free Training: How to Engage the Community

The Office of Neighborhood Services is providing another free session as part of its Neighborhood Training series. This one is called Organizational Success: How to Engage the Community, and it will take place on Monday, July 29 from 6-7:30pm at the West Central Community Center (1603 N Belt) [map].

Like its title suggests, this training session will teach you how to reach out to, interact with and involve the community in your neighborhood organization. This training is ideal for neighborhood councils of all shapes and sizes, but it’s open to anyone who wants to attend — which means senior centers, nonprofits, churches, schools, and other organizations in that vein.

BSN Organizational Success Flyer

The ONS’ last training session, which focused on social media, was overbooked and received very positive feedback from the participants.

To reserve your spot for Organizational Success: How to Engage the Community, get in touch with Jackie Caro at (509) 625-6733 or jcaro@spokanecity.org.

Photos from the Emerson-Garfield Farmers’ Market Launch

Photos from the Emerson-Garfield Farmers’ Market Launch

Patrons at Pacific Produce booth.
Slicing a nectarine for sampling at the Pacific Produce booth.
Rachel’s handmade soaps at the Orange Thyme booth.
Rachel and Brian discuss her handmade soaps at the Orange Thyme booth.
Claire from the Vinegar Flats booth.
Jennifer de-stresses a patron at the Jennifer Michelle Massage booth.
Bev from Petunia’s Marketplace proudly displaying honey from her own apiary.
Pete explains his homemade rubs and spices at the SavorX booth.
Lauri can’t bag her bread fast enough at the Pleasant Prairie Farms booth.
Some of the homegrown veggies on offer at the Sweet Things booth.
Info leaflets on Sweet Things’ Trades of Hope.
Wild-caught, flash-frozen sockeye at the Old Harbor Sustainable Seafood booth.
The Scoop doing a brisk trade on an especially hot day.
Anne with her homegrown veggies at The Father’s Table.
Sunny and Jim at the JJ Goats booth.
Rocky River Soap Co’s gorgeous lineup of liquid castile soaps.
Rocky River Soaps — good for your skin, good for the environment.
Alie of Gluten Busters shows off their range of tantalizing gluten-free products.
Gluten Busters is proud of being gluten free.
Making friends at the Emerson-Garfield Farmers’ Market.
Climbing trees at the Emerson-Garfield Farmers’ Market.
Farmers’ Market Launch Today

Farmers’ Market Launch Today

EGFM sandwich boardWell, the big day is finally here. The Emerson Garfield Farmers’ Market launches today (Friday, July 19) at 3pm and will run until 7pm in the parking lot Knox Presbyterian Church (806 W. Knox) [map].

The buzz so far seems to be great. Yesterday we got a wonderful writeup in The Inlander‘s food newsletter, Entree, and this website saw some of its highest traffic ever. In the past 24 hours alone, we’ve added LyLo’s Teriyaki food truck and Orange Thyme to our full-season vendors.

Here are some highlights and important info:

  • We have approximately 16 vendors and food trucks taking part today, with the possibility of some last-minute additions. Even more are scheduled for next week (but let’s not get ahead of ourselves).
  • Today’s event isn’t just a one-off. It’s a weekly market that runs until October 18, and if it’s a success, it will continue next year too.
  • Remember that this is not the location that we announced back in May. It’s in the parking lot of Knox Presbyterian at the corner of Knox and Post. Look for the sandwich boards (pictured) when you’re heading north on Monroe, west on Indiana and south on Post.
  • The Party Palace on Division was fantastic enough to donate some balloons to decorate our sandwich boards. R&R Custom Color Lab on N. Monroe was kind enough to cut us a nice break on flyer printing, which was largely out-of-pocket.
  • Bri Musser designed our logo as well as our soon-to-be-printed tokens. If the market has slick branding, she’s the one to credit. Those tokens are being sponsored by Prime Lending and the interesting new episodic TV show Washington Grown, and we’re incredibly grateful for their generosity and support. Megan Kennedy and Melissa Parker were the dynamic duo that recruited those sponsors.
  • The Emerson-Garfield Farmers’ Market is a “sister” market of the West Central Marketplace. We got this off the ground in just 60 days because we were able to pool resources with Project HOPE, who have been instrumental in sorting out a lot of the back-end paperwork. That also means market tokens from one market will be valid at the other — which opens up your market shopping opportunities.
  • Knox Presbyterian has been a dream venue for a lot of reasons — not least their eagerness to make sure we had all the amenities a market would need. If you bump into one of their volunteers, thank them profusely.
  • Despite all our publicity, there are plenty of people who still won’t know about this new weekly event. Mention it to your friends, family and co-workers — tell ’em that there’s a convenient place to go on Friday afternoon/evening for some excellent fast food as well as some fresh, affordable weekend shopping. Spokane’s north side needs a little love.

And we’ll conclude there for now. See you at the market!

Garland Street Fair, July 20

Garland Street Fair, July 20

Garland Street Fair 2013Amid all the Emerson-Garfield events in July, don’t forget that the Garland Street Fair in the North Hill Neighborhood will be happening on Saturday, July 20 from 10am to 5pm. This is the event’s 11th year, and like in years past, it will be featuring live music and entertainment, food, art, crafts, and activities for all ages.

This year’s theme is Return to Oz, and there are plenty of contests along those lines. The Flying Monkey Critter Contest asks you to dress up your pet like a flying monkey! (Meet at the Garland Theater [map] at 10:30am and parade down to the main stage at 11am for judging.) For the Any Character Costume, you can dress up as any Oz character. (Meet at the Garland Theater at 1:30pm to parade to the main stage at 2pm for judging. There will be four age categories.)

Questions about the contests? Download the full info sheet or contact coordinator Lou Carver via e-mail or on (509) 327-3726.

In addition to all these activities and lots of vendors, the Garland Street Fair also has a car show. (Download the car show application here.) All proceeds from the car show and kids art & games will be donated to the Spokane Guilds’ School.

Spokane Community Land Trust Open House, July 17

Spokane Community Land Trust Open House, July 17

SLCT logoThe 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 is holding an open house on Wednesday, July 17 from 4:30 to 5:30pm in Meeting Room 1B at the Downtown Branch of the Spokane Library [map] so that people to learn more about how a land trust model can help people in our community successfully transition from renter to homeowner. Home ownership helps families build equity, strengthens neighborhoods and can provide needed stability for individuals and families.

The organization’s board and staff will be at the open house to share information on how a land trust works, why one is needed in Spokane and how this model has worked well in the Northwest and around the country. Lemonade, cookies and good company will be available.

If you cannot attend the event but would like to learn more about the Spokane Community Land Trust and the land trust model, please e-mail the SLCT or give Tim Williams a call at (509) 279-2351.