We have a number of really exciting upcoming neighborhood events, and we could use your help in spreading the word. Like most all-volunteer organizations, we’re limited by funds and manpower. We can’t afford to print enough flyers to reach everyone — and even if we did, we don’t have enough members to make sure that a copy is delivered to everyone in the neighborhood. So please download the flyers below (they’re standard PDFs) and print out a copy or two…
Got lingering questions about the Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council? You can catch up with us tomorrow (Saturday, July 6) at the Christ Our Hope Bible Church community garage sale. We’ll have a table where you can chat face-to-face with members of the EGNC and find out just what the neighborhood council is and what it does. They’ll be able to tell you about upcoming events like the farmers’ market and the concert in Emerson Park, how the neighborhood council can help…
Christ Our Hope Bible Church will be hosting their annual neighborhood garage sale on Saturday, July 6 in the parking lot of COHBC. The sale will run from 9am to 1pm. This event is open to buyers and sellers from the entire neighborhood, not just COHBC congregants. Each summer the church intentionally opens this garage sale to everyone in an effort to build stronger community relationships and establish meaningful conversations among neighbors. If you want to sell items yourself, please…
The City of Spokane’s Office of Neighborhood Services is offering free social media training for neighborhoods (and, by association, neighborhood-centric organizations) on Monday, June 24 from 6 to 7:30pm at Tincan [map]. During the 90-minute session, participants will learn how to set up and maintain accounts with Nextdoor, Twitter, Facebook, and blog sites like Blogger and WordPress. They’ll also learn why social media matters in building stronger neighborhood ties. Little ol’ Emerson-Garfield was recently highlighted by the ONS as a…
Don’t forget to brave today’s rain and check out the opening of the West Central Marketplace. You’ll find it at its new location in A.M. Cannon Park [map], located right behind the West Central Community Center. It runs from 3 to 6pm and will be there every Tuesday until the autumn. The Marketplace is a Project HOPE initiative, so it’s focused on two things: fresh, local food and youth empowerment. The organization’s aim is to give young adults in the West…