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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.

Reminder: July Meetings and Breaks

Reminder: July Meetings and Breaks

Just a reminder that there is no Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council meeting this month. Normally the EGNC meets on the second Wednesday of each month, but this is not the case for July, when we traditionally take a break for the summer holidays.

There is, however, a Neighborhood Planning meeting on this Wednesday, July 10, at the Corbin Senior Center [map]. It starts at 7pm and will run about an hour. If you’re on Facebook, please RSVP here (and please “Like” the E-G Neighborhood page while you’re at it).

This is an ideal activity for anyone with an interest in helping to determine what our neighborhood looks like in five, ten or even twenty years’ time — it doesn’t matter whether you’re a seasoned neighborhood stalwart or just someone who’s curious about Emerson-Garfield’s future.

But one meeting instead of two doesn’t mean that there’s nothing going on. Looking  ahead into July and August, we have the launch of our first-ever weekly farmers’ market on Friday, July 19 (click here for times, location, and more details). We also have a free concert in Emerson Park [map] on Sunday, July 28, which is also the same day as the Christ Our Hope Bible Church’s Parking Lot Party. Fortunately, they only overlap by half an hour. Hit the concert first at 4pm, then head down to the PLP!

In August, we have our annual summer potluck. This year it’s in Corbin Park [map] and starts at 6pm. That will happen in place of the August EGNC meeting — in other words, on Wednesday, August 14.

Get an overview of all those events on our calendar page or on Facebook; registered Facebook users are encouraged to RSVP. We’re also asking for your help to spread the word — more on that (with download links to flyers for printing) is here.

Help Us Get the Word Out!

Help Us Get the Word Out!

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 for your neighbors, church, or workplace. It would lift some of the load from our shoulders, and it would make sure that more and more people hear about these great neighborhood events.

The 2-up/4-up ones will need to be cropped accordingly. Or you can click on the icons above to access 1-up versions of all the flyers.

Thanks on behalf of the Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council for any help you’re able to offer! And if you have time, please leave some info in the comments about where you’ll be flyering — we naturally don’t want to cover the same area twice.

Meet the EGNC Tomorrow at the COHBC Garage Sale

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 improve your street, and ways you can contribute your time or expertise to the EGNC.

Please feel free to stop by and say hi. We hope to see some new faces there!