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COHBC Community Garage Sale, July 6

COHBC Community Garage Sale, July 6

COHBCChrist 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 reserve a table by contacting Mark Baker via e-mail or by phone on (509) 979­-9903. It’s free!

Want to lend COHBC an additional helping hand? They’ll begin setting up for the event at 7am for anyone who can come early, and they could also use help cleaning up afterward.

And no matter whether you sell, buy, or show up just to browse, you can always help spread the word by downloading the flyer and posting it elsewhere.

Free Social Media Training, June 24

Free Social Media Training, June 24

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.

BSN Social Media Training, Jun 24

Little ol’ Emerson-Garfield was recently highlighted by the ONS as a neighborhood that is using social media effectively, so a representative from our neighborhood will be there to share firsthand experience with blogging, tweeting, and Facebook-ing.

Even though we’ve received a pat on the back in this area, we’re still encouraging people in Emerson-Garfield to participate — because when it comes to getting the word out about neighborhood events, more routine and more effective communication is never a bad thing. If you’re interested, please RSVP to Boris Borisov via e-mail or at (509) 625-6087.

W. Central Marketplace Opens Today

W. Central Marketplace Opens Today

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.

Project HOPE

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 Central and Emerson-Garfield neighborhoods a positive, community-oriented alternative to the traps that can often lure low-income and disadvantaged youth. Our neighborhoods benefit in a number of ways — reduced crime and affordable access to healthy food, to name two obvious ones.

And here’s another reason to support the West Central Marketplace: The EGNC is partnering with Project HOPE and benefitting from their expertise in establishing a farmers’ market right here in our neighborhood. (The anticipated launch date is July 19. We hope to have more specific details within the next 24 hours.) By working together and supporting one another’s endeavors, we have a chance to improve both of our neighborhoods in important ways.

Trinity Cow Plop Winners 2013

Trinity Cow Plop Winners 2013

There are an awful lot of people coming to this blog in search of the Trinity Cow Plop results — and we’re happy to oblige.

Here’s the info, straight from the horse’s (cow’s?) mouth:

Trinity Cow Plop winners 2013
Trinity Cow Plop winners 2013

No word yet on the raffle winners (if indeed a raffle was held like in years past).

Congrats to all the lucky winners. And if you didn’t win, you can be satisfied in knowing that your money helps support a great neighborhood school.

Book Signing at Heart of Spokane, Jun 14

Book Signing at Heart of Spokane, Jun 14

On Friday, June 14 there will be a four-author book signing and reception at The Heart of Spokane [map] from 6 to 8pm. The theme is food, but there are every different takes on that theme, including gluten-free cooking, vegan cooking, and gourmet “health-and-healing” dishes.

THOS_Book-signing_2013-06-14

The books and their respective authors are: Dinner with Cecile and Willam, a cookbook by Cecile Charles and William Maltese; The Gluten-Free Way: My Way by Adrienne Z. Milligan; and Get-Real Vegan Desserts by Christina-Marie Wright.

For more info, contact Sarah at (509) 443-4799.