Southgate Neighborhood Council will not meet in February. Stay tuned for information about our March meeting!

You can stay up to date on news from the Department of Neighborhood Services here: https://my.spokanecity.org/neighborhoods/news/

You are invited to attend Southgate Neighborhood Council’s next meeting on Thursday, January 23 at 6:30pm at the Spokane Public Library – South Hill, 3324 S. Perry St. This will be a hybrid meeting. This meeting can be joined via Zoom using Meeting ID: 849 4369 8811 and
Passcode: 227495.

At this meeting, we will vote on new officers for 2025. Our current officers have served for several years and are ready to step down – we need some new neighbors to lead the Southgate Neighborhood Council and plan the direction the council will take in 2025. Training will be provided for new volunteers.

We will also discuss ideas for guest speakers and topics neighbors would like to learn about this year. We hope you will join us!

You are invited to attend Southgate Neighborhood Council’s next meeting on Thursday, January 23 at 6:30pm (note this is not our usual meeting date – we moved our meeting this month due to a conflicting city meeting) at the Spokane Public Library – South Hill, 3324 S. Perry St. This will be a hybrid meeting. For those on our email list, details for joining this meeting via Zoom will be emailed to you prior to the meeting.

At this meeting, we will vote on new officers for 2025. Our current officers have served for several years and are ready to step down – we need some new neighbors to lead the Southgate Neighborhood Council and plan the direction the council will take in 2025. Training will be provided for new volunteers.

We will also discuss ideas for guest speakers and topics neighbors would like to learn about this year. We hope you will join us!

Southgate Neighborhood Council will not meet in November. Our next meeting will be held in January. Watch for details to appear on the website as we get closer meeting time.

The Southgate Neighborhood Council has a new meeting date and location! Our next meeting will be this Thursday, October 10, beginning promptly at 6:30p.m. at the Spokane Public Library – South Hill, 3324 S. Perry St. This will be a hybrid meeting.

Going forward, our meetings will be held the 2nd Thursday of the month.

Wondering how neighborhood councils help the city? This article in the Spokesman Review might be of interest to you:

The Southgate Neighborhood Council will have a new meeting day and location starting in October! Our next meeting will be Thursday, October 10, beginning promptly at 6:30p.m. at the Spokane Public Library – South Hill, 3324 S. Perry St. This will be a hybrid meeting.

Going forward, our meetings will be held the 2nd Thursday of the month.

Have you ever considered running for public office? Then “You Should Run” program is for you.

You Should Run is a nonpartisan program, providing training on the mechanics of running for office. Hosted by former City Council Woman, Karen Stratton, this training program involves subject matter experts. The overarching goals are to help the community understand the importance of being equally represented, breakdown assumptions about running for office, mitigate fear, provide participants with cutting edge campaign tools, and give you the opportunity to imagine yourself in office. Their trainers will be a premier team of community leaders, advisors, and staff.

Important Links:

Here is the You Should Run Information & Registration Link

The 2024 Neighborhood Clean-Up Program once again includes disposal passes! The Disposal Pass Program is designed to help residents in the City of Spokane remove extra waste by distributing $25 passes, valid at the Waste to Energy Facility.

Southgate has 20 passes that are available now and will be distributed first-come, first-served. If you would like a disposal pass, please email: southgatecouncil@gmail.com with your request, including your name and address. Passes will be mailed to the first 20 people to request a pass living within the Southgate Neighborhood. Passes are valid for 30 days. 

Additional passes will be distributed at our September neighborhood meeting. Watch for details on meeting time and location (we should announce our new meeting space soon).

Please join the Southgate Neighborhood Council meeting Wednesday, June 12 at 7pm at the Talbot Event Center at NEWESD 101 (4202 S Regal St.) This is a hybrid meeting, you can join in-person or via Zoom. Use meeting ID : 849 4369 8811 and Passcode: 227495 to join. Or join by phone: (253) 215-8782.

We’ll see you June 12 at 7pm at ESD 101 or via Zoom!

Would you like to be added to our email list? Send an email to southgatecouncil@gmail.com.

Southgate Neighborhood Council has $1000 in funds to organize volunteer-led clean up events in our neighborhood.

Have you noticed a residence, business, or park in the Southgate Neighborhood that could benefit from a neighborhood clean-up? You can comment on this post or email southgatecouncil@gmail.com to suggest a clean-up event.

The funds can be used to:
▪ Request a 6-yard dumpster for neighborhood special event or park/public area clean-up or leaf pick up for
elderly neighbors, etc. (Damage release form must be completed.)
▪ Check out clean-up supplies from Solid Waste (vests, grabbers, buckets, garbage bags) and request an
amount in disposal pass funds for public area clean up. (Volunteer waiver form must be completed.)
▪ Check out graffiti abatement supplies (paint, paint trays, rollers, garbage bags) for public area clean-up.

Private property must have a waiver signed and supplied to ONS before event.

Neighborhood Beautification Event Examples

• Partner with neighbors who have code violations:
• Request a 6-yard dumpster
• Request a dumpster to be placed at a home that is in
  violation City Code for excess waste. Work the Office of
  Neighborhood Services and Code Enforcement to identify
  neighbors in need. Some residents don’t have the physical
  or financial ability to remove waste from their property.
  Recruit volunteers to help load waste into dumpster. Possibly trim landscaping and mow grass.
• Consider partnering with your local C.O.P.S. Shop to survey landscaping and how Crime Prevention Through
  Environmental Design (CPTED) might be helpful for the resident.
• Private property requires a waiver signed by property owner. A damage release form is required for dumpster
  requests.
  
• Clean-up public park, trail, or street:
• Request a 6-yard dumpster or disposal passes (if planning
  to dispose of yourself) and clean-up supplies (vests,
  grabbers, buckets, garbage bags)
• Plan a clean-up event in your neighborhood. Request a
  dumpster to be placed in a location central to your clean
  up or use disposal passes to remove waste via garbage
  bags.
• A damage release form is required for dumpster requests.
• Note that state owned trails require state authorization.
  
• Graffiti Abatement:
• Request graffiti abatement supplies (vests, paint, rollers, paint trays, garbage bags)
• Plan an event to paint over nuisance graffiti/ tagging in your neighborhood. Request supplies for an estimated
  number of volunteers. Private property requires a waiver signed by property owner.