Neighborhood updates

Thu., Sept. 11, 2008

•The Whitman Neighborhood Council will meet today at 6:30 p.m. at Fire Station 15, Wellesley Avenue and Crestline Street.

•The Hall Meeting will be on Monday at 6 p.m. at the Northeast Community Center, 4001 N. Cook St.

•The Bemiss Neighborhood Council will meet Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Northeast Community Center, 4001 N. Cook St.

•The Hillyard Neighborhood Council will meet Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Northeast Community Center, 4001 N. Cook St.

•The Building Stronger Neighborhoods Committee will meet Sept. 20 at 8:30 a.m. at Frontier West Restaurant, 2121 N. Division St.

Neighborhood Updates is looking for news that’s important to neighborhoods. Call staff writer Rainey Coffin at 927-2166 or send an e-mail to raineyc@spokesman.com. For a complete list of neighborhood council meetings and contacts, visit www. spokaneneighborhoods.org.

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