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Hillyard Blog archive for Jan. 2011

THURSDAY, JAN. 27, 2011

Old Rogers High School is one of few art deco schools in the U.S.   (Colin Mulvany)

Rogers, a historic place

Rogers High School made it on to the National Register of Historic Places. The original building is from 1932 and one of a handful of high schools built in art deco style. Read colleague Mike Prager's story about the award here.

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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 26, 2011

How to promote a neighborhood

One issue that's always on the agenda here in Hillyard, is how to promote the business district. At the Wednesday meetings someone usually has a question or a suggestion for advertising or some sort of promotion. And the questions remain the same: what works and…

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Bakery opening in Hillyard

The first round of applause at this morning's Historic Hillyard Merchants Committee meeting came after an announcement that a bakery is opening in one of the old buildings up here - stay tuned for more details after the meeting.

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TUESDAY, JAN. 25, 2011

City council decision on impact fees

The city council made a decision on impact fees last night. Here's a link to colleague Jonathan Brunt's story from the meeting. An impact fee is a one-time tax on builders; the money is supposed to go toward the development of infra structure such as…

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FRIDAY, JAN. 21, 2011

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 19, 2011

Impact fees high for Hillyard

Another issue brought up this morning was the proposed impact fees that were put on hold at the City Council meeting last night. It was noted by several people that the impact fees would be higher in Hillyard and northeast Spokane than in downtown and…

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Highlights from Wednesday morning

The blog made it - carefully on icy streets - to the meeting in the Historic Hillyard Merchants Committee meeting this morning. Councilmember Bob Apple is here today and about 20 neighbors and business owners are here, too. There's a meeting today at 3:30 p.m.…

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THURSDAY, JAN. 13, 2011

From left, Bill Nighy, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint and Daniel Radcliffe in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.”

Hogwarts in Hillyard

NOrtheast Youth Center is offering a magic class straight out of Harry Potter on Jan. 24 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The class is taught by Hogwarts' professors and covers potions, divination and herbology - it promises to be a magically good time. Cost:…

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MONDAY, JAN. 10, 2011

Thursday's Beacon Hill hearing

The Beacon Hill development got a preliminary plat/PUD hearing before the city of Spokane hearings examiner Thursday morning. About 20 people were there to testify in support of the development, which has been widely embraced by Hillyard business people and residents. The project presented at…

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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 5, 2011

Beacon Hill development hearing Thursday

The preliminary plat/PUD hearing for the proposed Beacon Hill housing development is Thursday morning at 9:30 a.m. in the city council briefing room, lower level of city hall. Look for a story in tomorrow's Voice section. And here's an e-mail from Luke Tolley, Hillyard Neighborhood…

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A new year - lots of new plans

The Historic Hillyard Merchants Committee met for the first time this year, this morning at the Outlaw Cafe. First on the agenda was the upcoming Snowflake Ball - it was canceled because of low ticket sales. Moving right along to upcoming events: there are plans…

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TUESDAY, JAN. 4, 2011

It's meeting time

- once again. The Hillyard blog will be at the Historic Hillyard Merchants Committee meeting Wednesday morning at 8:30 a.m. (or maybe a little earlier to get breakfast...) at the Outlaw Cafe. See you there.

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MONDAY, JAN. 3, 2011

Welcome to 2011

Hope you all got into the new year in the best way: surrounded by friends and family and somewhat awake at midnight. It's a cold one out there and I'm sure I wasn't the only one who woke up to a frozen pipe Saturday morning.…

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