What's New in The ZONE at NECC?

Letter From The Director

Greetings,

What stories do you tell yourself about households in Northeast Spokane? ZONE residents are creative, capable, resourceful, and whole. I look around and see coaching, mentorship, and neighbors supporting each other. It’s happening naturally all around us. Whom have you coached lately? How have you mentored a student or adult? Let’s lean in so that all our neighborhoods thrive.

The Resident Steering Committee book study of Fragile Neighborhoods is challenging us to focus on strengthening community ties to improve health for all students and families in our neighborhoods. One way we do this is through monthly family engagement nights. Thank you to Superintendent Swinyard who will be joining us January 26th!

Come join us on Wednesday February 7th at 4:30 pm in our Behavioral Health Clinic Community Room for our Annual Awards and celebration of progress made together in The ZONE in 2023. Our Annual Report with data, stories, and celebrations of residents and partnerships will be released.

Some 2024 priorities in The ZONE at NECC:

• Housing availability and stability. Our Community’s Opportunity Cost of Unstably Housed Students | Jene Ray | TEDxSpokane
• Increasing access to evening/weekend childcare for working families.
• Supporting positive behavioral and mental health for our youth (ZONE testimony starts at 30 min 14 sec. and ends at 37 min 54 sec.)
• Supporting students’ educational and career pathways through many local partners and scholarships. A Rogers High School student is featured here on page 8

Explore more on our Northeast Data Dashboard courtesy of Urbanova.

Gratitude to STCU for responding to resident voice and need and surprising us with a $25,000 check to partner in the evening weekend childcare project!