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Join in on honoring First Responders at the West Central Community Center on Monday, May 17th from 11:30 – 1:00 pm. Tickets are $25. You can purchase a ticket for yourself and/or a ticket for a first responder. To purchase admission tickets go to https://www.westcentralcc.org/first-responders-luncheon.
The Office of Neighborhood Services (ONS) is interested in hosting a Spokane Neighborhood Summit, in partnership with the Community Assembly’s Building Stronger Neighborhoods (BSN) Committee. The Neighborhood Summit will be a one day, conference style, learning event for neighborhood council members that focus on community identified priorities; connect members with area leaders; and enhance strategic planning efforts with the purpose of growing their capacity and positively impact neighborhoods across the City of Spokane.
Please complete the Neighborhood Summit survey by, Friday, April 21. Your input will help us to determine a date, priority topics, speakers, etc.
If you have any questions, please reach out to Amber Groe (agroe@spokanecity.org).
The Spokane BAT is currently leading the region’s engagement in a statewide broadband and digital equity planning process. Through mid-June of this year, we will be working to understand infrastructure gaps better, identify available digital equity resources, and develop a plan to address our community’s specific needs that will roll into our state’s BEAD strategy. It is estimate that upwards of $1 Billion dollars may be coming to WA State through BEAD allocations. This is DIRECTLY determined by the robustness of our Digital Equity plan work from each county and tribal BAT contributions.
This work can only be accomplished with the help of a wide range of community stakeholders. We are contacting you as a community representative whose input is highly valuable to this process.
We kindly request that you complete the survey(s) below by April 15th, 2023.
These surveys are brief (5 minutes), and the information will be utilized strictly for broadband and digital equity planning purposes. If you are not able to access the online form version, please contact
Ariane E. Schmidt MBA, MCSE, PMP Acting Executive Director
Office: 509-477-2625 | Cell: 509-385-3441
and they will assist in providing you an alternative entry format.
Not all of the forms below may apply to your entities involvement in the broadband space. That is just fine. Please just feel free to fill out what you feel is important information related to your work in digital equity that needs to be included as part of the story of Spokane County.
Local Infrastructure Asset Survey https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScvyJu5ZHM2iWwQ05Tb4dVlbzxhAk6CdPz3FbD2Glg-SmsxdA/viewform?usp=share_link
Take this survey to help us collect information to identify what assets (infrastructure, staff) your organization already has in place that might help support local broadband infrastructure development efforts. (Right of way, conduit, GIS staff, telecom staff, grant writers, etc.)
The Department of Planning and Economic Development is working on a variety of programs and projects to best serve our community, including drafting changes to how we regulate short-term rentals.
You’ve likely seen short-term rentals (e.g. Airbnb, VRBO) in the news nationally for their possible impacts on long-term housing supply. In response to how this alternative lodging option has grown in popularity, Planning staff have been working on changes to provide for the orderly and safe provision of short-term rentals in Spokane.
Join them for a virtual open house to outline proposed changes and answer questions you might have.
Thursday, April 13
5:30-6:30 p.m.
Virtual meeting on Microsoft Teams
Meeting ID: 296 703 689 75
Passcode: umVE27
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