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STA Proposed Fare Change – Feedback Requested

STA Proposed Fare Change – Feedback Requested

Spokane Transit Authority is now taking public feedback on proposed changes to the current fare policy. First and foremost, the proposal does not include a fare increase. Rather, the draft policy intends to expand transit discount program eligibility to thousands more people throughout the region, as well as introduce a new approach to collecting fares called “fare capping.” This short video explains fare capping, which is intended to address current fare inequities and reduces financial barriers to transit by eliminating the…

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Feedback Requested – Proposed Changes to Bike Network Map

Feedback Requested – Proposed Changes to Bike Network Map

The City of Spokane is working on amendments to the Comprehensive Plan. Give your feedback on the Bike Network Map amendments. The City is currently seeking comments from the public on all nine proposals to amend the Comprehensive Plan. If you would like to comment on the proposal, please submit your comments here: Kevin FreibottDepartment of Neighborhood and Planning ServicesCity of Spokane808 W Spokane Falls BoulevardSpokane, WA 99201 You can also submit comments via email to kfreibott@spokanecity.org. Regardless of whether you…

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Community Meeting regarding City Fleet Maintenance Yard

Community Meeting regarding City Fleet Maintenance Yard

Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood residents are invited to attend a community meeting to discuss the proposal for a conditional use permit for a manufacturing use (brewery/distillery) in an Office Retail zone at the current City Fleet Maintenance Yard. Date: Tuesday, Jan 8, 2019 Time: 6:30pm Location: 502 W Riverside Ave, Ste 103 There was a recent Spokesman-Review article that discusses this project: Dry Fly Distilling plan major expansion at new development north of downtown Spokane Notice of Community Meeting document with additional…

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Recap of the May 2016 E-G Neighborhood Council Meeting

Recap of the May 2016 E-G Neighborhood Council Meeting

This is a brief recap of the Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council (EGNC) meeting that took place on May 11, 2016, led by newly elected co-chairs Carlie Hoffman and Tim Musser. Guest speaker Kate Burke of the Spokane Edible Tree Project talked about how her organization searches the city for fruit and nut trees that aren’t being harvested and then takes on that task. The harvest is then donated to area food banks. They are currently mapping trees they can harvest and encourage both…

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Materials for the Nov 11 E-G Neighborhood Council Meeting

Materials for the Nov 11 E-G Neighborhood Council Meeting

The Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council meets tonight (Wednesday, November 11) at 6pm in the Corbin Senior Activity Center (827 W Cleveland) to discuss and/or vote on the following: Allocating $24,145 in remaining 2016 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to the installation of new sidewalks along Cedar, Emerson Park improvements, and the West Central Community Center​. Photos roughly outlining those proposals are below and are also included in the agenda. Recaps of the Fall Cleanup, the NW Blvd Greening Grant planting, and the…

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