Would you like to be involved with new development in Spokane? The Design Review Board is accepting applications for a new board member. The updated application information for the Community Assembly’s vacant Design Review Board membership position is now posted on the right side of the CA’s web page under “Items of Interest” here:

https://my.spokanecity.org/neighborhoods/community-assembly/

The Liaison Committee has set an application deadline of Friday, October 27.

Please direct questions at any time to the Liaison Committee chair, Paul Kropp, pkropp@fastmail.fm or (509) 638-5854

As part of a follow-up to the most recent neighborhood traffic calming workshops, Council and the Office of Neighborhood Services is inviting community members to participate in a ThoughtExchange survey to select traffic calming projects that will help shape the future of neighborhood traffic safety.  Each district will participate in a survey with questions about projects in their respective neighborhoods. 

“It was so incredible to see people show up at the last set of meetings to weigh in on their traffic priorities,” said Director of the Office of Neighborhood Services Patrick Striker. “These are your neighborhoods and your streets, and I think hearing from more people will help us to set up traffic calming solutions over the next four years.”

ThoughtExchange is an online tool where an open-ended question on any subject is an “exchange.”  Participants confidentially share their answers and objectively rate each other’s responses and ideas. City Council has used ThoughtExchange throughout several other public engagement events to survey and collect feedback, anticipating receiving diverse responses and broad perspectives that can help inform their decision-making.

District Two (south): https://my.thoughtexchange.com/scroll/709829683/welcome

The ThoughtExchange survey will close on Friday, June 23, and results will be posted on the Traffic Calming website.

To learn more about the Traffic Calming ThoughtExchange, visit https://vimeo.com/836691892?share=copy.

From the City of Spokane:

“Wow! Spokane loves their disposal passes! We love to see that Spokane residents take pride in trying to clean up their homes and yards and make Spokane the incredible city that it is. The downside is that the funds for this year have been used up, so Friday, June 16, is the last day to request a disposal pass. “

The dump pass program will return in 2024.

Update 6/14/23, 600pm: It looks like the rain has passed; we will meet outside at Hazel’s Creek as originally planned.

Please join the Southgate Neighborhood Council meeting Wednesday, June 14 at 7pm at Hazel’s Creek. This will be a guided walk through the natural area. In the case of inclement weather, we will meet at the Talbot Event Center at NEWESD 101 (4202 S Regal St.) for a presentation about Hazel’s Creek.

We’ll see you June 14 at 7pm at Hazel’s Creek. Meet near the entrance on 42nd Ave and Olympus Ct.

Would you like to be added to our email list? Send an email to southgatecouncil@gmail.com.