National League of Cities 2021 Leadership in Community Program
Lisa Gardner, City Council Communications Director, 509.625.6226 Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at 3:32 p.m.
Today, the National League of Cities (NLC) announced Spokane, WA for the Leadership in Community Resilience program. Spokane is one of eight cities to be awarded in this program and will receive $10,000 in direct financial support as well as technical assistance and advisory services from NLC staff and partners to help them meet community-specific resiliency goals.
“On behalf of the City Council, we are thrilled to learn Spokane has been awarded the National League of Cities grant,” said Councilwoman Betsy Wilkerson. “Our policy staff continues to take action and push Spokane forward on initiatives important to our community such as environmental justice especially focusing on our most vulnerable communities that are disproportionately at risk of climate impacts. This gra