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From her home, Sheila Evans — an avid birder, photographer and painter — can walk to Lincoln Park, one of the city's oldest parks, to...

2:04 Spokane has released a draft sustainability action plan that will address both climate change and health inequities across the city. The sustainability action plan will address factors contributing to climate change, and poor quality of life in Spokane. Pictured here is a low-air quality day in Spokane in 2020, caused by smoke from nearby wildfires worsened by climate change. Credit Doug Nadvornick/SPR The city of Spokane has released a plan, which focuses on both greenhouse gas emissions and inequities in low-income neighborhoods and communities of color. The city’s recently releas...

Spokane City Council Takes Action on Climate Change Lisa Gardner, City Council Communications Director, 509.625.6226 Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 4:43 p.m. The Sustainability Action Subcommittee (SAS) announces the release of its draft Sustainability Action Plan. The plan is now available to the public for review and commentary through August 31, 2021.  City Council created the SAS in early 2019 to focus on climate change issues and their effects on Spokane and the region and update the 2009 Sustainability Action Plan.   For the past 2 years, more than 4...

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 Cou...

KXLY January 25, 2021 7:44 PM Esther Bower SPOKANE, Wash. — According to data from the U.S. Geological Survey, Spokane County uses three times more water than the national average. One person usually uses around 79 gallons of water a day, but the average use for a single person in Spokane County is around 235 gallons. The Spokane City Council has been following this trend and has solutions to spark a change in consumption. “In Spokane, we don’t like to waste things. If we knew how much water we were wasting, we would be really upset with ourselves,” said Brean...