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The Fast Forward Spokane: Downtown Plan Update is crafted to fully integrate visions, urban planning, design guidelines and regulatory recommendation with a comprehensive public participation and outreach process.
The Plan Update is in the adoption process and the City of Spokane and the Downtown Spokane Partnership are looking for final citizen involvement. Below is a copy of the most recent Plan Update available for review. A Public Hearing will be held at the regular Monday, December 22 City Council meeting, scheduled for 6pm, in City Council Chambers. For more information or for schedule changes, visit SpokaneCity.org.
Downtown appreciates YOUR input Downtown is everyone’s neighborhood. Thank you for taking part in this community-based planning process updating the 1999 Plan for a New Downtown. This Plan Update will be designed to help Spokane achieve its full potential, and most importantly, it will be built upon the strength of the Plan’s architects – the citizens of Spokane.
Be part of what comes next!
DOWNTOWN PLAN UPDATE
Background: In February 1999, the City of Spokane adopted the Plan for a New Downtown as part of its Comprehensive Plan. Since the creation of the Plan, over $3 billion has been invested in the Downtown Core. The Plan provides design guidelines, zoning regulations and targeted projects for City staff, developers, and business leaders alike to follow in order to ensure vibrant, safe and proactive measures as we rebuild Downtown.
Purpose: Updating the Downtown Plan is critical. Most major projects laid out in the Plan have been completed and growth is occurring far beyond the imagination of the pioneers who helped shape Downtown’s regulations in 1999. Since then, new development issues and opportunities have arisen and now it is necessary to clarify certain zoning and code regulations. A targeted list of the next series of projects that will mold Downtown’s future must be established. A shift from exclusively economic development initiatives to more urban design and managing growth is necessary within the updating process.
COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS
The last community workshop was held on Thursday, March 6, 2008, 6-9pm, at the Academic Center Auditorium, Room 20, 600 N. Riverpoint Blvd. in the University District. Thank you to all who were able to attend and/or provide input during this process.
The Downtown Plan Update is a joint public-private partnership between the City of Spokane and the Downtown Spokane Partnership, a not-for-profit coalition of business, government, and community leaders.
Key Partner: City of Spokane Major Contributors:Business Improvement District | Spokane Transit Authority | Avista | Cowles Publishing | Downtown Spokane Partnership | Public Facilities District | Sterling Savings Bank | Washington Trust Bank | CH2M Hill | Kendall Yards | Kiemle & Hagood | Sacred Heart Medical Center | Spokesman-Review | Washington State University | Wheatland Bank | Heylman-Martin Architects | Inland Northwest Bank | NAI Black | Wells & Company | ALSC Architects | DCI Engineers | Eastern Washington University
Downtown Spokane Partnership 211 N. Wall St., Suite 300 | Spokane, WA 99201 | 509.456.0580
