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Neighborhoods Plan Ways To Spend $343,500

Seven community development neighborhoods on the South Side will receive $343,500 in federal money this year for various improvements and programs.

Residents living in the lower income neighborhoods get to decide how the money is spent, and their spending plans go before city and federal officials for approval later this year.

In their proposals, some neighborhoods will put money into repairing sidewalks or removing dying street trees.

Other neighborhoods will help low-income homeowners fix their dwellings, or haul away rubbish.

A portion of the money can be spent on social-service programs, such as an effort by law-enforcement agencies to help at-risk youth.

The central district and South Side neighborhoods and their respective block grants are:

Browne’s Addition, $40,500.

Historic Cannon’s Addition, $25,000.

Downtown, $59,000.

East Central, $144,000.

Latah Creek, $25,000.

Lincoln Heights, $25,000.

Peaceful Valley, $25,000.

The annual funding is part of a 20-year-old federal program to improve the livability of lower income neighborhoods.

About $1 million is spent on neighborhood allocations in Spokane each year, said Mike Adolphae, the city’s community development director.

In Historic Cannon’s Addition, one of the oldest residential areas in the city, many of the sidewalks have been damaged by old tree roots that have lifted concrete slabs as much as a foot.

Janet Davis, chairwoman of the steering committee, said that without federal money, “We wouldn’t have our sidewalks repaired.”

Here is are the neighborhoods and their allocations:

Browne’s Addition

Children’s summer program, $2,600; COPS youth program, $1,475; neighborhood cleanup, $2,000; sidewalk repair, $10,862; tree removal, $10,863; new street lights at Cannon and Pacific, $8,000; replace damaged concrete barrier at Cannon and Pacific, $2,000; salaries for city neighborhood services, $1,200; and newsletters, $1,500.

Historic Cannon’s Addition

Youth partnership program with law enforcement, $3,750; neighborhood cleanup, $2,750; sidewalk repair, $14,250; housing rehabilitation, $2,000; newsletters, $3,800; and salaries for city neighborhood services, $1,200.

Downtown

Women’s drop-in center, $2,000; House of Charity, $2,800; Single Parent Outreach Connection, $2,800; youth partnership with law enforcement, $1,310; and emergency fund for winter, $50,490.

East Central

Summer youth employment, $8,000; summer youth day camp, $5,000; East Central Community Center equipment, $5,000; COPS, $600; Institute for Neighborhood Leadership, $500; Single Parent Outreach Connection, $2,500.

New playground for Southeast Day Care Center, $25,000; air-lock doorway for medical clinic at community center, $10,000; home rehabilitation loans, $61,000; various traffic safety improvements, $30,000; and salaries for city neighborhood services, $1,200.

Latah Creek

Neighborhood cleanup, $3,750; housing rehabilitation, $10,000; and vandal-resistant restrooms at Wentel Grant Park, $11,250.

Lincoln Heights

Home rehabilitation, $25,000, neighborhood cleanup, $1,500; scholarships for low-income children to attend after-school Express program, $1,000; youth partnership with law enforcement, $550; Project Joy performance group for shut-ins, $700; and emergency exit at Lincoln Heights Congregational Church, $1,250.

Peaceful Valley

Part of salary for Peaceful Valley Community Center director, $3,750; handicap ramp at community center, $17,750; community center play equipment, $2,750; historic housing preservation, $5,000; and newsletters, $3,500.

, DataTimes