November 7, 2009 in City

Raze the Y, study says

Consultant advocates using Conservation Futures funds
Jonathan Brunt jonathanb@spokesman.com, (509) 459-5442
 
Tags: conservation futures Jeffrey Lembeck Park Board Riverfront Park Spokane City Council Spokane County Commission ymca

A $17,000 study about the future of the former downtown YMCA has come to the same conclusion reached by the Spokane Park Board: The structure will become a strain on city resources unless it’s torn down to become part of Riverfront Park.

The Park Board agreed in 2006 to buy the old Y, which is surrounded by the downtown park and sits along the south shore of Spokane Falls. The agreement to pay $5.3 million for the building was designed to block a developer from turning it into high-rise condos.

Three years after the Park Board put a $1 million …

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