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• SARP gets ax from council

  April 28, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The death of the Sprague/Appleway Revitalization Plan was a long, slow one that has been anticipated for some time. The final blow came Tuesday night when the majority of the … 6

• Valley Council takes key step to kill SARP

  April 21, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The Spokane Valley City Council took the next-to-last step in eliminating the Sprague/Appleway Revitalization Plan Tuesday when it voted to advance an ordinance to kill the plan. The move was … 1

• Vocal Point: City has chance to plan its future correctly

  April 21, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V5 The Spokane Valley City Council will soon make a decision on the fate of the Sprague-Appleway Revitalization Plan. One philosophy contends “any plan’s better than no plan.” The other believes … 4

• Director urges expansion of Broadway Avenue Safety Project

  April 16, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The Broadway Avenue Safety Project, a road re-striping project that was delayed last year, may expand this year to include resurfacing a portion of the road and improving drainage issues …

• Panel suggests ‘no’ vote on church zone plan

  March 17, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V1 A large group of impassioned residents descended on the Spokane Valley Planning Commission meeting last week to speak for and against a proposed zone change for a parcel of land … 4

• Valley council axes city center zone

  January 27, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V1 After more than an hour of public comment received from a packed house, the Spokane Valley City Council voted Tuesday to pass an emergency comprehensive plan amendment that would eliminate … 1

• Council OKs letter in support of housing plan

  January 13, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V10 What might have been a simple discussion at Tuesday’s Spokane Valley City Council meeting on a letter supporting a low-income senior housing project quickly sidetracked into a debate on the … 2

• City council will consider emergency ordinance

  January 6, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The city of Spokane Valley will move ahead with discussions on an emergency ordinance to eliminate the City Center zone from the Sprague/Appleway Revitalization Plan. A 5-2 majority indicated Tuesday … 1

• ‘Interesting, challenging’ year for Valley mayor

  January 6, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page S8 Ten minutes after Tom Towey took his seat as a new Spokane Valley City Council member on Jan. 5, 2010, he was elected mayor. The year since has been a …

• ‘Interesting and challenging’

  January 1, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Ten minutes after Tom Towey took his seat as a new Spokane Valley City Council member on Jan. 5, 2010, he was elected mayor. The year since has been a …

• Emergency ordinance Jan. 11 would bury vision of SARP

  January 1, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V2 With credit and apology to William Shakespeare…. Friends, neighbors, citizens of Spokane Valley: 1

• Commission won’t back zoning change

  December 16, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V12 Five of the seven members of the Spokane Valley Planning Commission voted to recommend against an emergency comprehensive plan amendment to remove the City Center zone from the Sprague/Appleway Revitalization …

• Businesses complain about plan

  May 22, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V4 Property owners on Sprague Avenue west of Argonne came to City Hall on Thursday morning to vent about issues they have with the Sprague/Appleway Revitalization Plan. The Spokane Valley City …

• Zoning review starts

  May 8, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The Spokane Valley City Council took its first step Tuesday in a months-long process to review the Sprague/Appleway Revitalization Plan, a dramatic – and controversial – rezone approved last year. … 2

• Zoning changes, safety project get bad public reviews

  May 1, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Several people used the public comment period at Tuesday’s Spokane Valley City Council meeting to complain about zoning problems and the proposed Broadway Avenue Safety Project, which generated questions and …

• Junk cars top complaint

  April 24, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Two of Spokane Valley’s code enforcement officers briefed the City Council on what they do and how they do it during Tuesday’s council meeting. The most common complaint is for …

• Examiner upholds decision barring boat display

  April 8, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Spokane Valley Hearing Examiner Mike Dempsey has upheld the decision by the city of Spokane Valley community development department that Elephant Boys may not display boats in front of its …

• Council orders review of SARP

  March 27, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V3 The Sprague/Appleway Revitalization Plan was again a topic of discussion at Tuesday’s Spokane Valley City Council meeting. A motion to add SARP to the Planning Commission’s agenda for 2011 Comprehensive …

• Sprague/Appleway plan not simple to alter

  March 11, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 It is not legal for the new Spokane Valley City Council to simply declare the Sprague/Appleway Revitalization Plan null and void, said City Attorney Mike Connelly during Tuesday’s meeting. Instead …

• Spokane Valley business vacancy rates rise as city struggles to develop a growth plan

  February 21, 2010 in Business on Page E1 ‘For lease” signs dot both sides of East Sprague Avenue in Spokane Valley like dandelions springing from the sidewalks. The former National Golf store has been empty for more than … 14

• Zoning rollback sought

  February 13, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The new Spokane Valley City Council not only wants to look at eliminating the controversial Sprague/Appleway Revitalization Plan, but appears poised to return zoning laws to 2003, when the newly …