Letters To The Editor

Thu., Feb. 20, 1997

Facility would harm quality of life

The people of the Chief Garry Park neighborhood are growing concerned. We are worried that our peaceful little community has become a secondary site choice for the city’s new vehicle maintenance facility.

The Chief Garry community shares similar concerns as the Logan Neighborhood has with the proposed primary site at Hamilton and Foothills.

Since the closure of the lumber mill three years ago, the community has welcomed noise reduction, air quality improvement, and a more tranquil atmosphere throughout the community. The only noise the community is exposed to now is the sound of an occasional train. Children are often seen playing ball and riding bikes through the neighborhood. Likewise, walkers, joggers young and old, rely on the now peaceful street of Desmet, especially during the morning hours.

The Chief Garry community has seen a great deal of new development such as residential resource houses, new homeowners, and low impact business.

As a result, the new growth has created a significant rise in property value, and in turn, has greatly enhanced the quality of life within the community. Our future generations depend on the continued quality of life that current community members have struggled so hard to regain. Linda Ramm Spokane

Facility wouldn’t benefit neighborhood

Many of us in the Chief Garry neighborhood are extremely concerned about the proposal to construct a city maintenance facility. Such a project would seriously jeopardize the economy of the community.

As a recent homeowner, I take great pride in the fact that this community has gone to great lengths to maintain property value by rebuilding, reconstructing and renovating the entire neighborhood. Within the community are children, senior citizens, and developmentally disabled persons, who because of their fragile state, would surely falter as a direct result of the city’s maintenance proposal.

For many, including the fading wildlife, the Chief Garry community remains to be a secure, peaceful retreat.

There is no opportunity or benefit with a 24-hour operation designed for housing and maintaining the city’s sanitation trucks and an entire fleet of the city’s street maintenance vehicles for any community, especially Chief Garry.

Please allow the Chief Garry community to continue the rejuvenation process without the continuous contamination and relentless noise the maintenance facility will bring. Shelly Alberg Spokane

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