$60M Riverfront Park Plan OK’d

Ally Jones, 10, rides the Looff Carousel in Riverfront Park, earlier today.The Spokane Park Board approved the 2014 Riverfront Park Master Plan along with its accompanying funding package in a special session on Friday. The plan, which encompasses $60 million in park improvements, includes a new enclosure for the historic carousel. (SR photo: Colin Mulvany)

The first major renovation of Riverfront Park in decades is a step closer to becoming reality. The Spokane Park Board approved the 2014 Riverfront Park Master Plan along with its accompanying funding package in a special session on Friday. The plan, which encompasses $60 million in park improvements, would be funded by a voter-approved bond measure on the Nov. 4 ballot. While the board unanimously passed a resolution asking for the bond measure, board member Preston Potratz dissented on the park’s master plan, which passed 10-1. Potratz expressed hesitation that the plan wasn’t vetted enough by outside experts/ Daniel Moore , SR. More here.

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