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Co-Executive Director at SpokaneReimagined.org.
https://linktr.ee/spokanereimagined
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Why do I spend countless hours of my time advocating for better transit? Because I know what is possible. Spokane has the potential to be the most livable, vibrant, and innovative city in North America. Now is the time.
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Lauren
6 days ago
Walking on the Centennial in Kendall Yards has been much more pleasant this week with the Maple St Bridge closed. It’s easy to forget how loud and polluting roads like this are until they’re suddenly quiet
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Lauren
9 days ago
The most wholesome event of the summer, Summer Parkways, is TONIGHT from 6-9pm. Come ride/run/walk/roll four miles of closed streets on the south hill! Visit me at 24th and Post.
summerparkways.com
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Spokane Summer Parkways
Taking fitness to the streets!
https://summerparkways.com
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Lauren
21 days ago
Let’s get the word out! LVT reform makes property tax more progressive, and encourages development right where we need it by punishing speculators sitting on urban vacant land.
www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...
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Most Spokane homeowners would pay less tax under reform proposal. Here's who would pay more
Some Spokane politicians want to replace the existing property tax system with one that shifts tax burden from homes, apartments and many commercial properties and place it instead onto parking lots ...
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/jun/04/most-spokane-homeowners-would-pay-less-tax-under-r/
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Lauren
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What if Spokane’s existing trail network was branded with signage and maps so that someday the network as a whole could be listed as an amenity on Zillow listings and job descriptions? Starting a new side project to do just that. Hit me up if you want to help!
www.rangemedia.co/spokane-trai...
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Why the greater Spokane area needs a branded regional trail network
What the region can learn about economic development from the Methow Valley and Bentonville
https://www.rangemedia.co/spokane-trail-network-column/
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The Urbanist
about 2 months ago
NEW OP-ED// Op-Ed: Urging Transit Officials to Join the 2026 Week Without Driving By Anna Zivarts via
@theurbanist.org
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Op-Ed: Urging Transit Officials to Join the 2026 Week Without Driving
Riding the bus regularly can help officials make better policy decisions. Nondrivers Alliance wants your help to invite them to participate in the annual Week Without Driving this fall.
https://www.theurbanist.org/op-ed-urging-transit-officials-to-join-the-2026-week-without-driving/
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David Roberts
about 2 months ago
This take is inarguably correct and people say truly, truly insane things in response.
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I'm so honored to be on the pro-committee!
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RANGE Media
about 2 months ago
If you were asking the question, "who will win, one private business group or almost 100 public commenters?" the answer is the private business group...but it's a "compromise" because some business groups like SBA didn't want to support transit at all
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RANGE Media
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(if you've ever wondered about the outsized power of business organizations, this is the PRIME example. They swooped in at the eleventh hour, refused to air a position publicly, had a private meeting and have now got the board contemplating adding a sunset.)
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RANGE Media
about 2 months ago
"The public wants to know that their input matters," Cathcart said, and once you pass a tax renewal without a sunset, public input won't matter. (So far all public input - including more than 80 emails - was unanimously in favor of the tax renewal without a sunset.)
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Fix this accountability loophole with one neat trick (members of the transit-riding public as voting members).
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Spokane Rising
2 months ago
The politicians on the STA Board are considering delaying a sales tax reauthorization to (ugh) create space for a jail ballot measure. Please use this tool to send them a note urging them to move forward with reauthorization today. Only takes 30 seconds!
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Spokane Reimagined
2 months ago
Tell Spokane Transit's Board "Don't Delay the STA Reauthorization Vote!"
actionnetwork.org/letters/dont...
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Don't Delay the STA Reauthorization Vote
Even after receiving hundreds of emails and in-person testimony from over a dozen individuals at their March meeting, the Spokane Transit Authority Board of Directors is still not committed to present...
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/dont-delay-the-sta-reauthorization-vote?source=direct_link&
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K.H.I.
2 months ago
This. Every state or federal highway should be served with frequent transit 7 days a week.
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Mike Eliason
3 months ago
shade is good folks
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Daniel Warwick
3 months ago
Electric bendy boi and a double tall. Spokane has it all!
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Erin Hut
3 months ago
If everyone in this town was forced to give up their car for one just one week, I genuinely think the sentiment around traffic (particularly pedestrian) safety would change. I ditched my parking pass a year and a half ago, started taking the bus and walking more, and it has been an eye opener.
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Spokane Rising
3 months ago
TIF + massive upzonings are basically the “One Weird Trick” to pay for high-quality transit, faster.
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David Zipper
3 months ago
Ahh, Mobility-as-a-Service. Never before has an innovation spurred so much excitement among transportation researchers while eliciting a collective shrug from the traveling public.
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Qagggy!
3 months ago
Even when the infrastructure is less than ideal, people persist.
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Spokane Reimagined
3 months ago
Check out our new merch!
www.bonfire.com/store/spokan...
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Spokane Reimagined
3 months ago
STA is at risk of losing 25% of its operational funding in 2028 if voters don't renew a portion of local sales tax. Please take a moment to send a message to Spokane Transit Authority's Board of Directors to express your support for maintained transit operations.
actionnetwork.org/letters/spok...
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Spokane County Deserves More Transit
Spokane Transit Authority's operations are primarily funded via voter approved sales taxes, with only 5% of operating revenues coming from fares. 25% of STA's operating revenues are set to expire in 2...
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/spokane-county-deserves-high-quality-transit?source=bsky
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Transportation Alternatives
3 months ago
In just seven days this month, seven New Yorkers were killed in traffic crashes. One death a day should be unacceptable. Slower speeds save lives.
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RANGE Media
3 months ago
And unrelated to CIVICS, Spokane moved on to the next round of the Strongest Town competition. You can vote to advance it to the next round at
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Home Round 2
Developing a safe, inviting, financially resilient town is hard work. The Strongest Town Contest recognizes the work being done.
https://strongesttown.com/
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Lisa Brown
3 months ago
#Spokane
made it to the Elite 8 in the Strong Town competition. Vote link here.
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Spokane Reimagined
4 months ago
www.krem.com/article/news...
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Spokane competes for title of "Strongest Town" -- and you can help the city win
Spokane is going head to head with 15 other North American cities in the 10th Annual Strongest Town Contest.
https://www.krem.com/article/news/local/spokane-competes-for-title-of-strongest-town-and-you-can-help-the-city-win/293-88932410-f557-4a37-97bb-7ea45f267f72
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Karl Otterstrom
4 months ago
Spokane Transit quietly served over 15,200 passenger boardings on Sunday, March 1, the first time ever surpassing 15k passengers for STA on a non-Bloomsday Sunday. Overall, Sunday ridership is running 33% higher than pre-COVID levels, representing the highest growth rate among service days.
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Lisa Brown
4 months ago
Vote for
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Spokane Rising
4 months ago
Everybody works but the vacant lot.
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Inland Northwest Business Watch
4 months ago
www.inlandnwbusiness.com/2026/03/spok...
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Spokane nominated for Strongest Town competition
Spokane is a Strong Town (or city?), we all know that but now the nation has a chance to take note as well as Spokane is one of 16 cities ...
http://www.inlandnwbusiness.com/2026/03/spokane-nominated-for-strongest-town.html
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Erin Sellers
4 months ago
I never imagined growing up in Idaho that one day I could bike to work! In Spokane, I can, and even in the last year I’ve watched new infrastructure on my route get put in to make it safer :)
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Please take a moment to vote for Spokane!!!
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Spokane Reimagined
4 months ago
We're in! Spokane Reimagined entered
@spokanecity.org
in the Strongest Town competition organized by the national urbanist nonprofit
@strongtowns.org
. Towns move through a March Madness-style bracket, with public votes dictating who moves ahead. Voting begins TODAY!
www.strongesttown.com
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Strongest Town Contest 2026
Developing a safe, inviting, financially resilient town is hard work. It’s time to recognize the work being done. Nominate your town for the 2026 Strongest Town Contest.
https://www.strongesttown.com
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I love the community
@spokanereimagined.org
is building in our region!
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4 months ago
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The Urbanist
4 months ago
NEW STORY // Op-Ed: Nobody Wants to Live Next to a Highway Op-Ed by Anna Zivarts (
@nondriver.bsky.social
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@theurbanist.org
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Op-Ed: Nobody Wants to Live Next to a Highway » The Urbanist
# Cities must commit to downsizing their highway networks if they intend to meet climate and livability goals and expand housing in a healthy and equitable manner. Seattle must lead the way.
https://www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/25/op-ed-nobody-wants-to-live-next-to-a-highway/
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All the cool kids wear Spokane Reimagined gear.
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Spokane Reimagined
4 months ago
We have a merch store! Check out
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to get exclusive access to Spokane's hippest fashion accessories.
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Spokane Reimagined | Bonfire
Let’s make Spokane the best city in America by shifting how we think about transportation.. Spokane Reimagined is both a vision for the future of Spokane and a dedicated...
https://www.bonfire.com/spokane-reimagined/
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Spokane Rising
4 months ago
Traffic violence is killing Spokanites. We need urgent action from our leaders to stop it.
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Transit
4 months ago
"you look happier" thanks i took the bus here
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Harvey J. Miller
4 months ago
City design - not personal motivation- is the key factor behind people walking more
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Want to walk more without trying? Move here
Researchers found that walkable city design—not personal motivation—was the key factor behind people taking 1,100 more steps per day
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/moving-to-a-walkable-city-can-add-1-100-steps-to-your-day/
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Spokane Rising
4 months ago
Despite some opposition on Facebook and Nextdoor, public comment was about 60-40 in favor of Option 1, which restripes Grand to one lane each direction (from two). Better yet, Transportation Commission voted *UNANIMOUSLY* to recommend Option 1 to
@mayorspokane.bsky.social
and City staff! 🎊 🎉
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Spokane Rising
4 months ago
Today at 5pm,
#Spokane’s
Transportation Commission will hear public testimony on a plan to restripe Grand Boulevard to improve safety for pedestrians and reduce the severity of crashes.
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Transportation Choices Coalition
4 months ago
"One of the most important actions we can take to further mobility justice in this state is to get Pierce Transit’s buses running more often." New op-ed by
@kirkhovenkotter.com
of TCC and
@lauraridesbuses.bsky.social
of Tacoma On the Go in
@theurbanist.org
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www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/16/o...
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Op-Ed: Pierce County Must Run a Transit Ballot Measure in 2026 » The Urbanist
# The Pierce Transit Board is considering a ballot measure in November 2026 that would boost funding in order to expand bus service, make routes more frequent, and create new transit connections to li...
https://www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/16/op-ed-pierce-county-must-run-transit-ballot-measure/
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Spokane Reimagined
4 months ago
We're thrilled to announce that we've joined
@strongtowns.org
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Spokane Reimagined
4 months ago
Please take a moment to send a quick note to the Spokane Transportation Commission in favor of restriping Grand Boulevard to three lanes.
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Grand Boulevard Restriping
Grand Boulevard is set to be restriped from 14th Avenue to 29th Avenue and the City of Spokane Transportation Commission is soliciting feedback prior to making a final recommendation at its February 1...
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/grand-boulevard-restriping?source=direct_link&
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Spokane Reimagined
5 months ago
We've got a lot of exciting things in the works! Join Spokane Reimagined at the Central Library on Saturday 2/14 at 11:30 AM to be a part of the future of our great city. You can also sign up for updates here:
spokanereimagined.org/contact/
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