A Spokane County commissioner announced public workshops this month on the county’s “Alternatives to Growth” as part of the 2026 growth-management update, and urged residents to provide input on how unincorporated areas should grow.

The commissioner asked rhetorically, “Should we allow more density? Expand the urban growth area?” and said the county needs public feedback on those choices. The announcement described the workshops as part of a public-engagement phase; no regulatory changes or decisions were announced.

Why it matters: choices about density and urban growth areas affect land use, services and zoning in unincorporated parts of Spokane County. The county characterizes the work as a public-engagement step in its 2026 update to growth-management planning.

Details provided in the remarks were limited to the topics to be covered and an instruction to consult the commissioner’s newsletter for dates and locations of the workshops. The transcript does not record staff presentations, proposed maps, specific zoning proposals or a timetable for formal decisions.

The remarks represent outreach and do not constitute a change in policy; any zoning or urban growth area changes would require formal county planning procedures and approvals.