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Residents say Friendship Park and other Northeast Spokane sites show neighborhood disinvestment; council points to park-board authority and levy plans
Summary
Speakers at the town hall described health and infrastructure disparities in Shiloh Hills and Northeast Spokane and asked the council to prioritize parks, water fountains and new park space; council members pointed to the park levy and independent park board as levers.
Residents at the town hall urged city leaders to address park deterioration and the larger disparities that follow from a lack of park space and tree canopy in parts of Northeast Spokane.
Angel Trout, a Shiloh Hills neighborhood council member, said the Washington Tracking Network gives Census Tract 112 the highest health‑risk score and described Friendship Park as “overgrown, cracked, and has tree trunks growing through the pavement” with no…
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