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Friends of the Falls seek honorary name, recall 1990s fight to stop Lincoln Street bridge
Summary
Friends of the Falls presented the group’s three-decade history to a Spokane council subcommittee and asked that the new bridge over the Lower Falls receive an honorary plaque recognizing the group’s role in protecting the gorge.
Friends of the Falls asked a Spokane City Council subcommittee on June 15 to place an honorary plaque on the Lincoln Street Bridge recognizing the volunteer group’s role in protecting the Lower Falls from a proposed vehicular bridge in the late 1990s.
The group’s representative, Rick Hastings, traced the group's work from its founding around 1997 through a long planning process and said the organization pivoted from opposing the bridge to promoting the river and public access. “The river itself … was the best salesperson for the potential of that of it,” Hastings said.
Why it matters: The Friends of the Falls say their grassroots campaign changed city policy and helped produce a strategic master…
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