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Gonzaga Climate Institute outlines draft Spokane heat and smoke plans and a three‑tier resilience‑hub model
Summary
Gonzaga Climate Institute presenters described draft citywide heat and wildfire‑smoke resilience plans built from community engagement and proposed a three‑tier resilience‑hub network (engagement, day‑use, emergency) that would pair program support with retrofits such as HVAC filtration and solar backup.
Gonzaga University’s Climate Institute presented draft Spokane citywide plans to address extreme heat and wildfire smoke and proposed a three‑tier network of community resilience hubs to provide clean‑air, cooling and charging services during heat and smoke events.
Climate Institute staff Dante Jester (Climate Resilience Program Manager) and Mary Condon (Climate Resilience Program Coordinator) told the board the plans were developed through community engagement — including a 2022 survey with about 1,800 responses and neighborhood‑level outreach — and are being advanced by the Spokane Community Resilience Collaborative (SCRC), a 15‑member group of community organizations, utilities and city departments.
"These plans are really built on community‑engaged research," Dante Jester said, summarizing months of symposiums…
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