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County proposes $40,000 match with Innovia to finish eight wildfire recovery homes
Summary
Spokane County staff and nonprofit partners presented a plan to commit $40,000 from county housing set-aside funds to match $40,000 from Innovia for construction contingencies on eight homes being built for wildfire survivors; the request will be drafted into a contract and placed on a future agenda.
County staff and representatives of the Long Term Recovery Group and the Arcadia/Community Foundation (listed in the meeting as Innovia/Community Foundation for Eastern Washington and Archibald name variants) told the Board of County Commissioners on March 24 that eight modest homes are under construction for survivors of the 2023 Grama Road and Oregon Road wildfires and that a funding shortfall remains.
Speakers described the two fires as follows: the Grama Road fire (Medical Lake area) burned more than 10,000 acres and damaged about 240 primary structures on Aug. 18,…
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