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Mayor says federal policy changes could affect roughly $48 million in Spokane grants; tree-planting grant paused
Summary
Spokane’s mayor told the City Council on Feb. 3 that city staff have identified about $48 million in grants that could be affected by recent federal executive actions, including a paused $6 million tree-planting partnership and risks to refugee resettlement funding.
Mayor provided an update to the City Council on Feb. 3 about city efforts to assess potential effects from recent federal executive actions and related agency guidance.
The mayor said city cabinet members have compiled a list of potentially affected grants that “is at around $48,000,000 of separate grants that are potentially impacted.” The mayor identified one immediate action from a federal agency: the U.S. Forest Service has directed the city and its partners to pause a three-way tree-planting partnership, which the mayor described as “a total of $6,000,000 grant” focused on underserved Spokane neighborhoods.
Why this matters: the mayor said the paused projects include both capital work and programs that contract with community partners. “We will…
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