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Planners outline three growth alternatives; action alternatives increase multiunit housing capacity

City of Spokane Planning and Economic Development · January 13, 2026
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Summary

City staff presented three growth alternatives in the draft EIS—no action, distributed and balanced, and Center City/regional hubs—and said the action alternatives provide greater capacity for multiunit housing and for households below 80% AMI.

City of Spokane planning staff laid out three growth alternatives in the Plan Spokane 2046 draft EIS and described how each would change the geography and intensity of future development.

Terrell Black said Alternative 1, labeled the "no‑action" or "stay the course" option, uses current regulations and the existing land‑use map as a baseline for analysis. "Alternative 1 reflects our current regulations and land use plan map and is the state required lens of analysis for the draft environmental impact statement," Black said.

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