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Parks board hears year-end recreation reports; senior centers report sharp growth
Summary
The Spokane Parks Board received year-end summaries showing expanded programming and heavy volunteer support across senior centers and recreation services; a public commenter asked the board to include Logan Peace Park in upcoming park upgrades.
The Spokane Parks Board on a February afternoon received year-end reports from parks and recreation staff and a separate presentation from Southside Senior Center highlighting rising participation, extensive volunteer support and ongoing facility upgrades.
Steve Young, executive director of the Southside Senior Center, told the board the center’s membership has grown rapidly. “We’ve almost doubled our membership in the last 18 months,” he said, and added that volunteers contributed roughly 18,000 hours, which he described as equivalent to about $299,000 in value.
The presentations sketched the scale of the department’s work in 2025. Recreation Director Jennifer…
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