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ONS monthly update spotlights Brown's Edition history, summer concerts and resident programs
Summary
Pollyann Burge of the Office of Neighborhood Services highlighted Brown's Edition neighborhood history and preservation efforts, announced a summer concert series and changes to City Council meeting days, reminded residents of a 10 a.m.–6 p.m. waterwise schedule, and explained how homeowners can request free solar lights via Spokane 311.
Pollyann Burge, a representative of the Office of Neighborhood Services, used the ONS monthly update to spotlight the Brown's Edition neighborhood and several programs and reminders for Spokane residents.
"This month, we are in the Brown's Edition neighborhood," Burge said, summarizing the area's long history, its late-19th-century formation and its cultural importance to regional tribes.
Burge said Brown's Edition was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the late 1970s but that the federal designation "offered little or 0 protection" for local historic resources. She credited local work that led to a 2019 local historic-district designation through the city's office of historic preservation, which she said provides additional tools to help save old buildings.
The update listed several local landmarks and neighborhood amenities, including the Finch House, the Patsy Clark Mansion, the Campbell House and the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture. Burge also noted that Spokane Transit Authority's City Line has several stops in the neighborhood, making it easier for residents and visitors to access arts, dining and parks.
Reporting from Coeur D'Alene Park, Burge announced the first performance of the Brown's Edition Summer Concert Series and said there will be several performances in July, encouraging attendees to "grab a blanket and cooler and head down to catch some local music." The concerts were presented as free, neighborhood-focused events to support local artists and community gathering.
Burge also announced that Spokane City Council is changing its meeting days. She said the change "allows for more time between the review sessions and the actual city council meeting to answer questions and alert the public to amendments and changes," and noted this will affect anyone who attends, watches or plans to speak at council meetings.
On seasonal conservation, Burge urged residents to follow a waterwise outdoor schedule and avoid watering between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., with exceptions for newly planted landscapes such as young trees or vegetable gardens. She recommended an odd-even watering schedule to conserve resources while keeping landscaping healthy.
In a neighborhood-safety announcement, Burge reminded Spokane homeowners that they can request a free motion-detecting solar light by logging into their Spokane 311 account; applicants may then pick up the lights at City Hall.
She closed the update by thanking neighborhood leaders, volunteers and residents for their work in helping Spokane neighborhoods thrive and encouraged viewers that "you don't have to move to live in a better neighborhood."
