Staff outlines Plan Spokane 2046 scope, EIS timeline and five-year check-in

Jul 23, 2026

City planners said Plan Spokane 2046 rewrites the 2001 comprehensive plan to meet state requirements, integrate climate policies across chapters and finish a final EIS by late September; they also noted a five-year post-adoption check-in to compare growth outcomes against plan targets.

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Staff framed Plan Spokane 2046 as the city's 20-year comprehensive plan and said the rewrite is the first full update since 2001 with three guiding goals: meet state requirements, streamline usability, and reflect community vision developed through more than a year of engagement. "There's a lot of study and information that's generated from this process," a staff member told council at the start of the study session.

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