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Workshop highlights public priorities: affordability, walkability and downtown revitalization
Summary
Consultants reported engagement results showing support for housing affordability, leveraging Eastern Washington University, retaining small-town character, and boosting walkability; attendees provided detailed table feedback on implementation and policy gaps.
Consultants told the workshop they had completed interviews, an open house and community engagement activities that produced a set of public priorities and 10 "big ideas" for the comprehensive plan.
Hughes reported community input emphasized housing affordability, leveraging Eastern Washington University, preserving the small-town feel, keeping dollars local and improving walkability. He said the open house drew about 50 attendees and that team engagement included 349 interactions and 39 survey responses (the transcript phrasing on the counts was ambiguous).
In table reports participants generally agreed with the big ideas but sought more specificity on implementation. One table suggested stronger collaboration with Eastern Washington University would help achieve many goals. Another participant said climate and resource-capacity concerns were not fully captured by the big ideas and urged clearer priorities tied to the city's resource limits.
