City of Spokane—Media Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 14, 2008
Contact: Marlene Feist
Public Affairs Officer
(509) 625-6740
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MAYOR VERNER TO HOST THIRD COMMUNITY
ROUNDTABLE ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 21
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Spokane Mayor Mary Verner will host the third in a series of three interactive Community
Roundtables on Wednesday, May 21, at 10:30 a.m. in the City Council Chambers in the lower
level of City Hall. The session's topic is "How do we drive growth to Centers and Corridors?"
The session is intended to explore infill strategies, incentives, and new ideas. Some of the issues
that will be explored include market demand and conditions, lending, availability of Greenfield
sites, and more.
Joining the Mayor will be guests:
• Gordon Price, Director of the City Program at Simon Fraser University, British
Columbia. He also served on the City Council in Vancouver, B.C. from 1986 to 2002.
• Jim Frank, a Spokane developer and owner of Greenstone Homes.
• Pete Rayner, another Spokane developer and owner of Beacon Hill Events.
City staff also will be on hand to provide information.
There are several opportunities for citizens to observe and participate:
• Watch the meeting on CityCable 5, which is found on channel 5 on the Comcast cable
system in Spokane.
• Or come to City Hall, 808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd., to watch the discussion.
The roundtable groups will also be answering questions emailed to the City at
asktheroundtable@spokanecity.org and from the audience in the Council Chambers.
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Roundtable
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Earlier sessions in this series looked at municipal finance and business & development
incentives.
The roundtables are being coordinated by the City's Business & Development Services
Department, a new department created by Mayor Verner with a mission of addressing the
community's business needs and coordinating revitalization programs with an emphasis on
sustainable economic growth.
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