On May 18, the Spokane City Council is scheduled to vote on a preferred alternative growth map, potentially cementing an important milestone in the city’s current overhaul of its comprehensive plan, a multiyear process that’s been dubbed PlanSpokane 2046.
Outside of the city charter, the comprehensive plan itself is arguably one of the most consequential and far-reaching documents at City Hall. It will ultimately influence everything that gets built, altered or razed within the city limits for the next 20 years — and with it, citywide characteristics like housing density, traffic patterns, walkability, green spaces and shopping areas.
Washington’s Growth Management Act requires the revised plan to be completed by the end of this year…