Spokane County proposes area park improvements

When Spokane County published a list of potential park improvement projects to gain public input and to help prioritize and guide future decisions, Airway Heights Parks, Recreation and Community Services Director J.C. Kennedy was surprised to see that the proposed 70-acre Airway Heights sports complex was not on it.

Spokane County has 27 projects on their park improvement list, one being a 93,0000 square-foot, $27 million multi-purpose sports complex on the North Bank in downtown Spokane, right behind Riverfront Park. Spokane County Parks Director Doug Chase said Spokane’s Public Facilities Di...