Silverbird airstrip proposal receives county approval

The Spokane County Hearing Examiner’s office has given approval to a conditional use permit for construction of a private airstrip on 151 acres of land located about a half mile northeast of Cheney along the Cheney-Spokane Road.

Dennis Reed, the property owner, originally applied for the permit in 2010, only to be challenged by a group called The Prosser Hill Coalition, consisting of nearby homeowners. Spokane County hearing examiner Michael Dempsey approved Reed’s original conditional use permit, filed under Silverbird, LLC.

The coalition appealed, and in 2011 a Superior Court judge granted t...

 

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