Downtown Spokane Partnership offers walking buddies for safety and peace of mind | News [Video]

SPOKANE, Wash. — With the changing seasons, the sun is setting earlier in the day, and many are heading home from work in the dark. This can feel unsettling when you’re walking home or walking to your car, which is why one downtown Spokane service is offering a walking buddy.

The Downtown Spokane Partnership is offering ambassadors to the community. From 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., seven days a week ambassadors can walk you home, to work, your car, or the bus, anywhere within their downtown service area. 

They’re there to get you where you’re going with peace of mind. 

“It’s really enjoyable,” said Eli Viveiros, an ambassador with Downtown Spokane Partnership. “What I like to go do is usually what I go and recommend other people to do. Try to build that kind of community.”

Viveiros has been walking with the program since last October. He said knowing people are getting …