Mayor Lisa Brown applauds state legislature on community investment allocations [Video]

SPOKANE, Wash. – Spokane’s Mayor Lisa Brown applauded the allocation of more than $9 million state funded dollars to different city projects.

The project groups that the funding will going to were broken down to three categories that Washington State Legislative decided were most important, Behavioral health, public safety, and capital improvements.

Some of the investments are:

$4 million to help the City of Spokane transition people to small and warming shelters.$1 million to launch a rapid-response street medicine program.$3.05 million in Clean Building Performance Grants for the Spokane Public Facilities District. $650,000 for carbon emissions reduction at waste energy facilities. $330,000 for Underhill Park sport court rehabilitation.$300,000 for the Latah Valley Fire Station.$93,000 for the Northeast Youth & Family Services Creativity Project.

In a statement Brown said, “I am incredibly grateful to our state legislators for their support in securing vital funding for several projects across the city – Their work will enable the …