Good morning! Please find a draft press release announcing pedestrian improvements near Mead High School attached. Commissioner Kerns and I are both comfortable with this draft. Commissioner Brooks has agreed that Commissioner Kerns and I can speak for the County on this project. To our Comms team – would you please look this over for any needed changes? Barring recommended edits from Legal and/or Risk Management, I would appreciate it if you would run this by Mead School District and Avista, and then share it with media when its complete and ready to go. There is no immediate deadline – we are just looking forward to sharing this announcement with the neighborhood whenever it’s ready to go out, hopefully early next week. The financial commitments from Mead and Rob Allen are confirmed. I emailed Rob Allen today to confirm he wants to be identified as the Farmer’s Market co-founder and am waiting to hear back. I also have a message into Fairwood Retirement Village to confirm their $4,000 commitment, which was made verbally. Let’s get those clarified before we circulate to media. Thank you for any help you can provide! Chris Jordan Spokane County Commissioner, District 1 Cell: (509) 998-0461 |Office: (509) 477-7564 cjordan@spokanecounty.org Govt. Relations Officer Chrissy Loe: (509) 867-4187