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Sustainability Action Plan

The 2021 Sustainability Action Plan (SAP) is an update to the City's 2009 Sustainability Action Plan. The Sustainability Action Subcommittee developed this update over a period of 2 ½ years, including a six-month public feedback period resulting in hundreds of recommended revisions. This final version of the SAP was adopted by City Council on October 25th, 2021. Select the links below to read the plan.

Full Report (PDF 6.8 MB)

Executive Summary (PDF 1.6 MB)

Individual Chapters

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Why Do we need a Plan

To learn more about why we need a Sustainability Action Plan, watch a 24 minute presentation. The video also addresses specific climate projections for the Spokane area, and the thought process that went into the creation of this draft Plan.

To request a member of the SAS at one of your community meetings, email sas@spokanecity.org.