Mayor

Ceremonial Documents

Mayor Lisa Brown believes in recognizing citizens and organizations doing good work across Spokane. The Mayor’s Office offers three types of ceremonial documents for qualified applicants:

• Proclamation – to proclaim an honorary day, week, month in the city.
• Salutation – to salute an individual or organization for exceptional personal or civic achievement.
• Greetings – to welcome visitors to Spokane meetings, conventions, or special events.

The Spokane City Council does not create or read proclamations.

Because of the volume of requests for those documents, the Mayor’s Office has established some basic rules to ensure our ability to meet as many of these requests as possible. We will let you know promptly if we cannot honor your request.

1. Requests must be made a minimum of three weeks in advance, regardless of whether an organization has previously received a ceremonial document from the mayor.
2. Only one proclamation per year, per individual or organization will be considered.
3. Limit of three (3) WHEREAS statements per proclamation.
4. Proclamations generally are not offered for out-of-city events or for-profit causes.
5. We may edit draft language for length or content. Our ceremonial document formatting limits us to one page, which translates to 2/3's of the page for actual wording. Please take this into consideration when drafting your ceremonial document.

The Mayor's Office offers three ways for an individual to receive their ceremonial document:

• Picked up at City Hall (808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd., Spokane, Wa, 99201
• Delivered to an address or P.O. box.
• Read by the Mayor or a member of their staff

Proclamations my be presented in the mayor's office or at outside events, though not necessarily by the mayor. Available times will vary. It is rare that the Mayor or a member of her staff would be available for evening times.

If you would like to request to have your proclamation read in the Mayor's office, please fill out this form, and we will work with you to schedule a time.

If you would like to request to have your proclamation read at an outside event by the Mayor or one of her staff, please fill out this form. Again, availability is largely within business hours.

If you have further questions, please call the Mayor's Office at (509) 625-6250.