Cheney council approves receipt of grants

Cheney’s Parks and Recreation Department has been busy pursuing grant funding lately, and it’s meeting with some success.

At its April 11 meeting, the City Council approved receipt of a $4,000 grant from the Spokane Parks Foundation to be used by the Cheney Youth Commission to upgrade amenities at the city’s Hagelin Park, including installation of a nine-hole disc golf course. At the April 25 meeting, recreation manager Kim Best and company added two more grant awards.

While small, the Youth United mini-grant and the Spokane Gives grant, which total $800, will go a long ways to fund local park...