Graffiti update given to council

SPOKANE VALLEY — The Council discussed options to move forward with a graffiti cleanup project started in 2022 at their regular meeting on July 18.

In fall of 2022, the City received a $3,000 grant to be used towards community clean-up as part of the Greater Spokane Community Safety Initiative.

Funded through the Washington State Department of Commerce, the Greater Spokane Community Safety Initiative is a program of the Greater Spokane Substance Abuse Council.

The City has worked with the Sheriff’s Community Oriented Policing Effort (S.C.O.P.E.) to purchase graffiti removal supplies and use th...