university district

Dec. 11: WSU students to present University District designs

By Seth Truscott, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences SPOKANE, Wash. – Job growth, parks and plazas, “smart” stormwater systems and alternative transportation are some of the ideas for improving Spokane’s University District and nearby neighborhoods that will be presented to the public at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11, at the Spokane Public […]

Design students bridge disparate Spokane neighborhoods

By Seth Truscott, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences SPOKANE, Wash. – On one side of a knot of overpasses and railroads is Spokane’s thriving University District. On the other is the East Central neighborhood, where 63 percent of residents live at or below the poverty line and fewer than one in three […]

Oct. 23: Students present Smart City Spokane designs

SPOKANE, Wash. – Washington State University students will make public presentations of their mid-term smart technology designs for the future of the university district at 2-6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, at the WSU Spokane South Campus Facility Court, 410 E. Spokane Falls Blvd.

Students’ smart city ideas to help Spokane redevelopment

PULLMAN, Wash. – WSU students are using emerging smart technology ideas this semester in their designs for the future of Spokane’s university district. Lectures, workshops and community engagement will culminate in public presentations later this fall.

Warehouse to be demolished Monday to make way for clinic

SPOKANE, Wash. – Crews will demolish a large portion of the former Peirone warehouse on the southeast edge of the Washington State University Spokane campus beginning at 7 a.m. Monday, March 2, and lasting one to two hours. The structure will be razed to make way for the new University District Health Clinic (UDHC), a […]

Participate in master plan workshops for updates on campus plans

SPOKANE – The community is invited to participate in three master plan workshops in March, April and June for an update of the Riverpoint Campus plan. The planning process, led by WSU, includes representatives of Riverpoint Campus partners Eastern Washington University and Sirti. Workshop schedule: Tuesday, March 17, 3-5 p.m., Riverpoint Campus Academic Center Auditorium […]

U-District plan presented Tuesday

Stepping forward with their proposal for a College Hill university district, President Elson S. Floyd and other WSU officials shared detailed plans for the concept at Tuesday’s meeting of the Pullman City Council. First proposed in February, the U-district would help provide an answer to some of the problems plaguing College Hill such as noise, trash, […]