Spokane Arts courtesy photo Artist Joshua Martel s mural on the Hooptown USA court in Riverfront Park will have its grand opening Saturday.
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ooptown USA is inviting people to an afternoon of basketball, prizes, snowcones and vaccinations this Saturday at the new Hooptown basketball courts on Riverfront Park’s North Bank. The popup clinic will take place on Saturay, June 26, from noon to 5 p.m and is the result of a partnership between Hooptown and Multicare, who will be administering single dose Johnson and Johnson COVID vaccines. People who get vaccinated at the event will receive a free poster, $50 gift card, a swag bag and other merch.
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May 20, 2021 6:45 PM Elenee Dao
SPOKANE, Wash. It’s a place every kid dreams about. A playground, or multiple playgrounds, all ready for them to enjoy.
That’s what the North Bank will have, including the new Ice Age Floods playground. It will all open up on Friday for families.
Josie Connolly, 10, enjoyed the park when she visited Thursday as a sneak peek.
“I was like, I thought it was going to be really cool, but now that I’m actually here it’s actually
really cool,” Josie said.
The North Bank is nearly 10 years in the making. Garrett Jones, the director of parks and recreation with the City of Spokane, has been with the city since then, at least, to see this idea come about. In 2012, there was a master plan that was made up to help fix up Riverfront Park.
City of Spokane
SPOKANE, Wash. Spokane’s Ice Age Floods playground will be finished May 21, marking the end of the five-year redevelopment work of Riverfront Park.
There will be a virtual ribbon cutting at 11 a.m. on Riverfront Park’s Facebook page that day, and the playground will officially open to the public at noon.
“Thank you to the Spokane community for voting to support the redevelopment of our city’s downtown urban park,” said Parks & Rec director Garrett Jones, director of Parks & Recreation. “What used to be a dirt parking lot is now a playground, basketball court, skate park, climbing boulder, and green space, with improved parking as well. This is a huge transformation, and it’s free to use for everyone in our community.”