A local resident chained herself to a tree at Travers Park on Thursday to protest the city’s plans to cut down 20 of the park’s trees to make room for a planned tennis and pickleball facility.
A local resident chained herself to a tree at Travers Park on Thursday to protest the city’s plans to cut down 20 of the park’s trees to make room for a planned tennis and pickleball facility.
Protest anthems played in the background as people danced with willow branches while others stood quickly holding signs calling on the city to halt its plans to cut down trees at Travers Park.
Roughly 50-75 people turned out for the protest, held shortly before the city's council meeting and filling the small courtyard at the front of Sandpoint City Hall.
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The “State of the Cities” luncheon, hosted by Greater Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce Thursday, offered a chance for local leaders to update residents on four of the county’s communities.