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GLENROSE BREAKING NEWS
ANNUAL GLENROSE CLEANUP DAY
MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR
SATURDAY, MAY 9th, STARTING AT 9:00 A.M.
CORNER OF 37th & GLENROSE ROAD
Our annual cleanup of Glenrose is
planned for Saturday, May 9th at 9:00 a.m., meeting at the corner of
37th and Glenrose. Bags, grabbers, vests, and gloves will be provided
for you. An area will be assigned to you that will work well with you
and your cleanup partners. The clean-up will last 1 to 2 hours.... Just
show up at 9:00 a.m. that Saturday morning and join in the fun! Thank
you, and we will see you then!
Larry Hopkins
Glenrose Association
Environment Chair
Next Meeting
To Be Announced
Moran Prairie
Library, 6004 S Regal Rd. 5:30 to 7:30 PM
Annual Glenrose Membership Dues
It's that time of
year to submit your Glenrose Association dues. These funds keep the
website going for our Association and very much appreciated. Dues help
pay the few annual bills we do have, and help support our legal expenses
for the ongoing sports complex litigation. Without your support we would
not be able to carry on with these efforts. Thank you all for your loyal
and generous support over the past 32 years!
Go into the
website at www.glenroseassociation.org for
a printable renewal form or pay online using PayPal. To find the PayPal
button, after entering the amount you want to pay, click on “submit” and
you will see PayPal button.
Still have questions? Contact Kathy
Fair, Membership Chairperson for information.
If you have already paid for 2025 or
are a lifetime member, please disregard.
WHATS HAPPENING IN GLENROSE
UPDATE ON SPORTS COMPLEX
ISSUE 04/2026
By Richard Brooke, VP The Glenrose Assoc.
The following is an update on the proposed SYSA Glenrose Regional Sports
Complex, as of April 2026.
For those of you that may be new to the Glenrose community, a Regional
Glenrose Sports Complex was proposed by SYSA many years ago on twenty
acres of land located at the southeast corner of 37th and Glenrose Road.
Immediately prior to the SYSA proposal, there were two similar
consecutive proposals by other organizations, the first of which was
nearly 18 years ago.
The Glenrose community led by The Glenrose Association (TGA) has
vigorously opposed these proposals since shortly after they were first
announced. Due to a plethora of very commonsense concerns, the community
has always felt the proposed development would be inappropriate for
Glenrose, and violates Spokane County Zoning Code. Moreover, TGA has
been actively involved in litigation for several years now, in an effort
to prevent this development.
In March of 2025, TGA won a very favorable ruling on appeal to Superior
Court, of an earlier decision by the Spokane County Hearing Examiner
regarding this matter. The Superior Court judge found that the Spokane
County Hearing examiner engaged in unlawful procedure and failed to
follow the process prescribed in the Spokane County Zoning Code. The
judge then remanded the matter back to the Spokane County Hearing
Examiner for reconsideration pursuant to his ruling.
In June of 2025, the new Spokane County Hearing Examiner remanded the
matter back to the Director of Building and Planning to issue a new
Administrative Interpretation of the development. To date, the Director
has not issued a new interpretation. Issuance of a new interpretation is
not optional, so eventually one will be issued.
If the new Administrative Interpretation states that the project is in
compliance with Spokane County Code in regards to the proposed use and
can proceed, which is what was determined years ago when the first
Administrative Interpretation was issued, we will again have to appeal
this decision to the Hearing Examiner. If we were to receive another
unfavorable ruling from the Hearing Examiner, we would have to appeal
yet again back to Superior Court. Hopefully Spokane County Planning will
make the correct decision this time when they issue their new
Administrative Interpretation so we can all finally put this issue to
bed.
For nearly 18 years now, bolstered by the strong consensus of Glenrose
community sentiment and financial support in opposition to this proposed
development, TGA has successfully prevented this development from
becoming a reality. At this juncture, the project cannot move forward
without a final determination made in a governing jurisdiction that
effectively states it is in compliance with the code. This could only
happen after all attempts deemed worthy of appeal by The Glenrose
Association have been exhausted. Hopefully we don’t have to go down
another lengthy appeals process in the future, and as stated earlier,
TGA finally prevails when the Planning Department issues their new
interpretation.
It was suggested in local news outlets that in the wake of passage of
the recent Spokane Parks and School District measures last November,
SYSA would abandon pursuit of the regional sports complex in Glenrose.
Through our lawyer, we recently reached out to SYSA’s legal
representative and they would not share SYSA’s future plans for the
property, or if they were planning to withdraw their permit application
from the Planning Department.
The Glenrose Association intends to remain vigilant until the Regional
Sports Complex proposal is officially abandoned, and legally determined
to be a prohibited use for the zone classification.
Richard Brooke, VP - The Glenrose Association
In addition, the Glenrose Association President, Richard Brooke, will
provide more information in the next couple weeks, explaining that TGA has
one more small hurtle to clear before the issue is finalized regarding our
law suit against the Spokane County. So, keep your eyes open for more to
come.
Overview of our battle:
(IN
THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR LINCOLN COUNTY
THE GLENROSE ASSOCIATION Petitioner, v. SPOKANE COUNTY AND SPOKANE YOUTH
SPORTS ASSOCIATION Respondents.)
Opening Brief
PDF
Spokane County Response PDF
SYSA Response Brief PDF
Glenrose Association Reply Brief PDF
Judge’s decision from the March 4, 2025 superior court hearing
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