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GLENROSE BREAKING NEWS
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
SYSA ABANDONS GLENROSE SITE
It’s been over 16 years since a proposed 20 acre
Regional Sports Complex for the corner of 37th and Glenrose was
first announced. The Glenrose Association’s lawsuit opposing this year
round facility with nearly 400 parking spaces, and stadium lighting for
year round day and night use, is finally OVER!!!
SYSA
RELOCATING PLAN
On October 9th, 2025, the
Spokesman-Review published an article stating Spokane Youth Soccer
Association has withdrawn their plan to build a sports complex located at
37th & Glenrose Road. The article reads as follows:
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Spokane Youth Sports abandons complex
Organization will back schools, parks bond for more fields
By Emily White THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW
After 15 years of work, the Spokane Youth Sports
Association is abandoning its proposal to build a sports complex on the
Glenrose Prairie.
Instead, SYSA is committed to supporting the Together Spokane effort,
which includes a $200 million Spokane Public Schools bond and a $240
million levy for Spokane Parks and Recreation on the Nov. 4 ballot.
Ben Walker, executive director of SYSA,
said the schools and parks measures that voters will decide in November
would draw investment from the sports association to bring all-weather
sports fields to Spokane.
“We see this as an opportunity, not only to collaborate, but to bring
field space and opportunities for kids to play more,” Walker said.
The SYSA plans for 37th Avenue and Glenrose Road had been envisioned as a
20-acre complex that would have included four baseball fields, two
multisports fields, a basketball court with a parking lot, storage
facilities and bathrooms.
But it ran into resistance from the historically rural neighborhood amid
concerns about noise and traffic that became a long legal battle.
Walker would not provide a dollar amount that SYSA planned on investing in
the projects if they are passed in November. It is possible that SYSA will
sell the Glenrose land, and if they do, some of that money could go into
the organization’s investment in Together Spokane, Walker said.
The projects, if passed in the November election, would feature several
refurbishments, including 15 all-weather fields across the school district
and additional fields at Ferris High School on the South Hill near the
Glenrose property, and the Dwight Merkel Sports Complex in Northwest
Spokane.
All-weather fields have synthetic turf, which makes it easy to clear snow
so players can compete during colder weather, said Garrett Jones, the
director of Spokane Parks and Recreation.
Plans at Ferris High School include three all-weather rectangular fields
and one baseball field. Merkel Sports Complex would also be expanded with
eight new lighted rectangular fields if the district and parks bids are
passed. Three of those fields would be turf, not grass.
If the bids are passed, SYSA will provide capital investment for field
development, which will lower project costs for taxpayers and give SYSA a
priority to use fields when not in use by school district students.
Building its own sports complex is also not out of the question, Walker
said. If an ideal property became available, SYSA would be interested in
purchasing and developing a sports complex. The organization’s plans for
Glenrose simply didn’t work out because of legal challenges, Walker said.
The Glenrose complex was meant to bring more sports fields to kids who
live in south Spokane. Walker says the Together Spokane initiative will do
just that.
“I understand that the Together Spokane initiative means more taxes for
our community, and that’s difficult to swallow and afford, and that’s
real,” Walker said. “What I don’t think we can afford to do, however, is
wait to provide these opportunities to kids and to match their desire to
get out and be active.”
Emily White can be reached at (509) 459-5444 or by email at emilyw@
spokesman.com.
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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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