Josh Hogan
@uncertainpilgrim.bsky.social
2nd time Spokane transplant. Too many interests to list....came here mainly to follow Spokane and urban design related stuff.
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Spokane was the first (and I think still only?) city in Washington to authorize the Pavement to People tax incentive, which cuts the sales tax on new construction materials to 0 if developers build homes on a vacant parking lot.
Now it's finally bearing fruit! 🎉🏠
Now it's finally bearing fruit! 🎉🏠
From parking to premises: Urbin Developments, Diamond Parking partner on redevelopment projects
A local real estate development company is partnering with Diamond Parking Services LLC to convert underused parking lots into residential housing.
www.spokanejournal.com
September 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Spokane was the first (and I think still only?) city in Washington to authorize the Pavement to People tax incentive, which cuts the sales tax on new construction materials to 0 if developers build homes on a vacant parking lot.
Now it's finally bearing fruit! 🎉🏠
Now it's finally bearing fruit! 🎉🏠
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Complete streets 2.0 in #Spokane has passed.
Complete Streets are for everyone, regardless of if they walk, ride, drive, or use public transit. This new policy will move the City forward and aid us in our goal of designing and building streets that are safely accessible for all. @mayorspokane.bsky.social my.spokanecity.org/news/release...
August 15, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Complete streets 2.0 in #Spokane has passed.
Hear, hear!!
Spokane Transit is firing on all cylinders, but its board still seems mired in silly turf wars and personality differences. Let’s add some transit riders to decision-making to remind those elected officials who the agency exists to serve.
Read my latest for @inlander.com:
Read my latest for @inlander.com:
Spokane Transit Authority should take advantage of new state law allowing transit users onto transit boards
Spokane's transit system is firing on all cylinders. The city is already a transit town, having grown up around the railroad and one of the...
www.inlander.com
August 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Hear, hear!!
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When we talk about authoritarian oligarchs, Putin is the model. He is worth some $200 billion, kills dissidents and rigs elections.
And he started this horrific war in Ukraine.
We all want peace. But any peace talks must include the Ukrainians. It’s their country.
And he started this horrific war in Ukraine.
We all want peace. But any peace talks must include the Ukrainians. It’s their country.
August 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
When we talk about authoritarian oligarchs, Putin is the model. He is worth some $200 billion, kills dissidents and rigs elections.
And he started this horrific war in Ukraine.
We all want peace. But any peace talks must include the Ukrainians. It’s their country.
And he started this horrific war in Ukraine.
We all want peace. But any peace talks must include the Ukrainians. It’s their country.
If you don't read Hamilton Nolan, I highly recommend his work.
Also, this sh*t is scary.
open.substack.com/pub/howthing...
Also, this sh*t is scary.
open.substack.com/pub/howthing...
Scams And Bribery Are Becoming the Foundation of Our Economy
It's bad and you should be alarmed.
open.substack.com
August 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
If you don't read Hamilton Nolan, I highly recommend his work.
Also, this sh*t is scary.
open.substack.com/pub/howthing...
Also, this sh*t is scary.
open.substack.com/pub/howthing...
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Wednesday is with us again, so grab your family and friends and drag them out to buy a book! - Michael
July 23, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Wednesday is with us again, so grab your family and friends and drag them out to buy a book! - Michael
We desperately need this kind of work in Spokane. Next, please do something about Hamilton.
rangemedia.co/division-st-...
rangemedia.co/division-st-...
How can Division Street be safer for everyone? 74 advocates walk it to find out. – RANGE Media
With a new bus rapid transit line and dozens of active transportation projects in the works, Division Street upgrades could be a model for other main street highways.
rangemedia.co
July 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
We desperately need this kind of work in Spokane. Next, please do something about Hamilton.
rangemedia.co/division-st-...
rangemedia.co/division-st-...
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It’s only cognitive dissonance if you’re capable of cognition in the first place
the twin visions of cities as nightmare hellholes of crime and violence that you would be suicidal to visit and city-dwellers as wimpy f——s who are too soft for Real America is quite the cognitive dissonance
June 10, 2025 at 1:18 AM
It’s only cognitive dissonance if you’re capable of cognition in the first place