Tag: Urban and Regional Planning
Tribal Zoning, Sovereignty in Action
December 11, 2023

Professor Margo Hill, JD, & Adjunct Professor J.D. Tovey III published an article titled Tribal Zoning, Sovereignty in Action that covers Federal Indian Law and Jurisdiction in the American Planning Association’s Zoning Practice magazine following a presentation they gave last year in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the National American Planning Association conference. “Planners cannot understand or…
[Read more]Spokane Public Radio visits with EWU Researcher about Homelessness
May 25, 2022

Matthew Anderson, an associate professor of urban and regional planning who was recently awarded EWU’s prestigious Jeffers W. Chertok Memorial Endowed Professorship, recently visited with KPBX about issues surrounding homelessness. Earlier this year Anderson led a group of student volunteers who participated in Spokane’s annual Point-in-Time Count.
[Read more]EWU Sustainability Week Underway
April 21, 2022

Sustainability Week, April 25 – 29, is about celebrating the work that the EWU community is doing to reduce the university’s impact on the environment, while also looking toward the future and finding new ways to make a difference for our planet. It will feature a variety of events and a daylong conference. An Earth…
[Read more]EWU Volunteers Assist with Annual Census of Spokane’s Homeless Population
March 2, 2022

For individuals and families who lack a permanent place to call home — and those trying to help them —the journey to stable housing is often long and arduous. Even understanding the scale and scope of the problem is a challenge. Spokane’s annual Point-in-Time (PIT) Count, a county-wide census of persons without housing, aims to…
[Read more]Kylee Jones, Alumni Profile
December 13, 2021

Kylee Jones ’18 is an Associate Transportation Planner II from the Spokane Regional Transportation Council. Her experience at EWU in the Urban and Regional Planning program helped her find this profession she otherwise wouldn’t have known about.
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