The first projects to be funded through the $440 million Together Spokane joint effort between Spokane Public Schools and city of Spokane Parks and Recreation are expected to be under construction this year, according to spokespeople for the two entities. Planning for several others also will be well underway before year-end.

To fund design work for a proposed new $146 million Spokane Veterans Home, the Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs has requested additional funding from the state Legislature as part of its 2026 supplemental budget.

The planned three-story, 280,000-square-foot field house addition to Liberty Launch Academy, a nonprofit private school serving preschool to 12th-grade students in Liberty Lake, is awaiting final building permit approval from the city of Liberty Lake before crews can break ground.

Eastern Washington University’s $110 million Science Building renovation is nearing completion and is scheduled to open to students and faculty by this fall.

Two sports and entertainment venues in Spokane County continue to move forward through different stages of development.

Cancer Can’t, a Spokane-based nonprofit that supports adult cancer patients and their families in the Inland Northwest, has reached its $6 million fundraising goal and expects to break ground on its oncology lodging project in April, says Cancer Can't co-founder and board president Becky Van Keulen.

The first phase of construction is expected to begin soon on a new sports complex featuring multiuse fields, pickleball courts, and baseball fields in northeast Post Falls.

The first phase of Spokane International Airport's Terminal Renovation & Expansion, or TREX, program is on schedule to be completed in the third quarter of this year.

Construction is expected to begin in June on Bethany Village, a 22-unit affordable workforce housing development.

Two separate industrial warehouse projects with a combined valuation of nearly $15 million are proposed or under construction in Spokane County.