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Together Spokane was built on years of community input to improve schools, parks, and neighborhoods across the city, and it is explicitly framed around youth wellness, education and workforce development, public safety, arts and culture, and healthy neighborhoods and adult recreation.

Reardan-Edwall School District embodies a simple but powerful promise that every student will be known, loved, and learning. It’s also a reminder that when communities invest in their schools, they’re investing in far more than classrooms.

Community-first perspective is what drew Bank of America into a growing partnership with Greater Spokane Incorporated (GSI) and the IN Schools initiative, a program that connects business leaders with K–12 educators to strengthen the local workforce pipeline.

HUB Sports Center has become a powerful extension of local schools, creating spaces and programs where kids can learn, play, and build life skills far beyond the classroom. Executive Director Phil Champlin is clear that HUB Sports Center’s role is to complement, not compete with, schools, filling gaps in facilities and programming so more students can thrive.

STCU’s Marty Dickinson and Lindsey Myhre firmly believe that discussions between schools and businesses must happen before high school graduation, and the business community must actively help schools shape a more responsive and relevant educational system.

For Harbaugh, school buildings are not simply structures. They’re spaces where futures are shaped, and communities are founded. His conviction has guided both his career and his civic involvement, most recently through NAC Architecture’s support for Greater Spokane Inc.’s INSchools Community Campaign, an effort to strengthen the bond among education, business, and community.