City won’t lease park ground

A request from the Ritzville School District to lease a portion of the city’s park for the construction of a large greenhouse was turned down Tuesday.

The school’s agriculture program had wanted to lease a 75- by 100-foot section of the park along Division Street behind the existing ag shop for the greenhouse project.

Tuesday council member David Grove reported the Parks and Recreation Committee had met to consider the request. The committee, Grove said, recommended the city decline the request because it would be giving up a significant portion of public space and the project’s nine-foot blac...