The rented crane hitched to the back of a blue Downtown Spokane Partnership pickup truck lowered to the ground so Mike Heister could take his lunch break.

He’s working on bringing down the multi-colored beach volleyballs that are suspended above Riverside alley, right behind P.F. Chang’s. The alley where Heister is working is in the process of getting an autumn-themed makeover.

Once those summer adornments are down, he has to drill holes into the exterior of the building, attach anchors and install a pulley system to hoist the next set of decorations up there, this time for fall.

Eddie Castillo , the clean team lead, started working for the Downtown Spokane Business Improvement District about two years ago. What was supposed to be a holdover job has blossomed into something more.

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