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Special Report - Real Estate & Construction - January 19, 2012
Small urban planning firm lands jobs both near and far
Studio Cascade looking to enter more markets; had highest income in '11

By Chey Scott
Of the Journal of Business

Bill Grimes says Studio Cascade has handled projects for entities as far away as the United Kingdom in recent years. Still, about 20 percent of its work is close to home.
Bill Grimes says Studio Cascade has handled projects for entities as far away as the United Kingdom in recent years. Still, about 20 percent of its work is close to home.
—Staff photo by Chey Scott
Community planner Bill Grimes often becomes so deeply immersed in the cities and towns he does work for that he feels a personal urge to move to some of those places.

"It's amazing how much you learn about a community, and you make lasting friendships with the people who live there," says Grimes, president of Spokane-based Studio Cascade Inc. "That is a part of this work that I truly value."

Despite that emotional connection Grimes establishes with the communities he...


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