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Local News - Local News - December 20, 2012
McKinstry updates Hunters school mechanical systems
Grant-funded upgrades will reduce operational costs for rural district

By Mike McLean
Of the Journal of Business

The Spokane office of Seattle-based energy-efficiency contractor McKinstry Co. recently completed a $568,000 project that the company says is expected to help the Columbia School District save $30,000 annually in electricity and heating fuel costs at today's prices.

The project for the school district, located in Hunters, Wash., about 65 miles northwest of Spokane, was funded largely through a $510,000 grant awarded through the state's Jobs Now Act, says Stephanie Pitts, a Seattle-...


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