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Local News - Local News - February 28, 2013
Downtown Spokane Partnership could expand its influence
Organization to look at stretching border, attracting businesses

By Linn Parish
Of the Journal of Business

Downtown Spokane Partnership Executive Director Mark Richard says the organization plans to be actively involved in the downtown gateway project, among others.
Downtown Spokane Partnership Executive Director Mark Richard says the organization plans to be actively involved in the downtown gateway project, among others.
—Staff photo by Linn Parish
Weeks into his new job as executive director of the Downtown Spokane Partnership, Mark Richard says one of the organization's many goals is to look for ways to strengthen the city's central business district.

The 48-year-old former Spokane County commissioner says that will entail the DSP being involved in efforts that are currently gaining traction in or near the city's core, such as improving city's gateways along the Interstate 90 corridor and developing a new master plan for Ri...


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