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Local News - Local News - March 14, 2013
Lighthouse for the Blind to expand North Side manufacturing facility
Nonprofit manufacturer plans $3.5 million project, aims to double workforce

By Jessica Valencia
Of the Journal of Business

Seattle-based Lighthouse for the Blind Inc., which provides jobs for blind people and others with disabilities, plans to expand its Inland Northwest Lighthouse manufacturing facility, located on Spokane's North Side, and boost its employment here.

Melanie Wimmenauer, a Seattle-based spokeswoman for Lighthouse, says the organization plans to add 41,000 square feet of combined office and manufacturing space to the 52,000-square-foot facility, located in an old Tidyman's supermarket...


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