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Spokane Lilac Festival Association moves offices

Organization also hires development director

May 11, 2023

Spokane Lilac Festival Association is moving its office to a 600-square-foot space in the Monroe Court Building, at 901 N. Monroe, just east of the Spokane County Courthouse. The association had leased space for several decades in the old Wells Fargo

Y255 student advertising agency wins WSU competition

New concept places ads within video games

May 11, 2023

Karina Elias

Y255, a student-developed agency that helps companies advertise products to Generation Z through customized video game experiences, has won the Herbert B. Jones $15,000 grand prize at Washington State University's 20th annual Business Plan Competition.

Qualterra delivers milestone unit to Vaagen Timbers

Device to reduce carbon yield, energy demands for CLT manufacturer

May 11, 2023

Erica Bullock

Qualterra Inc., a Pullman, Washington-based agricultural biotechnology company that operates a research farm in the Spokane area, has announced the delivery of the company's first biomass processing unit to Vaagen Timbers LLC, a major milestone for both

Remembering champion of Spokane tourism Hartly Kruger

Former CVB president led Spokane campaigns into national spotlight

May 11, 2023

Mike McLean

Hartly Kruger helped raise nationwide awareness of Spokane as a tourism destination, say people who worked alongside the former longtime head of the Spokane Area Convention & Visitor's Bureau, which is now known as Visit Spokane.

At new Lego hobby shop in Garland District, everything is awesome

Lego hobby shop opens on Spokane's North Side

May 11, 2023

Dylan Harris

On April 29, a line of customers spanned two full blocks in anticipation of the grand opening of Lego resale hobby store Brick Buy Brick LLC, providing optimism for its owners, Bryce Colvin and Frankie Foote. Brick Buy Brick buys, sells, and trades new

Bank of America tower renovations are underway

Permits to improve interior total $1.75M

May 11, 2023

Erica Bullock

The tallest building in Spokane has several ongoing construction projects that will improve multiple tenant spaces inside the 42-year-old tower. Over the last 16 months, the Bank of America Financial Center, at 601 W. Riverside, has had seven

Meet & Greet with Incyte Diagnostics' Mari Patel

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May 11, 2023

Karina Elias

Incyte Diagnostics, the Spokane Valley-based diagnostic pathology clinic, has promoted Mari Patel to CEO from chief operating officer. Patel was born and raised in Canada and attended Loma Linda University, in California. She holds a doctorate in

2023 Business Icon: Tomlinson Family of Companies' Bob Tomlinson

Third-generation broker expanded real estate firm to national prominence

May 11, 2023

Kim Crompton

Bob Tomlinson, who recently turned 76, winters six months a year in Arizona and no longer is actively involved in managing the Tomlinson Family of Companies real estate brokerage he helped develop into a major enterprise here over five decades.

2023 Business Icon: Whitworth University's Bill Robinson

Lifelong education advocate helped private Christian school flourish, remain within its own identity

May 11, 2023

Samantha Peone

William 'Billâ€ Robinson's position as a Spokane-area leader began in the early 1990s, when he met with multiple panels of students, staff, and faculty as he interviewed for the position of president of Whitworth University.

2023 Business Icon: Kiemle Hagood's Tom Quigley

Community-minded real estate leader stays dedicated to Spokane

May 11, 2023

Erica Bullock

Tom Quigley, 71, has lived in the Spokane area his entire life and has spent nearly 50 years working at Spokane-based commercial real estate brokerage Kiemle Hagood, where some who know him say his quiet and composed demeanor belies a truly dedicated