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—Mike McLean

SBA touts 504 financing tool

Overlooked loan program promotes job growth, retention here
Mike McLean
A U.S. Small Business Administration financing program is helping businesses expand and better position themselves for the economic turnaround, and Ted Schinzel, the SBA's Spokane branch administrator, says more businesses here could benefit from SBA 50
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—Kevin Blocker

Manufacturer educates teachers on drone technology

Minds-i sales being driven largely by school districts
Minds-i Inc., a five-year-old Liberty Lake company that started out researching and developing static, motorized, robotic, and remote-control toys, has ridden the recent wave of interest in robots and aerial drones to shift heavily into education.
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—MacKay Manufacturing Inc.

Calling all machinists

Improving economy cited as factor in shortage; wages said rising
LeAnn Bjerken
The demand for machinists in the Spokane area remains high, with a number of companies here advertising openings online.
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State roads funding should be applauded

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Staff Report
Though many of us have been looking toward Olympia with a worrisome eye, not knowing whether Gov. Jay Inslee would wipe out funding for alternative-transportation improvements, it's important to remember that funding remains intact for Spokane-area road
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Tom Fritz: a man of vision, passion

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Greg Bever
The phone rang, and I was told to sit down. Our friend, Tom Fritz, had drowned on Lake Coeur d 'Alene that afternoon. How could that be? There must be some mistake. Since then, realism has set in. He was one of the most interesting guys I've ever met
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$7 million remodel eyed at old Cooper-George building

Living, common space improvements envisioned
Mike McLean
Owners of the South Hill Senior Living complex, also known as the Cooper-George Building, at 707 W. Fifth, are contemplating a $7 million makeover of the building, a pre-development application on file with the city of Spokane shows.
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New McDonald's building to be built on North Market Street

Current restaurant in path of highway, will be razed
A new McDonald's restaurant will be developed in Hillyard next year to replace one that has been operating along north Market Street since the late 1970s. The Washington state Department of Transportation's acquisition of property near Market Street
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