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Marketing to women

Deaconess expands clinic, plans birth-center update, sets up marketing campaign
October 1, 2009
Mike McLean
Deaconess Medical Center has remodeled and expanded its off-site Women's Clinic, plans to update its labor-and-delivery department, and is about to join Valley Hospital & Medical Center in launching a marketing program that will target women as at
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Seed-based radiation catching on in breast treatment

Seven-year-old procedure said to be more targeted, faster
October 1, 2009
David Cole
A seven-year-old breast-cancer treatment procedure that places a radioactive "seed" inside the breast rather than beaming radiation into it is gaining in use here, though it's viable for only a portion of breast-cancer patients, providers here is a
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Real Estate Roundup

October 1, 2009
Mike McLean
All Pro Screen Printing & Embroidery Inc. has leased 2,300 square feet of retail space in the Eagle Plaza, at 14415 E. Sprague, in Spokane Valley, for a new textile screen-printing and embroidery shop. Earl Engle, of NAI Black, handled the Stone a
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Home owners still refraining from improvement spending

Harvard research center says, though, that signs hint bottom may be near
October 1, 2009
Owner spending on home improvements will continue to trend down through 2009 and into the first part of next year, suggests data released recently by the Remodeling Futures Program at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, in a
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Hancock Fabrics center to reopen soon - Art only

October 1, 2009
Associated Construction Inc., of Spokane, is wrapping up construction of this 15,800-square-foot retail center at the northeast corner of Francis Avenue and Madison Street, largely replacing a heavily snow-damaged structure there. Hancock Fabrics
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Buyers still hold advantage in home market, data show

In July, they paid median of $7,039 less than last listing price, Zillow says
October 1, 2009
Amid continued falling home prices, U.S. home buyers still are negotiating discounts at the bargaining table, according to July's Zillow Real Estate Market Reports, the latest month for which figures are available.Buyers paid 3.3 percent—or
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Weatherization program gets big stimulus boost

October 1, 2009
Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners, a nonprofit that serves low-income people here, says it will receive $5.1 million in federal stimulus funds over the next two years that will allow its weatherization program to benefit about two times the of
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Vandervert erects fueling center at Thor Fred Meyer

Retail chain says $1 million gas station in East Central area to open in November
October 1, 2009
Mike McLean
Vandervert Construction Inc., of Spokane, has won a contract to build a $1 million gas station here for Fred Meyer Stores, and has started work on the project site near the retail chain's outlet in the East Central neighborhood, the Portland-based
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Lydig constructs school in Valley, Wash. - Art only

October 1, 2009
Lydig Construction Inc. is building this $4 million, 17,000-square-foot building in Valley, Wash., about 40 miles north of Spokane, for Valley School District 70's Homelink program, which serves more than 1,500 home-schooled children. It will have
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