Three years ago, Elenita Sy and her husband, Narciso, wanted to start a home-based day-care business, but didnt have the money or the credit history to obtain a bank loan. They sought help from the Spokane Neighborhood Economic Development opened

Big commercial customers at Sterling Savings Bank soon will be able to get up-to-the-minute transaction details on their checking accounts via a package of Internet-based tools. At U.S. Bank, business customers will be able to make deposits at own

Sysco Food Services of Spokane Inc. says its new $20 million facility in Post Falls has reached targeted volume levels on schedule, and plans to expand its facilities in the next two or three years.The company, which is located at 300 N. Baugh

Researchers at Washington State University have developed a new variety of soft-white wheatprevious varieties traditionally have been exported for noodle productionthat they believe will appeal to U.S. makers of cookies and crackers.Called

Whitworth Physical Therapy PS, of Spokane, is negotiating a lease to open new headquarter offices in the basement of Schade Towers, at 528 E. Spokane Falls Blvd., and is working with Baker Construction & Development Corp., of Spokane, on a plan to

The new owners of the ailing Post Falls Factory Outlets retail center say they have renewed leases with half of the tenants there, are in the midst of negotiations with several potential new tenants, and plan to reconstruct a sign next to 90 in an

George Gee Automotive Group has been awarded a Porsche dealership, absent from the Spokane area for about 16 years, and plans to construct a building at Liberty Lake to house it, says President Ryan Gee. Weve been pursuing the franchise of

Pring Corp., of Spokane Valley, has started work on a $2.8 million office building along Springfield Avenue, less than a block west of its intersection with Sullivan Road, in Spokane Valley.The 30,000-square-foot structure will be two stories a

Longtime Spokane restaurateur Cyrus Vaughn has developed a new Mexican restaurant concept called Jose Arribas and plans to open the first such eatery on Spokanes North Side. Vaughn says the restaurant company he formed to operate Jose Fresh

Food Services of America Inc., of Seattle, is undertaking an $8.8 million expansion and renovation at its big food-service distribution facility in northeast Spokane. Mike George, president of Food Services Spokane branch, says the company on