Following a spate of highly touted developments, Spokane's University District Development Association is making plans on several levels for what might come next, says Juliet Sinisterra, the organization's CEO. Forward-looking concepts under

Avista Corp. has promoted Heather Rosentrater, 46, to president and chief operating officer. She will be Avista's 15th president-and its first woman president-in the Spokane-based power company's 134-year history, a press release states.

In a quiet corner of Spokane Valley, songbirds and other sounds of nature occasionally break the silence at the recently completed Family Wellness & Healing Center, where employees at The Healing Lodge of the Seven Nations are preparing to welcome

In August, Shari Williams-Clarke became the executive director of the Carl Maxey Center, nearly a year after the organization's founder, Sandy Williams-no relation to Williams-Clarke-tragically died in a plane accident.

Providence has partnered with the Washington State University College of Nursing, in Spokane, to provide the school with registered nurses to instruct classes for its RN program. The mutually beneficial partnership, which began about a year ago

Treasure4 Inc., a Spokane-based fintech company that offers tools and software for treasury and finance practitioners, has raised $20 million in series A funding. Tom Simpson, CEO of Spokane-based Ignite Northwest and president of the Spokane Angel

Two Spokane-area consortia are competing against more than 370 other groups nationwide to land federal funding for regional Tech Hubs. Ultimately, upward of $75 million could be at stake, and the first round of decisions is expected this fall.

Planning is underway for a roughly 100,000-square-foot marine sales and service facility in Liberty Lake. The planned boat shop will occupy a now-vacant 40-acre site at 24901 E. Appleway, next to the eastbound lanes of Interstate-90 about 1 1/2 miles