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Contemporary Fiberglass & Marine Inc.: Toys for the water enthusiast

June 21, 2012

The customized swim platforms Scott Kurtz makes at his Spokane Valley-based boat repair business, Contemporary Fiberglass & Marine Inc., can be found on watercraft all over the world as far away as Australia, Hong Kong, and South America.Kurtz a

Kendall Yards inks Spa Paradiso, Inlander, others

Spa Paradiso, Inlander, Central Foods restaurant lined up for urban village

June 21, 2012

Mike McLean

Liberty Lake-based real estate development company Greenstone Corp. says it has secured a handful of businesses that will occupy new commercial space under various stages of design and development in the 78-acre Kendall Yards urban village of a and

Spokane Valley Mall draws H&M, Vans

H&M reportedly plans store here; Vans to open; Victoria's Secret expands

June 21, 2012

Treva Lind

A few retail tenant changes are in the works at the Spokane Valley Mall, including a new Vans shoe store, a Victoria's Secret shop expansion, and the apparent first Spokane-area location for Swedish-based clothing company H&M.Mall and H&M didn't

Optimism is tempered in new survey

Most rate state's economy as fair; majority doesn't expect substantial change

June 21, 2012

Linn Parish

Inland Northwest businesspeople view the current state of the economy somewhat more favorably than does the population as a whole, but they are more tempered in their optimism for its future, says a survey conducted in recent weeks. Meanwhile, a

PacifiClean set to build $24 million plant

$24 million facility slated at Ellensburg; three other projects are in the works

June 21, 2012

Treva Lind

PacifiClean Environmental, a young subsidiary of Spokane-based SRM Development LLC, has at least four organic-waste processing projects in the works around the U.S., including a $24 million facility near Ellensburg.The subsidiary also plans to a

Options abound for burger bounty

Some restaurant operators looking to expand

June 21, 2012

Mike McLean

When it comes to premium burger joints, some franchise owners and mom-and-pop entrepreneurs are betting that Spokane is hungry for more.Some restaurant operators have imported celebrated restaurant chains, and others are expanding home-grown and

Inland Imaging IT subsidiary Nuvodia aims for national growth

Inland Imaging IT subsidiary to target rural health at first

June 21, 2012

Linn Parish

Nuvodia LLC, a young company with Inland Imaging Business Associates LLC's long-time information technology operations at its core, is preparing to increase its market penetration nationwide.The effort, says Nuvodia CEO Jon Copeland, largely to

Due diligence is key to successful real estate investing

Verifying data, looking for more information is an important process

June 21, 2012

Personal Investing

One important skill to develop as a real estate investor is the process of due diligence.Due diligence is the in-depth research you will do on a property you've contracted to buy. Your purchase-and-sale agreement should provide for a period a

In the News

June 21, 2012

June 18 / Employment here dipsAbout 204,800 people held nonagricultural wage and salary jobs in the Spokane area in May, down 700 jobs from the May 2011 level, but up 400 from this April, preliminary state figures show. Preliminary results from

Calendar

June 21, 2012

Meetings & EventsLaunchPad Inland Northwest will hold its June Women's Resource Partnership event on Tuesday, June 26, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at 12309 E. Mirabeau Parkway, in Spokane Valley. Monique Cotton, director of community relations a