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Garco submits $12.3 million bid for sewer-plant upgrades

Job to include installing odor-control structure, grease skimmer, piping
Mike McLean
Garco Construction Inc., of Spokane, has submitted an apparent low bid of $12.3 million for a contract to construct the first round of projects planned in the $100-million second phase of improvements at the city of Spokane's sewage-treatment says
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Degerstrom starts work on Chattaroy-area bridge

$1.2 million project needed after Dragoon Creek shifted, causing abutment to crack
Kim Frlan
N.A. Degerstrom Inc., of Spokane Valley, has begun work on a bridge replacement project in the Chattaroy area under a $1.2 million contract awarded by Spokane County. The project, which will replace a bridge that carries Chattaroy Road across of
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Conversion work starts on nine fields in city parks

$3 million from 2007 bond will pay for baseball fields that will open in May 2011
Richard Ripley
Schimmels Construction, of Spokane, has begun work under a $1.45 million contract from the city of Spokane to convert into youth baseball fields nine ball fields in city parks.One of the fields is at Liberty Park, three are at Chief Garry Park,
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Amendments to Energy Code postponed

Governor asks for delay; implementation now could occur this fall or next spring
Kim Frlan
Controversial changes to the Washington state Energy Code scheduled to take effect July 1 have been postponed until at least October and possibly until next April after a building trade group and others challenged them in court and Gov. Chris they
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Wolff plans 256-unit apartment complex in Valley

Longtime developer's 55-acre Pine Springs Farm project valued at $25.7 million
Mike McLean
The Wolff Co., a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based development company with Spokane roots and significant holdings here, plans to develop a $25.7 million, 256-unit apartment complex just south of Spokane Valley, building permit documents show.The project
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Leone & Keeble submits low bid for Patterson Hall expansion, rehab

EWU academic building renovation scheduled for completion in April 2014
Kim Frlan
Leone & Keeble Inc., of Spokane, is the apparent low bidder, with a bid of $12.2 million, for an expansion and partial remodeling project at Patterson Hall, one of the main academic buildings on the Cheney campus of Eastern Washington University. a
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City's woeful budget not all bad news

Editor's Notebook
Word that the city of Spokane expects to face a $10 million shortfall in its 2011 general fund budget likely has evoked little shock from taxpayers who have grown numb to similar news from all levels of government. The scenario has become routine.
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Small Business Watch

Tinman Too opens, sells more kids' books The Tinman Gallery is moving its children's book inventory to a new location next door, at 811 W. Garland. The new store, called Tinman Too, will occupy space previously used by the Ruby which
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Softechnologies Co. acquires mobile dispatching software

Spokane concern employs 30 people, plans to create online service version
Chey Scott
Softechnologies Co., a young Spokane-based software development company, says it has acquired a software product from a New Jersey-based concern that helps businesses organize and track field service workers.The software, called Mobile Command a
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Jet boat makers team up to seek export sales in Europe

Lewiston-Clarkston group works with trade experts to make splash in Germany
Richard Ripley
U.S. trade officials are working with eight jet boat builders and a boat trailer maker, all in the Lewiston-Clarkston area, to capture sales of the boats in Europe.Janet Bauermeister, director of the U.S. Department of Commerce's Spokane Export
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