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Convention center-area hotel remodels, rebrands

18-year-old Travelodge to be Best Western Plus
May 22, 2014
Judith Spitzer
The Travelodge Hotel at the Spokane Convention Center downtown plans to change its affiliation and to begin operating as Downtown City Center Best Western Hotel, a Best Western Plus hotel, within the next 30 days, says Meredith Rainville, general manager.
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Companies here pursue waste gasification project

Wheeler to build gasifier for a demonstration site
May 22, 2014
Judith Spitzer
MPM Technologies Inc., a 25-year-old Spokane-based company that develops waste-to-energy technology, says its Carbon Cycle Power subsidiary is in discussions with Spokane Valley machining and manufacturing company Wheeler Industries Inc. to build a patent
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—Judith Spitzer

Striving to be a cut above

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May 22, 2014
Judith Spitzer
if it weren't for Expo '74, Doug Toone may have never opened what has become the Jewelry Design Center at 821 N. Division in Spokane. In those days, Toone was working for Jewelry By Michaels, a local wholesale jeweler, and Expo needed a jeweler to
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PAML set to roll out consumer product line

Also, company-managed network lands new client
May 22, 2014
Katie Ross
Spokane-based Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories LLC is developing a new consumer-based testing product line, known as Cinch, says CEO Dr. Francisco Velázquez. Cinch, Velázquez says, will allow customers to order laboratory tests from hom
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Global call center concern acquires Center Partners

Qualfon expects growth at Inland Northwest sites
May 22, 2014
Katie Ross
International call center and business outsourcing company Qualfon Inc. has acquired Center Partners Inc., the Fort Collins, Colo.-based call center with outlets in Liberty Lake and North Idaho. Brian Kearney, a Denver-based spokesman for Qualfon, dec
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GU initiative could boost off-campus business ties

University set to launch project-based class in fall
May 22, 2014
Kim Crompton
Using some seed money donated by Intermountain Community Bank, Gonzaga University says its School of Business Administration plans to launch a for-credit class this fall that will have students leaving campus to work closely with Spokane-area businesses a
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Cell booster maker shifts focus away from retail

ClearRF sets its sights on machine-to-machine uses
May 22, 2014
Linn Parish
ClearRF LLC, the 4-year-old Spokane Valley-based maker of wireless signal amplifiers, is leaving the consumer market and plans to focus fully on what's called the machine-to-machine, or m2m, sector. The move is intended to enable the company to purs
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—Mike McLean

CPA firm merges with big Midwest practice

McDirmid, Mikkelsen slated to become part of Eide Bailly
May 22, 2014
Mike McLean
Longtime Spokane accounting practice McDirmid, Mikkelsen & Secrest PS says it will merge next month with big Midwest-based firm Eide Bailly LLC. McDirmid, Mikkelsen & Secrest, will take on the name of the larger firm. Andrew McDirmid, a partner here, s
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—Mike McLean

Revving up pedal power

Spokane efforts under way to raise bicycle-friendly status
May 22, 2014
Mike McLean
While Seattle and a few other West Side cities are bearing much of the load for Washington state's recent ranking by the League of American Bicyclists as the most bicycle-friendly state in the country, efforts are under way here to ensure Spokane can ca
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—Katie Ross

Pot retailers fret about supply

Marijuana shop lottery results highlight disparity
May 22, 2014
Katie Ross
With the release of the Washington State Liquor Control Board's marijuana retailer lottery results earlier this month, retail marijuana operations are moving forward; however, it appears that growers may not be able to keep up. The agency is anticipa
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