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United Way knocked on more execs' doors in campaign

Organization to expand use of 'CEO call' tactic again for 2010-11 fundraising

March 11, 2010

Spokane County United Way knocked on the doors of 150 percent more CEOs and other top managers here for its 2009-2010 fundraising campaign, in which it posted the biggest dollar increase in contributions in 15 years.In another change in tactics,

Tutoring program gets Avista grant

March 11, 2010

A nonprofit here that recruits, trains, and supports volunteers who tutor and mentor foster and adoptive children has received a $2,000 grant in the first round of 2010 quarterly grants from the Avista Foundation.The nonprofit, Olive Crest, was

Look before you leap at Roth conversion

Lapse of income ceiling spurs intense discussion of pros, cons of converting standard IRA to Roth

March 11, 2010

Richard Ripley

The expiration this year of an income ceiling that had made many higher-income taxpayers ineligible to convert conventional individual retirement accounts to Roth IRAs is being hyped as providing a new financial planning option, but some experts to

Efforts to add affordable housing get creative

Habitat for Humanity plans 116 units in Deer Park as urban lots move out of reach

March 11, 2010

Jeanne Gustafson

Habitat for Humanity-Spokane has had to get creative to continue pursuing its mission of providing affordable housing to low-income families here, as the poor economy has dampened donations, some of its homeowners have struggled to make mortgage in

Small Business Watch: March 11, 2010

March 11, 2010

Heavy equipment shop adds Mitsubishi trucks Washington Auto Carriage, a longtime Spokane Valley dealer of specialty truck equipment, has become a dealer for Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America Inc.'s commercial truck line. Clif King, is

Real Estate Roundup

March 11, 2010

Mike McLean

Patricia Steele and Sandra Daily, doing business as R Salon, a new Spokane Valley hair salon, have leased 1,200 square feet of floor space at 13221 E. 32nd. Mark McLees, of NAI Black, handled the transaction.Lubbock, Texas-based Distribution

Suncrest Plaza developers sign six new tenants there

New tenants include pharmacy, restaurant, day care, dog groomer

March 11, 2010

Jeanne Gustafson

The developers of Suncrest Plaza say they have signed leases with six new tenants and are in negotiations with a seventh for the commercial strip in the Suncrest area northwest of Spokane. Developer Don Morse says he and his partners in Paid 2 a

Mortgage lender moves from longtime Valley site

CLS relocates operation to smaller, newer quarters at Argonne and Broadway

March 11, 2010

Mike McLean

CLS Mortgage Inc. says it has moved its office to the northeast corner of Argonne Road and Broadway Avenue from its longtime Spokane Valley location.The lender has leased 4,500 square feet of space on the ground floor of the Merchant e-Solutions

We need real state budget discussion

March 11, 2010

Editor's Notebook

Even as our lawmakers worked frantically in Olympia this week to close a $2.8 billion budget gap, they seemed to be nibbling around the edges of the state's financial problems. At no time since September 2008, when the stock market crashed and an 2

Clinic plans to erect Liberty Lake medical office

Pediatric practice will move satellite operation to $1.3 million structure

March 11, 2010

Mike McLean

Valley Young People's Clinic PS, a Spokane Valley-based medical practice that specializes in pediatric care, plans to build a $1.3 million medical office building in Liberty Lake.Georgette Wendt, the practice's administrator, says the clinic to