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City gauges interest in Monroe lot

It expects to seek lease, development proposals for parcel in February

December 10, 2009

The city of Spokane Parks and Recreation Department is seeking letters of interest from potential developers of a one-acre lot it owns at the northeast corner of Monroe Street and Bridge Avenue, near Riverfront Park.The parcel, slightly over an

Food-bank supplier leases warehouse space in Valley

Northwest Harvest opens fourth distribution center to serve state's food banks

December 10, 2009

Mike McLean

Northwest Harvest, a Seattle nonprofit food distributor to 300 food banks statewide, says it has leased 13,600 square feet of warehouse space at Spokane Business & Industrial Park, which will help it improve its services here.Shelley Rotondo, to

Owner of Townshend Cellar buys Caterina Winery here

Don Townshend to keep Caterina name, run it seprately

December 10, 2009

David Cole

Don Townshend, owner of Townshend Cellar, a Colbert, Wash., winery, says he has purchased the assets of Caterina Winery, which is located in the historic Broadview Dairy building north of Riverfront Park on Washington Street.Townshend says he to

Toying with strong connections

December 10, 2009

Mike McLean

Mike Marzetta says he has a lot of hobbies. At Minds-i Inc., of Liberty Lake, he's developed a toy construction system that combines most of them."I was always interested in models, construction sets, RC (radio-controlled) cars, hobby trains, he

Key Tronic raises its guidance

Manufacturer expects higher revenue, earnings

December 10, 2009

Kim Crompton

Key Tronic Corp., a Spokane Valley-based contract manufacturer, has raised its financial guidance for its fiscal 2010 second quarter that ends Dec. 26, citing an upswing in demand and improved operating efficiencies. The company says it now for

GSI launches strategic planning process

Group formed less than three years ago finds itself in different environment today

December 10, 2009

Paul Read and Paul Read

Greater Spokane Incorporated has launched a strategic planning process to help guide the nearly three-year-old organization through challenging economic times and what has become a shifting economic-development landscape."To paraphrase what (new

City OKs Indian Trail subdivision

Big housing developer to dedicate right of way, pay impact fees for roads

December 10, 2009

Mike McLean

City of Spokane Hearing Examiner Greg Smith has approved a preliminary plat request by Spokane developer Harlan Douglass for a 231-unit housing development in the Indian Trail neighborhood on the North Side.The development, called Hunt's is on

Shriners crisis sparks new vigor

Donations shot up after threat of closure; hospital will bill insurers in 2010

December 10, 2009

Paul Read and Paul Read

To say that 2009 has been a challenging year for the Shriners Hospitals for Children-Spokane would be quite an understatement, given that the 85-year-old hospital was on a possible closure list for months before being given a reprieve in July by a

Agwunobi softens tone with clinic

Rockwood executives upbeat about pending alliance with CHS entity

December 10, 2009

Kim Crompton

Providence Health Care CEO Dr. Andy Agwunobi has adopted a more conciliatory tone toward Rockwood Clinic as that big health-care provider moves closer to a proposed sale of its practice to Providence rival Community Health Systems Inc.Rockwood by

Video, music stores rocked by change

Industry upheaval has vendors scrambling to adapt

December 10, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

The landscape of music and video sales and rentals has changed dramatically here, with smaller players dwindling in number and national companies seeking ways to stem losses as formidable competition from Internet ordering and delivery methods of a