A 2-acre parking lot on the southwest corner of the former Costco Wholesale Corp. property along North Division Street is the site of a proposed $18.5 million assisted living facility, according to documents filed with the city of Spokane.

Collaboration between entrepreneurs, businesses, universities, and government agencies is fundamental to creating and attracting startup companies. Prioritizing the formation of new businesses is essential to economic growth as startups account for the

Five years after quietly moving its corporate headquarters to Denver and divesting of its Spokane properties, Red Lion Hotels Corp.'s franchise platform is being hailed as the engine through which its new owner intends to continue growing. Red Lion

Ben Small, longtime superintendent at Central Valley School District, will join the Innovia Foundation as executive director of a new program, LaunchNW, when he retires from CVSD at the end of the school year.

Women Helping Women Fund has transformed its model to a collective-giving community, a model the organization says gives more power to its donor members.

Jan St. George has decided to retire after 17 years of working, managing, and ultimately owning and operating the Whiz Kids toy store located on the third floor of River Park Square Mall. She recently turned 63 years old.

Kootenai Humane Society is constructing a new $8 million, 20,000-square-foot facility at 10276 N. Atlas Road, in Hayden. Construction began in November at the 10-acre site just west of the Coeur d'Alene Airport, says Vicky Nelson

Coeur d'Alene Window Co. is growing quickly as it expands into new markets, say brothers Mark and Mike McVay, the president and director of sales, respectively, of the Spokane-based window manufacturer.