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Greater Spokane Incorporated aims to raise area's GPA

Organization devising plan to address weak grades

July 2, 2015

Like a lagging, but motivated student looking to remove the blight of a few bad grades from an otherwise praiseworthy report card, Greater Spokane Incorporated has begun developing recommendations aimed at improving areas of competitive weakness here reve

INB parent to acquire Bank of Fairfield

Transaction valued at about $20.75 million

June 24, 2015

Staff Report

Northwest Bancorporation Inc., the Spokane-based parent of Inland Northwest Bank, has agreed to acquire Fairfield Financial Holdings Corp., which owns Bank of Fairfield, in a transaction valued at about $20.75 million. Based in Fairfield, Wash., a smal

Rental home redeveloper branches into contracting

Kelley Developments eyes external construction jobs

June 18, 2015

Mike McLean

Keith Kelley, a Spokane residential rental property redeveloper, has launched Kelley Developments LLC, a contracting business. Kelley also heads up Kelley Rental Properties LLC, of Spokane, which owns and manages 10 Spokane-area properties. Kelley Devel

Seattle investors buy two multifamily properties

Mortgage broker's office here provided financing

June 18, 2015

Mike McLean

Newmark Realty Capital Inc. has arranged $6.1 million in financing for a Seattle-based real estate investment group's acquisition of two Spokane multifamily rental properties with a total of 148 apartment units, says Demetri Koston, vice president at Ne

Small Business Watch

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June 18, 2015

Staff Report

Regaining lost jobs helps local psyche

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June 18, 2015

Staff Report

One measure of when Spokane County has moved out of the sun-obscuring shadow of the Great Recession will come, at least in a symbolic sense, when it gains back all of the jobs it lost during and shortly after that bleak 19-month economic stretch. It'

Bridging U District, opportunity

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June 18, 2015

Mark Richard

Recent conversations about the advancement of a four-year medical school have helped to inform the public of the importance of our Downtown Spokane University District as a cornerstone to the region's economic future. A 2014 study conducted by res

Spokane YWCA says it served just short of 16K women, children in 2014

Nonprofit helped 2,000 more people than in '13

June 18, 2015

Samantha Peone

The YWCA of Spokane says in a recently released 2014 annual report that it served more than 15,800 people last year, almost all of whom were women and children. It helped about 2,000 people more than 2013, says Regina Malveaux, YWCA of Spokane's CEO.

Updated Michael Building in downtown Spokane fills with tenants

13 of 18 living units taken in 125-year-old structure

June 18, 2015

Spokane's historic downtown Michael Building is more than half occupied with tenants following an extensive recent renovation, says Bob Spooner, of Spokane-based Goodale & Barbieri Co., the leasing and property manager for the structure. Diamond Parkin

EWU institute launches Tri-Cities data tracker

Information could benefit businesses in Spokane

June 18, 2015

Eastern Washington University's Institute for Public Policy and Economic Analysis says it has developed a Web-based data bank for businesses, community leaders, and residents of Benton and Franklin counties, the university says. But Patrick Jones, the