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—Kevin Blocker

Young restaurateurs cook up a fresh dining scene

New generation of owners find their niche, expand Spokane's dining options
With six years of college, four different majors, and no degree earned, Matt Goodwin still had no idea what he wanted to do for a living as he started bartending at Fast Eddie's Bar & Grill in 2000.
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Greater Spokane Incorporated aims to raise area's GPA

Organization devising plan to address weak grades
Kim Crompton
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
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INB parent to acquire Bank of Fairfield

Transaction valued at about $20.75 million
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
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Rental home redeveloper branches into contracting

Kelley Developments eyes external construction jobs
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
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Seattle investors buy two multifamily properties

Mortgage broker's office here provided financing
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
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Regaining lost jobs helps local psyche

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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'
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Bridging U District, opportunity

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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
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—Kevin Blocker

Updated Michael Building in downtown Spokane fills with tenants

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