After a 40-year career as an architect and 22 years into his retirement, Ron Sims, former principal of ALSC Architects PS, says he's satisfied with the contributions he's made to commercial, educational, and government projects in the Spokane

The Spokane office of Seattle-based engineering company Parametrix Inc. is receiving more work than its staff here can handle and is having to share some of that work with its other offices. Roger Flint, chief operating officer at Parametrix, is based

Matthew and Julie Collins, principals of quickly growing Spokane architecture company Uptic Studios Inc., are starting a new interior design company. And soon, Uptic plans to move to a larger location and expand its team of architects and designers.

According to Giving USA, Americans contributed $466.23 billion to U.S. charities in 2021, and 67% of that-$326.87 billion-was given by individuals, not corporations.

Marvo Reguindin, executive director of multiethnic business and professional association known as AHANA, says a recent $1 million grant from Spokane County will help the organization expand its space, staff, and service capacities. The grant comes on the

Nonprofit organizations that grant wishes to critically and terminally ill children here say that many wishes have become more expensive in the past two years, during which time a backlog of ungranted wishes grew. Hugh Severs, executive director of

Nonprofit leaders here say that they expect individual donors will have less to give due to higher inflation and growing living expenses in the upcoming giving season, but they're also prepared to overcome potential budget shortfalls with lessons

Two Spokane-area auto dealers say they're prepared to remain family owned for generations to come, despite current challenges in the auto industry and a growing volume of dealership acquisitions here and nationwide.

Fig. 1 Patents PLLC, a patent preparation law firm established in 2020, is growing quickly, with a projected annual revenue growth of 20% this year, says Patrick Walsh, co-founder of the firm. Located in the historic Cold Storage Warehouse building at

Lukins & Annis PS, one of the largest law firms in the Inland Northwest, has been working on the firm's culture and diversity as its staff trends younger, says president and principal Mike Maurer. 'We have a program where we hire law students between