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Spokane offers construction pre-apprenticeship programs

Program aims to assist underrepresented groups
August 29, 2019
Virginia Thomas
The city of Spokane has launched a grant program aimed at providing training to prepare more women, minorities, and veterans for careers in the construction industry. Jason Sandobal, contract compliance and business standards officer
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Coeur d'Alene considers changes to downtown parking fee structure

City looks to outsource management of its lots
August 29, 2019
Virginia Thomas
The city of Coeur d'Alene is considering changes to its parking fee structure for the McEuen Park and Memorial Field parking lots near the city's central business district.
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—Kevin Blocker

One year later, Monroe Corridor road diet draws mixed sentiments

Some say business is up; others decry congestion
August 29, 2019
Kevin Blocker
A year after the North Monroe Corridor road diet, some business owners along the slimmed-down thoroughfare in North Spokane say they're thriving. Many of the project's original skeptics, however, say the project has increased congestion
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Group led by Bobby Brett, Chris Batten buys Normandie Complex

Plans call for mixed uses on former city fleet parcel
August 29, 2019
Kevin Blocker
Seeing an 'opportunity to do something special,” Spokane developer Chris Batten says he, Bobby Brett, and a few others have purchased the 5½-acre Normandie Complex from the city of Spokane.
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U District receives federal brownfield sites grant

Dozen properties slated for evaluations soon
August 15, 2019
Virginia Thomas
The University District is poised to begin evaluation of potential revitalization efforts at 12 properties with a $600,000 grant the neighborhood recently received from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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Natasha Nellis

Spokane County diversifies investments

Treasurer's office invests in corporate securities under Baumgartner
August 15, 2019
Natasha Nellis
The Spokane County Treasurer's Office is shaking up its investment portfolio with its first foray into corporate and international bonds in a strategic move to diversify the Spokane Public Investment Pool.
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Gavin Cooley

Seachange at Spokane's City Hall

CFO Cooley to retire around turn of the year
August 15, 2019
Kevin Blocker
City of Spokane officials and its chief financial officer, Gavin Cooley, have some things to consider in the coming months. Cooley, 61, will think about what to do after he retires at late this year or early in 2020
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Spokane weighs impact fee adjustments by district

Planning board mulls adding up to $1K per trip
August 1, 2019
Natasha Nellis
The city of Spokane is exploring a change to its impact fees code that has the potential to add or save thousands of dollars for developers, depending on which district they're building in.
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Mike McLean

Spokane contractors want to boost job-filling programs

Construction industry anticipates shortage of workers to intensify
July 18, 2019
Mike McLean
The top executive for national construction trade group Associated General Contractors of America visited Spokane early this month not only to tout the strong construction market here, but to promote AGC's initiative calling for more training programs
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Proposed salary, overtime changes worry Spokane nonprofits

Organizations weigh their options for compliance
July 18, 2019
Virginia Thomas
Executives of some Spokane-based nonprofit organizations say they're concerned about the impacts of proposed Washington state rules that would raise steeply the salary threshold for employee overtime pay.
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