Evan Armstrong, a Spokane restaurateur who some say introduced Mexican fast food and full-service restaurants to Spokane, is being remembered by those who worked around him as a fun, daring, generous, and grateful boss and entrepreneur.
After persistent declines in earnings in recent years for Coeur Mining Inc., the former Idaho company is optimistic that it's poised for a rebound in performance.
When the Journal last reported on Coeur, formerly Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp., the
Steve Judy, once known as the Boy Mayor of Coeur d'Alene, says he sometimes misses the Lake City, but has never regretted the decision he and his wife, Michelle, made to pack up their family and move to southern Idaho in the fall of 2003 to be closer to
Following a spate of highly touted developments, Spokane's University District Development Association is making plans on several levels for what might come next, says Juliet Sinisterra, the organization's CEO.
Forward-looking concepts under
Nearly a year ago, Todd Coleman left the West Plains public development authority known as S3R3 Solutions to work full-time on a new business.
Now, he says the Deer Park-based excavation business, which he co-owns and manages with Mathew Miller, has
Zenbivy LLC, which produces a line of camping and backpacking beds, is growing faster than anticipated, says Spokane entrepreneur Michael Glavin, the company founder.
Glavin says Zenbivy will more than double its sales this year, with revenue expected
Kunal Chopra, former CEO of Spokane-Valley based e-commerce company Kaspien Holdings Inc., having been back in Seattle for over a year, is now at the helm of a new startup called PawCare.
'I wanted to return to my entrepreneurial roots and build a
While geneticist Lisa Shaffer considers herself semi-retired after selling two highly successful Spokane companies in which she was a founding principal, she still has several interests that she says keep her active enough.
With a recent surge in sales, a Spokane couple believes as strongly as ever that their electric flosser is the next big gum changer when it comes to oral health.
Since the Journal reported on Dr. Danny and Brynn Snyder and their startup company Slate