Spokane economist Vange Ocasio Hochheimer has been appointed to the Washington state Department of Commerce Community Economic Revitalization Board. Her three-year volunteer term began Sept. 3.

Berg Manufacturing Inc., which does business as Berg Cos., the Spokane Valley-based manufacturer of remote camp shelter products, has been acquired by HDT Global Inc.

The East Central Community Center is adding space to its building to serve an Early Head Start program. Carolina Lopez, executive assistant at the Martin Luther King Family Outreach Center, which operates the community center, says work to renovate three

Union Gospel Mission Association of Spokane plans to expand its thrift store operations by adding two new outlets in the next few years. Dean Bitz, director of operations for the nonprofit, says the projects are still in the early planning stages, but

A 60-bed memory care facility is planned for Spokane's North Side, says Kelley Smith, CarePartners Management Group LLC vice president of sales and marketing. Spokane Special Care Community, owned and operated by Mercer Island, Washington-based