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Canopy Credit Union to host Ladder Coffee

Restaurants & Retail
December 5, 2019
Kevin Blocker
Canopy Credit Union will open a 1,200-square-foot Ladder Coffee Roasters store this month in its Spokane Valley branch, at 13105 E. Sprague. Canopy opened the 3,600-square-foot branch in September with an open floor plan and room for an eventual partner.
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Lil' Sumthin Saloon to open in downtown Spokane

Restaurants & Retail
December 5, 2019
Kevin Blocker
When you move to Spokane from Fort Worth, Texas it's only fitting to bring a little taste of home to the saloon you plan to open.
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Magnolia American restaurant planned in new Hotel Indigo downtown

Restaurants & Retail
December 5, 2019
Kevin Blocker
Patrick McLaughlin, the former food and beverage manager at the Davenport Hotel, says he's developing what is scheduled to be the Magnolia American Brasserie restaurant on the first floor of Hotel Indigo, in downtown Spokane.
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Office furniture retailer One Workplace acquires OpenSpace

OpenSquare in Spokane poised to grow in 2020
December 5, 2019
Kevin Blocker
A Northern California-based commercial office furniture dealership has purchased a competitor with offices in Spokane and Seattle. One Workplace, of Santa Clara, California, has acquired OpenSquare at 126 S. Sheridan in Spokane, and OpenSquare's
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Financial Trex targets Generation X, millennial clients

Fee-only planner draws younger investor interest
December 5, 2019
Kevin Blocker
Though it wasn't her intention at the start, a Spokane-based financial planner says her young firm has found a niche among younger generations of people in need of financial expertise.
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Providence hospitals, INHS work to fill CNA void

Eight training cohorts planned for coming year
December 5, 2019
Kevin Blocker
Faced with a shortage of certified nursing assistants, Providence hospitals in Spokane have created a program they think will satisfy their demand.
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Shock to the system: Arena football's return to Spokane

Proponents of revived team expect economic impact
December 5, 2019
Kevin Blocker
Former Seattle Seahawks defensive lineman Sam Adams says he plans for more than football once the Spokane Shock starts its season in March in the Indoor Football League. On Thanksgiving Day, the franchise's majority owner spent most of his day
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Developer plans apartments new North Central High School

Another North Side project is under consideration
November 21, 2019
Kevin Blocker
The city of Spokane has approved plans for an apartment complex just north of downtown, near North Central High School. Spokane-based Barnham Group plans to develop the 24-unit Wall Street Apartments complex on a vacant lot at 1405 N. Wall
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Spokane Organizing Solutions gears up

Restaurants & Retail
November 21, 2019
Kevin Blocker
Born into a family of self-declared 'stashers,” Spokane entrepreneur Kara Dixon says understanding that she needed to get her possessions better organized led her to found Spokane Organizing Solutions Inc., a company dedicated
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Famous Joe's Vendor Emporium opens in Spokane Valley

Restaurants & Retail
November 21, 2019
Kevin Blocker
Sally Guthrie, a co-owner of Famous Joe's Vendor Emporium, says the goal she shares with her business partners ultimately is to fill the 12,000 square feet of space Famous Joe's is leasing at 9126 E. Sprague, in Spokane Valley.
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