Chey Scott

Bids roll in for $3.4 million worth of city street projects

Red Diamond Construction makes lowest offers on two road jobs in East Spokane

May 24, 2012

Road construction projects here are starting to ramp up as warmer weather returns, and the city of Spokane's engineering department has opened competitive bids for a handful of street rehabilitation projects that are expected to start later this of

County starts two big jobs located north of Spokane

$3.7 million total cost to replace bridge, rehab piece of north Mill Road

May 24, 2012

Chey Scott

Spokane County's division of engineering and roads recently began work on two projects located north of the Spokane city limits that together are valued at roughly $3.7 million.Senior county engineer Bob Brueggeman says the county has awarded a

Douglass to build 24-unit apartment building here

Project to be located near three other complexes he owns in North Spokane

May 24, 2012

Chey Scott

Spokane developer Harlan Douglass has filed plans with the city of Spokane for a new 24-unit apartment building on Spokane's North Side, near three other residential complexes he owns there.A commercial building permit on file with the city the

Tech firm consolidates ownership

My Custom IT leases bigger space, says client base more than tripled

May 24, 2012

Chey Scott

My Custom IT, a young software development and information technology venture based here, has undergone an ownership consolidation and has moved into a larger office space to accommodate its growing staff. Cameron Barclift, sales and marketing a

Bozzis buy Chocolate Apothecary

Chocolate Apothecary set to change hands June 1, stay in Flour Mill space

May 24, 2012

Chey Scott

Spokane businessman Vincent Bozzi and his wife, Emily Bozzi, have bought the assets of Chocolate Apothecary LLC, a 7-year-old gourmet chocolate business here. The purchase is scheduled to be completed June 1.Vincent Bozzi, who also owns with his

Whitworth, UW start business certificate program downtown

Whitworth hosts courses for small, established ventures

May 24, 2012

Chey Scott

Starting next month, Whitworth University, in partnership with the University of Washington and the Eastern Washington Procurement Technical Assistance Center, will offer a new business certificate program downtown that's targeted at owners or of a

Damon orthodontist family sees success with own system

Method used worldwide; creator's son says more adults opt to fix smiles

May 10, 2012

Chey Scott

A Spokane family of orthodontists says it's seeing success both here and around the world with a form of orthodontic treatments it has developed and promoted over about the last 15 years.Dr. Paul Damon says his father, Dr. Dwight Damon, designed

Stretch of Sprague to get $2.5 million in upgrades

Poe Asphalt Paving lands contract to repave mile section of Valley arterial

May 10, 2012

Chey Scott

The city of Spokane Valley has awarded a roughly $2.5 million contract to Poe Asphalt Paving Inc., of Lewiston, Idaho, to rehabilitate a one-mile stretch of Sprague Avenue between Evergreen and Sullivan roads.Work is expected to begin later this

Barton Auto to develop new North Spokane dealership

Longtime company here also will soon debut Fiat brand

May 10, 2012

Chey Scott

Spokane-based Barton Auto Dealerships Inc., a longtime family business with a presence here since the 1920s, says it plans to develop a new showroom on Spokane's North Side and also soon will add the Fiat brand at its downtown dealership.Company

From lessons to luthier

May 10, 2012

Chey Scott

Marc Daniels estimates that he puts more than 100 hours of work into each of the hand-crafted, custom-made electric and acoustic guitars he builds at his Cheney woodshop. Daniels owns and is the sole creative force behind MD Guitars, a venture I