Jim Sheehan has already created a major upgrade to the east side of downtown Spokane. He helped launch the Main Market Co-op, runs the Community Building and its neighbor, the Saranac Public House. We featured Sheehan's latest project, the Saranac Commons, on today's SR front…
Let's keep rolling on the topic of rideshare services, which just arrived in these parts. See last's week's story here. The issue is going to be tossed into the laps of local officials who need to study the issue and decide if regulation is needed,…
Last week's story on the arrival of rideshare companies Lyft and Uber to the Spokane area generated more than 85 comments. They covered both sides of the street and identified the chief concerns: should they be regulated, are they well-run businesses, and what good they're…
Today's little tech story, on A1, featured Providence Health and its growing use of remote video interpreting. In the course of reporting we found out the difference between translation and interpretation, as applied to language conversions. The distinction is new to us; Interpretation involves converting…
Is it just us, but is there a run on out-of-area companies buying out local firms? Seems to be an active trend. The latest: Barnhart Crane & Rigging has acquired longtime Spokane company Hite Crane and Rigging. Terms of the deal were not announced. The…
What are the biggest areas of the Spokane economy in terms of retail spending? Let's take a look, compliments of the city's chief financial officer, Gavin Cooley. Today's news story, about how much area cities and counties rebounded in retail sales last year, noted that…
Since last Friday, a lot of people are suddenly aware of SGL, the German company that has a large carbon-fiber production site in Moses Lake. That's when state officials and company execs gathered in Moses Lake to announce a major expansion of one of Eastern…
Today's tech story on Spokesman.com is about the Pullman-based company 3D-4U, developing a form of interactive viewing that its inventors hope catches on. This technology has been used during two seasons of Cougar games at Martin Stadium on the Washington State University campus. What happens…
Every once in a while Office Hours will call attention to the passing of someone whose significance goes way above-average. That is why we're posting a short note on the recent death of economist-sociologist Gary Becker, 83, who died this week in Chicago. He won…
Ron Reed's ongoing effort to change the way the economic game is played resumes this week. The owner of Spokane firm PacifiCAD is bringing to town Seattle entrepreneur Nick Hanauer to be the keynoter at a symposium running fromn 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at…
To register for the Re:Source workshops, visit www.sustaininw.org/ programs/resource-synergy-network Great idea for area manufacturers: a materials exchange network. Here's today's business section story: A coalition of sustainable industry advocates and manufacturers are forming the area’s first materials exchange network. The effort is labeled RE:Source, the…
View Larger MapDriving Directions The city of Spokane has begun construction of its $14 million combined Solid Waste Management & Fleet maintenance facility, known as the Nelson Service Center, at 915 N. Nelson. The center will allow the city to convert solid waste trucks to…
AAA of Spokane moved into its new offices today. It's taking over the building at 1314 S. Grand Blvd., on Spokane’s South Hill. The travel company is taking over the vacant space last used by Savory. It will open doors for business on Monday, after…
Greater Spokane Incorporated President and CEO Rich Hadley is about to do his 20th, and final, GSI D.C. fly-in. More details in this Saturday SR.com story. Anyone who spends time around Hadley realizes he is, in fact, a marathon runner. He will keep going, keep…
It is a notable event, the sale of the iconic (not always aesthetically pleasing) Park Tower Apartments, across the street from the DoubleTree Hotel and the Convention Center. Today's story explained the reasons for the sale to California Commercial Investments by the previous owner, The…
Today's metro section had a business story on the new Women's Business Center being run by SNAP at the East Central Community Center, 500 S. Stone. Here's a part of it: Heather Riviere is a month away from starting her first real business, a mobile…
If you like downtown Spokane history, you have to feel good about the renovations going into the former Germond Building, at the corner of Lincoln and Sprague Avenue. The owners, Diamond Parking, have committed several million dollars into turning the building into high-end apartments plus…
A Sagle couple are hoping to land a substantial federal grant to help develop a pioneer project using smart highway technology. SR reporter Scott Maben covered the latest developments in a recent story. Scott and Julie Brusaw are the Sagle-based developers of a system to…
While some may lament the loss of another company headquarters in the merger of Umpqua and Sterling banks, the good news is the new bank combines Sterling's solid lineup of strong departments with a bank widely considered an innovator in the financial services area. Saturday's…
Moody’s Investor Services has upgraded the city of Spokane Valley’s bond rating to Aa3. “The upgrade … reflects the city's low debt burden, sizeable tax base which is expected to expand into the medium-term, and healthy financial performance, which is maintained through strong management practices,”…
Most people know that Microsoft shut down product support for individual users of Windows XP. But it still offers custom product support for companies that want to maintain that operating system. ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley summarizes how that works in this article. The article noted…
More ideas for people with new business ideas. There's an entrepreneurial panel on Wednesday April 16 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the ShareSpace Spokane office on the third floor of Steam Plant. It's free. It features Brandon Foote, founder and CEO of OnPoint Imaging;…
Katie Neal and Paige Bernier are getting set to earn their Gonzaga engineering degrees this spring. But they found time last weekend to be one of three winning teams during the Startup Weekend Spokane competition. Thirty three ideas were pitched and 11 teams moved on…
News alert: No one offered to buy the domain Spokane.com in a recent online auction. No bids came in. The owner set starting bids at $125,000, hoping to hit a reserve price of $250,000. That's apparently too high. No one made a single bid, said…
Here's a condensed version of tomorrow's story, about the visit by economist Justin Wolfers to Gonzaga University's econ symposium. Rich people are happier than poor people, not just according to popular opinion. Wolfers has spent the past several years examining studies that support that claim,…
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