Nicholas Deshais

The windows are covered and work has begun in earnest on downtown Spokane’s Flatstick Pub, a casual craft beer pub with a nine-hole miniature golf course, according to city permit data.

Bryan Harkey plans to open the bar Scofflaw’s Books in downtown Spokane’s American Legion Building in August.

Krueger Sheet Metal is planning to build a manufacturing facility and warehouse in Spokane Valley.

Rockwood Clinic is spending $250,000 to update its MultiCare Neuroscience Institute in north Spokane, according to permits issued by the city.

Pride Prep, Spokane’s first charter school, will embark on a $750,000 expansion, according to city permit data.

A new bakery is coming to downtown Spokane, according to permits issued by the city.

Work has begun to build a cafeteria, common area and classrooms at Spokane’s Lewis and Clark High School.

The Spokane and Kalispel tribes will each receive $500,000 in federal funding to improve housing conditions, build roads or fund other community development projects as part of a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development program that awarded $63 million to 85 Native American communities Tuesday. The program – the Indian Community Development Block Grant Program, or ICDBG – finances projects like housing rehabilitation, land acquisition for housing and helping low- and moderate-income people buy homes. Other area tribal groups that received awards include the Nez Perce Tribe, Yakama Nation Housing Authority and the Salish & Kootenai Housing Authority.

Demolition permits have been issued for two buildings on the north bank of the Spokane River in preparation for construction of a $42 million indoor sports complex.