Downtown Group Will Hold Annual Meeting, Board Election
The Parking and Business Improvement Area, encompassing 1,150 downtown Spokane property owners and businesses, will meet at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday for its first annual meeting and election of a ratepayer board.
The 21-member board governs the PBIA, preparing the budget and developing an annual program.
The PBIA, which is managed by the Downtown Spokane Partnership, was dealt a setback earlier this month when the City Council delayed issuing assessments that would net the PBIA $672,000 to improve safety, cleanliness and the downtown shopping environment. Officials plan to hold a public hearing while they consider legal questions about the city’s authority to collect the fees.
PBIA members will meet in the Empire Ballroom of the West Coast Ridpath Hotel, 515 W. Sprague. Call 456-0580 for more information.
In other events this week:
Today
The USDA’s Farm Service Agency state office begins a three-day orientation in the Red Lion City Center of elected county committee members who oversee federal farm programs.
Center for Farm Health and Safety at Eastern Washington University holds workshop on coping with farm stress at 8:30 a.m. in the WestCoast Ridpath Hotel. Call 359-7995.
Tuesday
Northwest Agricultural Show opens at the Portland Exposition Center, continuing through Thursday. Admission: $5.
ISO 9000 seminar on documentation begins at 8 a.m. at the Training and Education Coordinating Center, 3939 N. Freya, continuing Wednesday. Cost: $400. Call 533-4725.
Soil Biology Conference opens at 8 a.m. in TRAC in Pasco, with Oregon State University associate professor of soil ecology Elaine Ingham. Conference repeats Wednesday in Moses Lake. Call 1-800-230-3163.
Wednesday
Conference Board releases December Leading Economic Indicators.
Ford Motor Co. announces fourth-quarter and 1995 earnings.
Thursday
U.S. Department of Labor releases consumer price index and consumer price index for December.
National Association of Purchasing Management in New York releases monthly report on manufacturing.
Commerce releases December construction spending.
Friday
Hispanic Business and Professional Association meets at 11:30 a.m. at Cavanaugh’s on Fourth.
Eastman Kodak Co. unveils new camera-and-film system it developed with Fuji and three Japanese camera makers.
Labor Department releases national unemployment figures for January.
Commerce Department releases December factory orders.
, DataTimes ILLUSTRATION: Graphic: Sales tax receipts
MEMO: This sidebar appeared with the story: ON THE SHELF Business Week, Jan. 29: The magazine says only two of six freshman Republican U.S. representatives from Washington state face a safe re-election campaign.
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Work and play In the United States, the traditional workweek is 40 hours and most companies offer a minimum of two weeks vacation to their employees with the least experience. Here’s how that compares with some other countries: Chile: 48-hour workweek, three weeks vacation. Kenya: 44-hour workweek, 21 days vacation. Japan: 44-hour workweek, vacation varies. France: 39-hour workweek, five weeks vacation. Denmark: 37.5-workweek, five weeks vacation. Germany: 35-hour workweek, six weeks vacation.