A long-vacant commercial space adjoining the 11-story Ridpath Club Apartments is being overhauled to fill a void left by another retail establishment that closed in the downtown core in the past year.
Shortly after the general election earlier this month, the Journal of Business hosted Spokane Police Chief Kevin Hall for its most recent Elevating The Conversation podcast.
Randall Fewel, former president and CEO of Inland Northwest Bank, remains in touch with some of his one-time counterparts in the banking industry, but he’s really enjoying being out of the business
The historic Wharton Building is undergoing major renovations, and its ownership group is taking advantage of tax incentive programs to make it happen.
A 1-acre property on Spokane's South Hill is under consideration for the development of two proposed projects that would lead to the construction of either an office building or a multifamily housing complex.
Loran Graham Co. has experienced significant growth of its managed assets and volume of clients since the company's founding in 2008, due to a growing acceptance of faith-based investing.
While the accounting industry faces an employee-pipeline crisis, Kemper Rojas, managing partner at Fruci & Associates PS, says the Spokane-based accounting firm has been engaging strategies focused on talent retention and recruitment.
The development of the Excelsior Wellness Intergenerational Living Community project is making progress with newly updated design plans, financing, and other supportive partnerships now in place.
Gonzaga University Public Health chair Robin Pickering writes that several strategies can be employed by professional women to reduce feelings of isolation and foster greater well-being.
At Morrison-Maierle, we approach building design with the end user in mind. One way our structural, mechanical, and electrical engineers accomplish this is by adopting the three-legged stool model. This analogy is a great guide for designing permittable, constructable, and maintainable projects and provides our clients in Spokane and throughout the northwest with buildings geared toward the end user.
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, our region faced a critical challenge: how to rebuild and revitalize our economy. The answer may lie in an often-overlooked sector that's both the heart of our community and a powerful economic engine – the creative economy.
I am sometimes asked how the Journal of Business got its start. The answer is the kind you can’t exactly provide in an elevator speech. But I was there, so if you have a few minutes, let me tell you the story. It’s a yarn I’ve written in various ways for past anniversaries of this cherished newspaper, so my apologies if you’ve heard the punchlines before. It’s also a story of how a new publication beat the odds to survive in a difficult industry, and one that became even more challenging years later.