"Minha casa sua casa" is Portuguese for "my house is your house," and this phrase is the theme of Joana Deus's business here, Casa Brazil LLC.Deus, a native of Brazil, says she opened her shop last August with the intent to bring the culture and
Washington Trust Bank has posted $9.1 million in net income for 2010, up substantially from the $3 million profit it reported the previous year, but still well short of the gains it experienced in 2007 and 2008. Peter Stanton, the bank's and the
Garco Construction Inc., of Spokane, plans to start construction in March on a $35 million, 227,000-square-foot apartment and retail complex in the city of DuPont, Wash., about 17 miles southwest of Tacoma.The project, named The Trax at DuPont,
The Spokane Regional Transportation Council plans to begin searching for an executive director soon, and it's unclear whether SRTC's longtime leader Glenn Miles will remain with the organization beyond April.Gary Schimmels, chairman of SRTC's of
Global Future Energy Holdings Inc., a company affiliated with Dutch energy-technology firm Advanced Green Energy Alliance Holding, formed a U.S. subsidiary and opened its first U.S. distribution center earlier this month in Spokane Valley. The a
Command Center Inc., a Post Falls-based temporary staffing company with 51 offices in 22 states, posted a sharp gain in revenues last yeardriven heavily by employers' reluctance to hire more permanent workersand says it will be seeking
Specialty boutiques in downtown Spokane were able to come out of the recession mostly unscathed, and some even say they've fared quite well over the last few years, despite drops in consumer spending.Some downtown shop owners say they believe is
The Spokane Public Facilities District board was to receive a final detailed report this week on plans for an estimated $60 million to $70 million expansion of the Spokane Convention Center, which the district expects to put before voters next for
A company formed by an accounting firm and a financial planning company here has bought a 5,100-square-foot former church building at 711 W. Indiana on Spokane's North Side, and the two businesses plan to move into the two-story structure.The &
Ergami LLC, a small Liberty Lake, Wash.-based e-commerce company, has launched a website, Shelfwire.com, to offer wire-shelf storage units that can be custom designed online.Ergami President Joe Felice contends the site's online design called is