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A promising fore-cast for Spokane's golf season

Unsettled weather hasn't put damper on demand for golf

April 13, 2023

Despite late openings at Spokane-area golf courses, managers are expecting an uptick, compared to last year when courses closed early.

Collaboration leads pair to form Spokane design firm

Duo takes control of careers with founding of Mint Interiors Studio

March 30, 2023

Erica Bullock

Fifteen months ago, two Spokane women, Aileen Link and Hannah Mackin, launched Mint Interiors Studio LLC to take their interior design careers into their own hands. The opening of their Spokane-based interior design studio, which does business as Mint

Trauma-informed design guides Excelsior project

Space-creating concepts aim to promote well-being

March 30, 2023

Karina Elias

Spokane-based nonprofit Excelsior Wellness Center LLC has started the first of three phases of renovations at its campus with a focus on integrating trauma-informed design, an emerging concept within architectural design.

Efficient By Design: Contract Design Associates lands downtown

Move provides central setting, better space for work, display

March 30, 2023

Samantha Peone

Spokane-based Contract Design Associates Inc., a 43-year-old commercial furniture dealership, has relocated recently into a 16,000-square-foot space in the former Spokesman-Review production building, at 1 N. Monroe downtown.

Big Table expands hospitality worker outreach

Spokane-based nonprofit aims to grow presence to 10 cities by 2029

March 2, 2023

Karina Elias

Spokane-based nonprofit Big Table has grown steadily and is opening a fourth location next month. Launched in Spokane in 2009, Big Table was formed to assist workers in the hospitality and restaurant industry with struggles, including housing stability

Commellini Estate aims to enhance al fresco experiences

Historic family-owned venue envisioned to host more public occasions

March 2, 2023

Virginia Thomas

Commellini Estate Venue & Event Restaurant has a historical past that its owners, relatives of the original founders, say they hope to build on as they plan to increase public events at the wedding and event venue.

Convention bookings expected to rebound by 2025

Current activity levels off last year's pace, but outlook is stable

March 2, 2023

Maureen Dodroe

It's been three years since COVID turned the tourism and hospitality industry upside down. That's about 1,100 days of heartbreak, uncertainty, loss, rebuilding, and success. Coming out of the pandemic, we knew it would take three to five years for

Sustainable Stays: Some INW hoteliers focus on green practices

Consumers seek out eco-friendly facilities, contribute to strategies

March 2, 2023

Erica Bullock

Hotel companies are pursuing ways to reduce the environmental impacts of their lodging facilities through property upgrades, energy tracking, and flexible environmental policies that are spurred by consumer demand, and financial and energy savings

Two-day program set for veteran entrepreneurs

ReBoot Spokane training scheduled March 21-22 at Carl Maxey Center

February 16, 2023

Steve Watts-Oelrich

A free entrepreneurship training course for veterans will be offered March 21-22, in Spokane, by Business Impact NW, in partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration and its Region X Veteran's Business Outreach Center.

Entrepreneurial couple move young ventures to Spokane

Millers lead personal-finance platform; home-school book service from South Hill home following move from West Side

February 16, 2023

Erica Bullock

Husband-and-wife entrepreneurs Devin and Rebecca Miller have made a new home in Spokane to both raise their family and grow their businesses and professional careers after moving from Western Washington in April.