In response to local trends emphasizing sustainable green practices, such as regional farm food security, public access to nutritious fresh produce, healthier eating lifestyles and community building, farmers' and hybrid 'green†public markets here
5 percent increase seen over first half of the year
September 10, 2015
Taxable retail sales throughout Spokane County increased 5 percent through the first half of this year, compared with the year-earlier period, county budget and finance office statistics show.
Through the first six months of 2015, Spokane County had just
A nonprofit group here called The Spokane Eastside Reunion Association (SERA) is working on opening a soul food restaurant in the former Flipper's Ice Cream building at 3029 E. Fifth in the East Central neighborhood.
The 1,500-square-foot space, which
Five projects are planned or underway at River Park Square, the downtown mall located at 808 W. Main.
Bryn West, River Park Square's general manager says that AMC Theatres, the Leawood, Kan.-based theater chain, is set to begin a floor-by-floor remode
A development group that acquired the historic Globe Hotel building last fall expects to complete a thorough renovation and restoration project there and welcome new commercial tenants on the second and third floors of the three-story building in coming w
Pawn 1 Inc., the Spokane-based pawnshop chain, has big growth plans, including moving its corporate offices downtown next month and opening three new stores to bring its total store count to 19 by spring, says Mark Lax, the company's president and major
Apollo Spas, a Spokane-born hot tub and spa equipment manufacturer and retailer, is moving its former North Side operations to larger quarters near Interstate 90 this weekend and also plans to consolidate its longtime Spokane Valley operations there by ea
A team of Coeur d'Alene-area entrepreneurs led by Erik Hayton has launched Wedding Nook Inc., an online clearinghouse for planning weddings.
Wedding Nook's website enables anyone planning a wedding to enter a budget, select desired services, and mark
General Growth Properties Inc., the Chicago-based company that owns and operates NorthTown Mall and Spokane Valley Mall here, has reported a marked increase in second-quarter earnings compared with the year-earlier period.
The company posted second-quar
Developer Mike Craven says he recently bought the Genesee Block building at 819 W. Riverside in downtown Spokane and plans to rehabilitate the two-story, 8,400-square-foot structure, but hasn't finalized any details for the renovation.
Craven says he f