Our earlier story this week on iCPooch, a Spokane startup initiated by 13-year-old Brooke Martin, drew a good deal of interest. We just spotted the Kickstarter campaign page where Brooke and her father, Crhis Martin, are seeking $70,000 to help get the company off the…
The husband-wife owners of Berg's Shoes, one of downtown Spokane’s longest-surviving retail stores, announced they’ve closed the business. Beth and Alex McCauley recently posted a note on the store’s door announcing the closure. In 2010 the McCauleys bought the business from Chris Berg, the grandson…
You can find all sorts of available commercial properties for sale in the downtown Spokane core. Go to http://www.commercialmls.com/ and search just the 99201 zipcode and you'll find about 40 listings. Two that caught our eye were already well-known: the downtown Masonic Temple at 1108…
Here is a raw video taken last week at Spokane's Wilbert Precast plant in northeast Spokane. Worker Steve Gregorson is removing one of the 140 concrete dolos being made in the plant. They're 1,600 pounds each, and are shipped to Pierce County to be used…
View Larger MapDriving Directions Spokane-based Banner Bank today has completed the purchase of an AmericanWest Bank branch in Liberty Lake. The branch is at 1221 N. Liberty Lake Road and its current staff of four will join the Banner group, a press release noted. As…
Spokane ecommerce company Etailz — formerly known as Green Cupboards — is listed No. 128 on Inc. magazine’s list of the 500 fastest-growing U.S. private companies. It’s the only Spokane firm on that list. Eight other Washington companies were in the top 500, an annual…
Tuesday's main business story in the SR was the announcement that Rich Hadley, CEO of Greater Spokane Incorporated, was stepping down in April. That will mark a 20 year career at the helm of the region's largest chamber organization. How large? Well, it was 1,400…
Washington state regulators fined Frontier Communications Northwest Inc. (DBA Frontier) for overcharging customers for returned checks. Washington's Utilities and Transportation Commission found Frontier committed 414 violations of the state’s consumer protection rules and penalized the company $41,400 for improperly charging customers a higher fee than…
Clear Chiropractic has opened a new clinic at 2503 E. 27th Ave. on Spokane’s South Hill. The business will have an open house Monday from 5 to 7 p.m. This will be the first Clear clinic in Eastern Washington, a release said. The company has…
Kootenai County’s jobless rate fell a fraction in July while Idaho’s statewide unemployment rate inched upward during that period. Kootenai County’s rate dropped from 7.5 percent to 7.4 percent; the statewide increase was from 6.4 percent to 6.6 percent, according to Idaho’s Department of Labor.…
The Greater Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce is setting a Friday morning breakfast topic on the minds of a lot of people Namely, how frienldy wil the Valley be to new businesses who will want to grown and legally sell marijuana? The featured speaker is…
Should you want to dive into the actual agreements signed by the Spokane Public Facilities District with the Walt Worthy company that intends to build a large downtown convention center hotel, here is the link. Look down near the bottom of that page. The major…
Matt Goodwin will open a new cocktail bar in the Peyton Building later this fall, calling the business the Volstead Act. The cocktail bar will move into the former Fraiche Contemporary French location, at 12 N. Post St. Goodwin said he hopes to open in…
Sterling Financial Corporation and its subsidiary, Sterling Savings Bank, announced on Monday the rebranding of its two California banks under the name Argent Bank. The name applies to Sonoma Bank and Borrego Springs Bank, the two banking systems Sterling has acquired in California. It will…
View Larger Map Business partners Judy Rozier and Sally Winfrey are about to open their second Sweet Frostings bake shop, in the Wandermere Shopping Center at 12501 N. Division. They opened their first cupcake-cake-truffles-cookies shop in November 2011 in downtown Spokane. Business is so good…
Tuesday's SR story about the mural taken off the wall of the former Bulldog tavern can be founder here: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/aug/06/iconic-mural-in-need-of-wall/ Maybe lost in the story was the sidebar link to a cool website focusing on the mural: Loganmural.com. Spokane resident and webmaster Mike Thompson created…
One of the few remaining Spokane stores to sell hard-to-find eight-track tapes, among other items, plans to close its doors this month. Righteous Rags & Records, a used clothing and second hand music store, will close by Aug. 31, said business owner Doug MacKenzie. He's…
Spokane's downtown Ciao Mambo restaurant, 818 W. Riverside, is saying arrivederci, and plans to morph into a MacKenzie River Pizza operation. The restaurant opened its doors in March 2011. It closed on July 30. Plans for the transition are being reviewed by parent company Glacier…
The Spokesman-Review business team follows economic development in Spokane and the Inland Northwest.
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