By Gary Ballew, CEcDVP of Economic Development, Greater Spokane Inc. May 9 – 13 is Economic Development week. Economic Development is at the core of the health and well-being and quality of life for people everywhere. When people ask me what I do, I tell them I’m an economic developer. What does an economic developer […]
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(SPOKANE, Wash.) – Greater Spokane Inc. has announced the confirmation of Katrina Rogers as the founding Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Evergreen Bioscience Innovation Cluster. Katrina is a change expert with more than 25 years of experience in the discovery, development, and manufacture of medicines and related technology. She brings expertise in planning and strategy, operations and
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GSI and Partners Invite the Greater Spokane Community to Comment on theSpokane Region’s Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (SPOKANE, Wash.) – Greater Spokane Inc. (GSI) and community partners invite the greater Spokane community to comment on THRIVE Spokane, the Spokane region’s Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS). THRIVE Spokane sets the vision and framework for regional economic
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We’re excited to announce a couple of recent staffing updates here at GSI! Meet the newest addition to our amazing team, Cathy Wells! We are excited to welcome Cathy Wells as our new Executive Assistant providing support to the CEO, Board, and Leadership Team as well as office management. Cathy previously worked in higher education
As March comes to a close, so too does Women’s History Month. This serves as a reminder to support women, especially women-owned businesses throughout the year. We are extremely grateful for all of our women-owned business member partners. One way you can continue to support women in our region is by looking up locally women-owned
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Greater Spokane Inc. is delighted to announce the confirmation of Mary-Pierre Waiss as the founding Board Chair of the Evergreen Bioscience Innovation Cluster. Mary is an accomplished entrepreneur, organizational leader, and board member with a demonstrated track record of success helping biotechnology, life science, and healthcare technology organizations maximize their market potential. Her expertise in disruptive
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Welcome to the penultimate GSI Legislative Update for 2022. In this edition: our legislative policy wrap up. More coming soon featuring budget highlights and a deep dive into some of the larger policy pieces from this legislative session. As always, for more information contact Jake Mayson, Director of Public Policy, and for more details about any
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GSI has announced a $500,000 Innovation Cluster Accelerator grant awarded to Evergreen Bioscience Innovation (Evergreen Bio) to build a bioscience innovation cluster in the Spokane region. The Evergreen Bio is led by GSI, in partnership with SP3NW. This is a culmination of work by GSI and community partners to build our life sciences industry and
Welcome to week eight of the 2022 legislative session. Read more below about the issues in action and check out our 2022 State Agenda or get caught up with updates from weeks two, three, four, five, and seven. For more details about any of the bills in this article, visit the Washington State Legislature page to search by bill number. For more information contact Jake Mayson, Director
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By Katrina Elias, Reporter, The Spokane Journal of Business Marcelo Morales is a founder, investor, and CEO in the health care and life sciences industries. He has been a board member of Greater Spokane Inc. for the past 10 years and is now the GSI chairman for 2022. Morales moved to Spokane from Toronto in
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