Tweet The greater Spokane region is the best on the planet. That’s a bold statement that we’re not afraid to make. Let’s face it, we have everything we need here – great schools, great neighborhoods, great outdoor recreation, a 20-minute average commute to work, and a garbage eating goat (video). But don’t take our word […]
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Tweet Grunge music is dead. Manufacturing is not. Despite this week’s report that U.S. manufacturing shrank in June for the first time in three years, manufacturing is not dead. According to the Association of Washington Business (AWB), manufacturers in Washington State have an annual economic impact of $132.2 billion, export $52.4 billion in goods each
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Tweet Babe Ruth signs autographs for children at Spokane’s Hutton Settlement* (click for a larger view) When you think of Spokane’s history, what comes to mind first? Expo ’74? The Great Spokane Fire of 1889? The time Babe Ruth hit a home run at Natatorium Park (it happened, according to this)? A lot has happened
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Tweet “Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” -President Theodore Roosevelt
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Tweet Click For A Larger View A semi-truck traveling from, say, Grand Forks, British Columbia needing to get to the Hillyard area of Spokane, will soon be able to do so without seeing a stoplight between Deer Park and Francis Avenue. That’s because the interchange from Highway 395 and the North Spokane Corridor will open
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Tweet Retaining jobs is the first priority of any community. Retaining approximately 5,700 jobs should be the priority of all communities benefitting from those jobs. Fairchild Air Force Base employs about 5,700 people, and whether those jobs are around for many more years is up to the community. That’s why it’s important that all communities
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Tweet http://sharetv.org/shows/cheers The TV show “Cheers” had us singing, “Where everybody knows your name, and they’re always glad you came.” The song reminds us of those local small businesses where you are known and matter, and it’s those businesses we give “cheers” to during National Small Business Month, which is this month, if you hadn’t
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Tweet Another year, another advocacy trip to Washington D.C. is in the books. Our regional delegation met with government officials, elected officials, Air Force officials, presented a Key to the City to retiring Representative Norm Dicks, talked about tankers, transportation, graduate medical education, and a lot more. Here’s what we took away from the trip:
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Tweet What happens when you take a group of teachers and turn them into students for a day? They crash planes, spin until they are dizzy and run around a dark room playing with night vision goggles. Keep reading and you will find out why.
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Tweet On April 27 (that’s this Friday!) small businesses will have the chance to understand how they can leverage the world of online marketing for their business at GetListed.org’s “Local University,” a full-day workshop featuring local and national online marketing gurus. Shameless plug: Register using the promo code “GSI” and take $50 off your registration!
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