Every year, the US federal government purchases roughly $500 billion in goods and services from businesses in nearly every industry. In fiscal year 2017, for the first time ever, the federal government awarded roughly $105 billion to small businesses, … Read more

  Boeing is considering building a new aircraft, called the New Mid-Market Airplane (NMA). If they go forward with this idea, they will need to decide where the design and production of the plane will land. Washington State is a … Read more

By Todd Mielke, CEO of Greater Spokane Incorporated, & Cheryl Stewart, executive director, Inland Northwest Associated General Contractors Journal of Business article:Guest Commentary: North Spokane Corridor project advances many regional transportation opportunities In recent weeks, the regional benefits of the North Spokane … Read more

Opportunity Zones Will Spur Job Creation and Business Development   Greater Spokane Incorporated and our municipal partners throughout Spokane County submitted applications to designate a number of Spokane County low-income census tracts as Opportunity Zones.  Opportunity Zones were created in … Read more

Psychiatric Solutions, a sister company to Therapeutic Solutions based in Chico, Calif., recently selected the City of Spokane Valley for their new behavioral health facility. The company practices an integrated multi-disciplinary team approach to providing tailored care for their patients, and uses effective, … Read more

Guest Article By Bruce Katz, 2017 GSI Annual Meeting Speaker and Centennial Scholar, The Brookings Institution I traveled this week to Spokane, Washington to speak at the annual gathering of Greater Spokane Inc. (GSI). It was my first visit to … Read more

It has been a busy spring for our international trade work here at GSI. In March we had our annual World Trade Day at the Spokane Convention Center which brought successful small and medium size exporters from across the country … Read more

We are excited to announce the grand opening of the new PayTrace office space in Spokane Valley, which will serve as the company’s new headquarters. The office space, located at 12709 E. Mirabeau Parkway, Building A, Suite 100, triples PayTrace’s square … Read more

On March 29th Greater Spokane Incorporated welcomed outstanding exporters from across the country to Spokane for World Trade Day & National Small Business Exporter Summit. The event, in partnership with NASBITE International, provided attendees with best practices and lessons learned … Read more

SmartRecruiters Inc., a software provider of recruiting solutions, recently announced the opening of a new office in downtown Spokane. Based in San Francisco, the company’s expansion will support its rapidly growing business. The company expects the new location to open … Read more