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GeekWire on the Road: Spokane

Washington state’s second-largest city is the hub of an ambitious regional tech community seeking to leverage new realities to achieve its longstanding goals, as GeekWire reports in this special series.

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Notes from the tech frontier: What’s next for innovation in Spokane and the Inland Northwest

SPOKANE, Wash. — Treasury4 is tapped into the power and history of this place. The headquarters of the financial and treasury data analytics startup, in the Wonder Building, runs on electricity… Read More

Proposed AAMMC facility in Spokane

Spokane’s aerospace Tech Hub misses out on federal funding but vows to keep going

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration today awarded $504 million in grants to 12 regional Tech Hubs across the country, but Spokane’s Tech Hub for developing advanced aerospace… Read More

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Spokane’s Tech Hub places a big bet on advanced aerospace materials — will the feds follow suit?

Update: Spokane’s Tech Hub was passed over when the Economic Development Administration announced $504 million in grants on July 2, but the consortium has vowed to keep going. “There’s a… Read More

The hidden link between Seattle and Spokane: Tech companies find success on both sides of the state

Back in 1999, when F5 recruited Jeff Stockdale to build its hardware business, expanding beyond its core expertise in software, the engineering leader had one condition for the Seattle-based technology… Read More

This Spokane startup catches carbon dioxide at the source, before it escapes to the environment

CarbonQuest wants to take a bite out of carbon emissions at its source — before the greenhouse gases escape into the environment and heat up an ever-warming planet.  The Spokane,… Read More

A meeting of the mayors: Spokane’s Lisa Brown and Seattle’s Bruce Harrell on the impact of innovation

Seattle and Spokane, Wash., may be on opposite ends of the state, with tech industries at very different stages of their evolution, but there’s still plenty for the state’s two… Read More

Destination Spokane: How remote work and new arrivals are changing one tech community

SPOKANE, Wash. — The “great migration” got a head start here. Long before the rise of remote work spurred many tech workers to move to more affordable and livable parts… Read More

How ‘Myst’ maker Cyan Worlds ended up building its own world in Spokane

SPOKANE, Wash. — “The House that Myst Built” could have been built anywhere. The home of Cyan Worlds, on the northern outskirts of Spokane, was made possible by the success… Read More

From timber to tech: Spokane’s startup scene is ready for its big breakthrough

SPOKANE, Wash. — Jack Githens didn’t plan to stay here after college. A senior at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Githens grew up in Issaquah, Wash., in a part of the… Read More

Interview: Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown on the future of the region’s innovation economy

SPOKANE, Wash. — Lisa Brown brings a unique background to her role as Spokane’s mayor, taking office in January after a tightly contested race. She came to Spokane in 1980… Read More

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