Spokane is a vibrant, thriving business community with many reasons to predict positive growth. See Spokane’s Advantage including:

• Connected, collaborative leadership: This business-friendly community works across organizations to grow opportunities, jobs, and lifestyles. From GSI to the many active Chambers and business organizations, Spokane leaders see beyond barriers and truly live the ‘together is better’ philosophy.

• Diverse industries. Spokane has a diversified economy that includes advance manufacturing, aerospace, agriculture, education, finance, insurance, life sciences, health services, logistics and distribution and is also the largest labor market in Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho.

• Skilled talent. Spokane is home to a thriving University District, nearly 90,000 higher education students study within an 80-mile radius, plus the region has developed a comprehensive multi-sector strategy in which the development of talent is a key component.

• Affordable. Spokane is one of the most affordable areas to operate or start a business. Labor costs, residential and commercial real estate and utility rates are among the lowest in the region and across the nation.

Spokane County has a population of more than 500,000 individuals. Spokane is also a border community with Kootenai County. The Spokane-Kootenai Corridor has a combined population of more than 670,000 people.

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