SOAR - Spokane Chapter

The Spokane Chapter joined the SOAR family in January 2023. The history of Spokane, Washington, developed because Spokane Falls and its surroundings were a gathering place for numerous cultures for thousands of years. The area’s indigenous people settled there due to the fertile hunting grounds and abundance of salmon in the Spokane River. Today, Spokane is transitioning to a more service-oriented economy in the face of a less prominent manufacturing sector. Developing the city’s strength in the medical and health sciences fields has resulted in the expansion of the University District, with University of Washington and Washington State University medical school branches. The past 25 years have witnessed the completion of the River Park Square Mall, the building of the Spokane Arena and expansion of the Spokane Convention Center, the building of the Big Easy concert house (now the Knitting Factory), and renovation of the historic Montvale Hotel, the Kirtland Cutter-designed Davenport Hotel, the Fox Theater, and the completion of the WSU Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences Building.

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