Our thanks for their financial commitment to economic development
Our thanks to Bank of America for their financial contribution to economic development in Spokane's community development neighborhoods. Phone Eric Loewe at 444-7633 for information on supporting SNEDA's work. Contributions to SNEDA are tax deductible.

SNEDA’s Favorite Newlyweds Leave Spokane
Angela and Adam Lausche, whose marriage was featured in this newsletter last fall, are leaving Spokane to embark on new adventures.  Angie will be leaving behind her SNEDA position, after three years, first as a Volunteer In Service to America (VISTA), then as Office Manager.  This will be their last week in Spokane. more>

WSMA holds regional meeting in Spokane
On May 24th  2006 the Washington State Microenterprise Association (WSMA) held its quarterly regional meeting in Spokane. The meeting, entitled “Cultivating Rural Microenterprise” focused on serving rural microentrepreneurs. more>

Overview of the community development financial institution (CDFI) industry
The CDFI Data Project (CDP), an industry collaborative that produces data about community development financial institutions (CDFIs), has released a new publication Community Development Financial Institutions: Providing Capital, Building Communities, Creating Impact that analyses fiscal year (FY) 2004 data from 517 CDFIs, one of the largest data sets ever collected in the CDFI industry. more>

Christine's IT Corner -- Debt, Despair, or Denial? Are you failing to use computers effectively in your business? more>

Anne's Business Plan Class Update more>

Market Street Market has a website! here