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THE SPOKANE ADVANTAGE
from Advantage Spokane
Spokane provides the location and resources for innovation, collaboration, and companies to grow and thrive together.
9 Hospitals serve 2.5 million people
770-acre University District in downtown Spokane is home to 2 medical schools, 6 higher-ed institutions, a center for energy innovation, and a smart-city living laboratory
Spokane is the largest healthcare, health sciences and medical education hub from Seattle to Minneapolis, and Calgary to Salt Lake City
Home to Urbanova
- one of the innovators in the smart cities’ movement; Spokane’s own living laboratory
The new Catalyst building is “zero energy,” producing as much energy as it uses. It’s part of a development envisioned to be the five smartest city blocks on the planet and will serve as a replicable model to encourage sustainable design worldwide.
Power rates are low but innovation in clean energy is high
With our incentives and cost of doing business our region boasts both established and emerging companies that are changing the face of healthcare.
Cost of doing business is 18% lower than the US average
Ranked in the top 10 of lowest risk for national disasters in the nation
Labor costs, residential and commercial real estate, and utility rates are near or below the national average
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