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| Inside
the new Regional Visitor Center | |
Tourism brings more than $500 million a year to Spokane County and it is hoped
the additional visitor center will help increase that spending. Travel industry
research has shown that visitors frequently stay longer and spend more in a community
after they have stopped at a visitor center. The center is located in the
Spokane Valley Mall, 2nd level at the southeast entrance (facing the I-90 freeway)
near the Bon Marche. Phone:
(509) 226-3322 |
| During
the grand opening ceremony the following organizations were recognized for their
contributions to the Visitor Center. Organizations:
- Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce (SVCC)
- Spokane Regional Convention
and Visitor's Bureau (CVB)
- Spokane Valley Tourism Committee
- Spokane
Valley Mall
- JP Realty
- Richard Ryberg
- Columbia Paint
- Dupont Flooring Systems
- Doubletree Hotel Spokane Valley
- Hawthorn
Inn and Suites
- Oxford Inn and Suites
- Players and Spectators
]
- Washington State Department of Transportation
- Washington State
Department of Tourism
- Spokane County
- Schmidt Contracting
- Abadan
Event Services
- Sports USA
- Doty & Giles
- Computer Professionals
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| Dennis
Fitzpatrick , Spokane Area Convention and Visitors Bureau Chairman of the
Board |  |
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| Mayor
John Powers, Commissioner Kate McCaslin, Superintendent of Schools,
Dr. Lester Portner, East Valley School District no.361 |
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| Pictured:
(left to right)
Mayor John Powers, City of Spokane, Stephanie
Hopkins, SVCC Project Manager, Jeanna Shelley, Director of Tourism,
CVB, Loren Mitchell, CEO, SVCC | |
