MAYOR VERNER TO HOST DISCUSSION ON ISSUES FACING SMALL BUSINESSES

Event set for Thursday, November 18th, at City Hall

Join Mayor Mary Verner on Thursday, November 18th, as she hosts a discussion about the issues facing small businesses in Spokane. The event, called “Let’s Talk: A Conversation with Mayor Verner about our Small Business Community,” will be held in the City Council Chambers in the lower level of City Hall, 808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd., from 10:30 a.m. to noon.

During the event, the Mayor will be joined by three small business owners who will talk about their challenges during this time of recession.

In addition, the City will unveil the results of its small business survey, which looks at economic conditions, workforce issues, access to capital, and local government’s role. The City collected responses on the survey through November 14th. Click here for Survey Results!

For those who can’t make it in person, the discussion also will be shown live on CityCable 5, the City of Spokane’s government access cable station that’s found on channel 5 on the Comcast cable system in Spokane, and streamed on the City’s web site at www.spokanecity.org. Click on “Watch it Live” under the CityCable 5 graphic.

For more information contact:

Andrew Worlock

(509) 625-6991