Growing Spokane sheds its sleepy city image

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – Spokane, Washington, has long been in Seattle’ shadow. But now the Lilac City is luring more jobs and has a hot real estate market, a fast-growing population and a rising arts and entertainment sector. The state’s second-largest city has for decades been known as a sleepy place with cheap housing and slow growth. But the economic recovery has reached this community of 217,000 people near the Washington-Idaho border.    
Source: WA news