Inland NW links

Organizations

Armed Forces & Aerospace Museum http://www.armedforces-aerospacemus.org/
Closed for construction; formerly known as the Fairchild Heritage Museum
Better Business Bureau http://www.thelocalbbb.com/
Eastern Washington, North Idaho, Montana
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Spokane http://www.bbbsspokane.org/
Boys & Girls Club of Spokane County http://www.bgcspokanecounty.org/
Catholic Charities Spokane http://www.catholiccharitiesspokane.org/
Cat Tales Zoological Park http://www.cattales.org/
"Endangered Species Conservation Park": 10 miles N of Spokane on US2. They have two white tigers named Zeus and Apollo, and an assortment of other large and medium-sized cats. If you go in summer, make sure you catch feeding time, or you'll probably only get to see cats sleeping.
Coeur d'Alene Chamber of Commerce http://www.coeurdalenechamber.com/
Coeur d'Alene Community Page http://www.coeurdalene.com/
Coeur d'Alene Downtown Association http://www.cdadowntown.com/
Sponsors of Car d'Lane mid-June classic car show, on downtown CDA streets
Community Voice Mail http://www.cvm.org/
Plausible prosperous-sounding free voice mail for the homeless or unemployed or otherwise in transition; begun in Seattle in 1991, now available in cities across the US including Spokane.
Conservation Northwest http://www.conservationnw.org/
Habitat for Humanity Spokane http://www.habitat-spokane.com/
Goodwill Industries of the Inland Northwest http://www.giin.org/
Greater Spokane Incorporated http://www.greaterspokaneinc.com/
First quarter 2007 the Spokane Area Economic Development Council and the Spokane Area Chamber of Commerce announced they would combine functions under this new identity (see link to Spokane EDC site below). As of 8 Feb 2007 this new site seems to be pretty much a token.
Historic-Hillyard.com (neighborhood) http://www.historic-hillyard.com/
Hutton Settlement http://www.huttonsettlement.org/
"A family oriented, residential facility for mentally and physically healthy children who are non-delinquent." Founded 1919; state certified. "Government support is not requested or accepted."
Inland Northwest Chapter, American Red Cross http://www.spokaneredcross.org/
The Inland Northwest Community Access Network (TINCAN) http://www.tincan.org/
Inland Northwest freenet. A stock joke during development: "If the grant money doesn't come in soon, it's going to be two tin cans and a string."
Inland Northwest Land Trust http://www.inlandnwlandtrust.org/
Negotiates conservation easements with owners of undeveloped land in Eastern Washington and North Idaho
Inland Northwest Trails Coalition http://www.inlandnorthwesttrails.org/
Kootenai Environmental Alliance http://www.kealliance.org/
Lake Spokane Chamber of Commerce http://www.lakespokane.com/
Lake Spokane, also known as Long Lake, is the 24-mile-long reservoir between Long Lake Dam and Nine Mile Falls Dam on the Spokane River, downstream from the city.
Little Spokane Watershed Council http://www.lsw.org/
The Little Spokane is a natural-state tributary stream arising near Mount Spokane, which joins the Spokane River northwest of the city, just downstream from Nine Mile Falls.
NICON freenet http://www.nicon.org/
"North Idaho Communities ON-line"
Northwest Glass Society http://www.northwestglasssociety.org/
Professional glass studio for students and artists, gallery
Salvation Army Spokane http://www.salvationarmyspokane.org/
Second Harvest Inland Northwest http://www.2-harvest.org/
South Perry (neighborhood) http://www.southperry.com/
Spokane Aquifer Joint Board http://www.spokaneaquifer.org/
Spokane gets its tap water from a big high-volume gravel aquifer, laid down by the repeated glacial Lake Missoula flooding events of 12,000-15,000 years ago. Most of the aquifer's water that doesn't get drawn off by various wells comes out as springs along the Little Spokane.
Spokane Area Economic Development Council http://www.spokaneedc.org/
First quarter 2007 the EDC and the Spokane Area Chamber of Commerce announced they would combine functions under the name Greater Spokane Incorporated (see link above).
Spokane Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) http://www.spokanecops.org/
Neighborhood volunteer police auxiliaries
Spokane Neighborhood Action Program http://www.snapwa.org/
Spokane Symphony http://www.spokanesymphony.org/
St. Georges School http://www.sgs.org/
K-12 private prep school in North Spokane since 1955
Terabyte Triangle http://www.terabytetriangle.com/
An area of downtown with distributed access to high-speed Internet connections (site requires Flash)
Volunteers of America of Spokane http://www.voaspokane.org/
Including Hope House shelter for single women
YMCA of the Inland Northwest http://www.ymcaspokane.org/
Downtown and new Valley facilities
YWCA Spokane http://www.ywca.org/spokane

Clubs

Sports clubs you'll find here; sports venues are on Inland NW page 1.

Baddlands Cycling Club http://www.baddlands.org/
Coeur d'Alene Rowing Association http://www.cdarowing.org/
Eastern Washington Orienteering Club http://www.ewoc.org/
Fat Tire Trail Riders Club (mountain biking) http://www.fttrc.org/
North Idaho Linux Users Group (NILUG) http://www.nilug.org/
Spokane Area Rocket Club (SPARC) http://sparc.rocketclub.org/
Spokane Astronomical Society http://www.spokaneastronomical.org/
Spokane Bicycle Club http://www.spokanebicycleclub.org/
Spokane Canoe & Kayak Club http://www.sckc.ws/
Spokane Linux Users Group (SLUG) http://www.spokanelinux.org/
Meets on third Wednesdays at David's Pizza in the Gonzaga district.
Spokane Mountaineers http://www.spokanemountaineers.org/
Climbing, backpacking, skiing, cycling, kayaking; since 1915
Spokane River Rowing Association http://www.spokanerowing.org/
Spokane Rocket Velo (bicycle club) http://www.spokanerocketvelo.com/
Spokane Valley Girls Softball Association http://www.svgsa.org/
Spokane Valley Youth Soccer League http://www.vysoccer.org/
Spokane Youth Sports Association http://www.sysa.org/

College/university

The SFCC college office building located across Fort Wright Drive from the main part of the campus, on the edge of the bluff, was originally the officers club for the fort, and at one time served as the SFCC student union building.

Community Colleges of Spokane http://ccs.spokane.cc.wa.us/
Two campuses: Spokane Falls CC (SFCC, degree prep) and Spokane CC (SCC, vocational).
Eastern Washington University (Cheney) http://www.ewu.edu/
EWU JFK Library http://www.ewu.edu/x356.xml
Gonzaga University (Spokane) http://www.gonzaga.edu/
Run by the Jesuits; primarily known for its law school and playoffs-level basketball team.
Foley Center Library (Gonzaga U) http://www.gonzaga.edu/Academics/Libraries/Foley+Library/
Sponsored by former House Speaker Tom Foley, and named to honor his parents.
Institute for Extended Learning http://ielhp.spokane.cc.wa.us/
Part of the local community college system; develops training programs for local businesses, including computer training.
North Idaho College (Coeur d'Alene) http://www.nic.edu/
Spokane Intercollegiate Research & Technology Institute http://www.sirti.org/
University of Idaho (Moscow & Coeur d'Alene) http://www.cda.uidaho.edu/
Washington State University (Pullman & Spokane) http://www.wsu.edu/
Whitworth College (Spokane) http://www.whitworth.edu/

Health care

Puget Sound folks sometimes crack jokes about how much of our local economy involves hospitals and clinics; in point of fact Spokane serves as a kind of health-care hub for the whole Columbia Basin.

Cancer Patient Care http://www.cancerpatientcare.org/
Help for low-income families of cancer patients; site is almost unusable on dialup
Community Health Association of Spokane (CHAS) http://www.chas.org/
Non-profit clinics, including discounted pharmacy for CHAS-clinic prescriptions; mission "to improve the overall health of the greater Spokane community by expanding the availability of primary health services"
Deaconess Medical Center http://www.deaconessmc.org/
388 beds
Empire Health Services http://www.empirehealth.org/
Hospital/clinic support services
Holy Family Hospital http://www.holy-family.org/
In north Spokane near Franklin Park Mall; 196 beds (licensed for 272)
Inland Imaging LLC http://www.inland-imaging.com/
Inland Northwest Blood Center http://www.inbc2.org/
Collects 30,000 units of donated whole blood annually
Inland Northwest Health Services http://www.inhs.info/
Hospital/clinic support services
Kootenai Medical Center (Coeur d'Alene ID) http://kmc.org/
218 beds (licensed for 286)
MSC/Premera Blue Cross (HMO) http://www.premera.com/
Primary sponsors of Bloomsday fun run in May
Panhandle Health District (North Idaho) http://www2.state.id.us/phd1/
Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories http://www.paml.com/
Rockwood Clinic http://www.rockwoodclinic.com/
Sacred Heart Medical Center http://www.shmc.org/
The area's largest hospital, 623 beds; helicopter ambulance service operates from the roof.
Spokane Shriners Hospital http://www.shrinershq.org/shc/spokane/
Pediatric orthopedic; 30 beds
St. Luke's Rehabilitation Institute http://www.st-lukes.org/
102 beds
Valley Hospital & Medical Center http://www.valleyhospital.org/
Near I-90 Pines exit 289 in the Spokane Valley; 132 beds
Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery http://www.vanessabehan.org/

The hospitals and clinics linked here are mostly located in one district along the foot of the South Hill next to downtown Spokane, with the exception of Holy Family Hospital on the north side, Valley Hospital in the Spokane valley, and Kootenai Medical Center in Coeur d'Alene. In fact the local bus system runs a "#2 Medical Shuttle" route that cycles between downtown and the bus plaza and the hospitals and clinics in this nearby district.


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