(Following is an excerpt from the Saturday, March 18, issue of The Spokesman-Review.)
Spokane leaders rarely can float an idea to state legislators and come away with a million dollars in funding.
But that’s what happened during the last session in Olympia – with significant help from a renowned West Side scientist.
The Spokane proposal, landing $1 million in development money, was the recently hatched Institute for Systems Medicine, a private research center backed by the area’s universities and hospitals.
In addition to the state money, the institute has raised $480,000 from Washington State University, Gonzaga University, Empire Health Services and Providence Health Care and Services. Spokane County has contributed $250,000 in economic development money, and Avista Corp. has committed $100,000 in cash and in-kind services
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