Spokane is located along the eastern border of Washington State in the heart of the Inland Northwest. The largest city between Seattle and Minneapolis on the I-90 corridor, Spokane is 18 miles west of the Idaho border and 110 miles south of the Canadian border.

As the county seat, Spokane serves as a hub for business, retail and financial services, and is the major healthcare provider to a 36-county region encompassing parts of Montana, Oregon, Idaho, Alberta, British Columbia and Washington. Spokane is part of the Inland Northwest region that extends across 80,000 square miles and is home to over three million residents who live, work and enjoy this recreational paradise.  The topography of the Inland Northwest varies from rolling wheat fields to snow-capped mountains, from lush forests to deserts, and from pristine lakes to raging rivers.

Spokane is a four-season city with each season contributing to the region’s unique lifestyle. 
Summer weather is ideal for enjoying numerous mountain, river and lake recreations and the many mountainous winter sport areas receive a great deal of snow; sometimes enjoying a five to six-month season. 

While Spokane and the surrounding region are a haven for outdoorsmen, the arts and cultural activities are equally popular here. The city maintains its own symphony orchestra and jazz orchestra, is a regular stop for touring Broadway shows and major concert tours and offers a host of destinations for theatrical productions, live music and dozens of art galleries and museums.

Spokane is steeped in family traditions and community activities and regularly entertains a plethora of annual fairs, festivals and special events.  A physically active community, Spokane’s most widely popular events include Bloomsday, the second largest foot-race in the world, and Hoopfest, the largest three-on-three basketball tournament in the world.

Education plays a vital role in Spokane.  The city’s public and private, primary and secondary schools produce students who are consistently ranked in the upper range of national scholastic ratings.  Four universities and two community colleges offer graduate and undergraduate degrees as well as continuing education classes.

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