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Former Mayor John Powers interviews for Spokane health and life‑sciences board seat
Summary
Former Spokane Mayor John Powers told the City Council he wants to help grow the city’s life‑sciences sector as he interviews for a seat on the Spokane County Health Services and Science Authority board, stressing workforce development and residency programs.
John Powers, a former mayor of Spokane, interviewed before the Spokane City Council for a board seat on the Spokane County Health Services and Science Authority (HSSA), saying he would bring economic‑development expertise aimed at expanding the local life‑sciences sector.
Powers, who said he served as mayor after being elected in 2000 and later worked in economic development in the Puget Sound region, told the council the life and health‑sciences industry is “to us today what timber, minerals, and agriculture was to our community 100…
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