Economic symposium coming to Spokane on July 28 - July 21, 2006

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Media contact: Ivars Graudins, 360-438-4825

OLYMPIA – The Washington Employment Security Department (ESD) will present a mid-year update and outlook on Washington’s economy during a half-day economic symposium in Spokane on July 28. 

The event will be held in the Cheney Cowles Center Auditorium at the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, located at 2316 West 1st Ave., in Spokane.  Registration begins at 9 a.m., and the program will run from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 

The symposium is being hosted by ESD’s Labor Market and Economic Analysis Branch.  Speakers will include the state’s chief economist, Evelina Tainer, on the state of the state’s economy; Jeff Zahir, ESD’s regional labor economist for Eastern Washington, on the current state of Spokane’s and Eastern Washington’s economies; and Steve Scranton, chief investment officer for Washington Trust Bank, discussing what to expect in the Spokane area in the next year.

Anyone may attend this free event and may register on-line at www.workforceexplorer.com.