Many popular initiatives in Spokane are in search of a home, and the Phoenix Project has room for them all:

• A high-speed GigaPoP combined with an internationally competitive Meet-Me Room to turn Spokane into an Internet mecca, building on existing, underutilized assets.
• A demonstration center for regional technologies working together, including vendors like Vivato, ReliOn, Purcell Systems, World Wide Packets, and 180 Communications.
• A year-round farmers’ market and international marketplace with low fees in a stable location.
• A source for student jobs in the University District and a de facto student-activity center for the University District.
• Expanded studios for KPBX, including an auditorium for live productions, and offices for Spokane Public Radio.
• A sound stage and post-production facilities for a large, local movie production company.
• A multi-screen art-film theater.

Other initiatives that will find a home in the Phoenix Project include:

• Acres of inexpensive space for entrepreneurs to gestate their ideas, develop their business plans, and build their startups, surrounded by those whose mission is to develop new businesses, including attorneys, accountants, bankers, venture funds, and non-profits. Nearly everything a startup needs can be made available in the building, including light manufacturing, shared large-scale shipping and receiving, and other shared services, as well as room to grow.
• Rapid deployment of new startups, emulating Silicon Valley’s dense network of relationships, which allows a startup founder to potentially put together an entire team, funding package, and office space in a matter of hours.
• A writers’ grotto similar to the successful San Francisco institution, where space is shared by writers, artists, and filmmakers.
• Artists’ lofts and craftmakers’ workshops, including public demonstrations of such activities as glassblowing and woodcarving to attract tourists and convention-goers.
• A cluster of support services for creative projects, including a recording studio, digital video editing suite, sound stage for film production, music and dramatic rehearsal space, and informal performance space.
• A cluster of support services for startups, professionals, and the University District as a whole, including day care, copy shop, computer technicians and networking specialists, graphic designers, and more.