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A History of the Park Lane... When the original auto court was finished in 1946, there were 19 rental units. Today we have 28 units. The motel and RV park is located on Sprague Avenue, US Hwy 10 until Interstate 90 was constructed in the late '50's. Over the years the motel has been associated with the original Best Western Motels, Magic Key Inns of America, AAA and of course the Motel Association of America, Washington State Motel Association, Washington State Hotel & Motel Association and the American Hotel & Motel Association. A charter member of the Inland Empire Innkeepers Association, today we have a comfortable association with the Spokane Regional Convention & Visitors Bureau and the Spokane Valley Business Association. The motel was a long time member of the Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce; the Park Lane is the last historical lodging property in the city of Spokane Valley. In the early days, Sprague Avenue's abundant orchards, horse and truck farms caused it to be known as "Appleway" in the Spokane Valley. This area is now the western edge of the new city appropriately called City of Spokane Valley. The new city is Washington State's 7th largest metropolis, a community of 85,000 people.
Historically, the Inland Northwest's banking center
was Spokane. It's banks provided financing
for farms and small town businesses in Eastern
Washington State, the growing farm and ranch
communities of Alberta, mining and lumber
interests in eastern British Columbia, western
Montana, north Idaho and eastern Oregon.
This region has had many identities but perhaps the most familiar moniker is the "Inland Empire" with Spokane at the heart of it.
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