Manufacturing Startup Incubator Launches in Spokane’s University District

Veteran Spokane entrepreneurs Andy Barrett and Tom Simpson are leasing space at the Spokane complex owned by Seattle-based McKinstry Co. for a manufacturing business incubator, called Toolbox, according to an article in the Journal of Business.

Toolbox is located in a portion of the former Habitat for Humanity ReStore building near the McKinstry Innovation Center. It’s intended to serve as a collaborative space where established companies and business mentors will share expertise, ideas, tools and equipment with manufacturing startups and entrepreneurs, Simpson says.

To learn more, read the Journal of Business article.