Lobbying for federal funding, supporting entrepreneurs, adding new flights among its goalsAfter celebrating two major projects boosting the region’s employment in 2017 — the extensive Lamb Weston potato processing plant expansion and the opening of the AutoZone distribution center— the Tri-Cities Development Council is looking ahead to 2018.On the economic...
Path to raise $10 million to build new mission is six years in the makingAndrew Porter recently walked on the cement around the steel beams at what will become the new Tri-City Union Gospel Mission next year, and tried unsuccessfully to contain his excitement.“It’s becoming more real,” said the executive director...
The Tri-City Development Council has seen an uptick in companies interested in doing business in the Tri-Cities in 2016.“We’re responding to inquiries all the time,” said Carl Adrian, president and CEO of TRIDEC. “In fact we’ve received more inquiries in the last six months than we have in the 12...
New restaurant stories dominated the list of the most-read stories on the Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business’ website, tcjournal.biz, in 2016.News about Sterling’s Famous Steak & Salad Bar, Panera Bread, LU LU Craft Bar & Kitchen, Dupus Boomer’s and The Original Pancake House were among our most popular online stories.But...
By Sean BassingerExpanded job growth, a multi-million dollar airport remodeling project and additional commercial retail developments are among the year’s top accomplishments cited by Tri-City port officals.Port officials say they hope to continue to draw more businesses and increase tourism as they move into 2017.Here’s a roundup of their economic...
By Sean BassingerBusiness continues to boom in the Tri-Cities even as 2016 winds down.City officials in Pasco, Richland, Kennewick and West Richland have seen several signs of continued economic development throughout each city in what’s considered to be the fourth largest metropolitan area in the state.There’s lots to brag about...
You can’t drive very far around the Tri-Cities without seeing new buildings rising, backhoes leveling land or tell cranes moving steel beams into place.The new Fairchild 12-plex movie theater opened last week in Richland’s Queensgate shopping area. In Kennewick, Kadlec has started construction on a new primary care clinic and...
A new flag is now flying over Hanford’s B Reactor. It’s the flag of the National Forest Service, signifying Hanford’s inclusion as one of the three sites creating the new Manhattan Project National Historical Park.[blockquote quote="This is where the nuclear age began. It’s important to preserve it for the future."...
Creating a powerful legacy for a bright future was the theme of the 2015 Visit Tri-Cities annual meeting in November.[blockquote quote="To say this year was anything other than bigger, bolder, brighter would simply be an understatement." source="Kris Watkins, CEO & president of Visit Tri-Cities" align="right" max_width="300px"]Speakers praised the accomplishments made...
By Francis WhiteThree technologies — a computational tool to improve power grid planning, a process to create biofuel from kelp and a hybrid device that makes hydrogen and stores energy — are being developed by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and its partners under new projects just announced by the Department...
