The Tri-Cities is coming off a banner year for commercial construction. New schools dot the region. A new cold storage warehouse is taking shape in north Pasco.Kennewick’s Vista Field is stocked with utility lines, paved streets, lamps and a water feature, waiting for private developers to build an urban village...
Government-funded projects are keeping construction workers busy in Kennewick despite the recession.Multiple commercial and residential projects are underway in every area of the city, and the largest are funded by the city, Benton County, Kennewick School District and Port of Kennewick, said Evelyn Lusignan, the city of Kennewick’s spokeswoman.“Development activity...
A global pandemic hasn’t slowed progress across the city of Richland as major construction projects wrap up and new ones prepare to break ground.The $43 million Duportail Bridge opened to limited traffic in early September 2020. It is expected to fully open by Nov. 1, 2020, providing a new span...
Construction is booming in Pasco.It’s because the city is an incredible value for builders, said Rick White, Pasco’s director of community and economic development.Whether residential, commercial or industrial, Pasco is less expensive to develop than Richland and Kennewick and it promises population growth, he said.With 77,100 residents, the Franklin County...
As a city that doesn’t rely on sales tax revenue to fuel much of its budget, West Richland had an unexpected boost from the Covid-19 pandemic: more people began ordering online, sending “destination-oriented” sales tax revenue to the city’s coffers.“When you’re not dependent on sales tax, it’s actually benefited the...
The first months of 2020 welcomed new members to the Port of Benton “We were in the middle of a transition,” said Diahann Howard, executive director for the port, whose jurisdiction includes a population of about 56,050 and a budget totaling $14 million in 2020.Howard, who became executive director in...
Kennewick’s Clover Island. | Courtesy Kim Fetrow Photography/Port of The dust seems to have settled at Port of Kennewick developments — for the moment.Construction of infrastructure and landscaping wrapped up for phase one of Vista Field and two additional wineries and five food trucks have moved in at Columbia Gardens...
The Port of Pasco’s Processing Center is at capacity, and it has sold all the lots at the Foster Wells Business Park.It’s also moving ahead with plans to develop Osprey Pointe and a new industrial center.The port knows industrial land is in high demand and has been working to accommodate...
It’s been an unprecedented year for Tri-City public school districts in the wake of the pandemic.Though students left classrooms in March 2020 and then started the year with remote learning, the districts’ construction projects have been chugging along.Richland School DistrictThe most recent state data shows 2019-20 enrollment for the Richland...
The Tri-Cities’ higher education campuses don’t have many students on campus this fall.The coronavirus pandemic sent the majority to remote learning platforms at Washington State University Tri-Cities and Columbia Basin College for the fall.But that doesn’t mean they aren’t planning for their students’ eventual return to campus.Both institutions are moving...
