Three businesses are anxious to open their doors in Richland’s Parkway, following months of construction and delays due to Covid-19 restrictions.Moniker, a high-end craft cocktail bar, will serve as the anchor tenant, occupying about half of the building at 702 The Parkway. Wine Social, a wine bar offering retail sales,...
Tri-City residents continue to reap the benefits from continued cleanup work at the Hanford site years after plutonium production ceased. Hanford spending supports about two jobs for every employee hired with federal dollars.“The whole community benefits substantially, regardless of whether you’re a car dealership in Pasco, a restaurant in West...
Hanford’s major contractors continue to make significant achievements at the site, including demolitions, new construction and wastewater treatment as part of ongoing cleanup efforts.A major accomplishment was celebrated in winter 2020 with the demolition of the Plutonium Finishing Plant’s main processing facility, a result of work by CH2M HILL Plateau...
The first and only leader of the Hanford Communities group plans to retire in May 2020, ending 25 years of support and advocacy on behalf of those who live in the shadow of the Hanford site and its long-running cleanup efforts. Pam LarsenIt’s a role Pamela Larsen didn’t expect to...
More than $1 million has been invested in Richland-based Hummingbar, providing the startup with quick success, place on grocery store shelves nationwide.A Richland company continues to grow in local investments less than a yearafter churning out its first nutrition bars made from hemp. Hilary KelsayHumming Hemp’s Hilary Kelsay, chief executive...
Ideal Option grew from one to 65 clinics over eight yearsA nondescript and unassuming collection of buildings along Kennewick’s busy West Gage Boulevard provides a lifeline to patients saddled with opioid addiction, including the rising use of fentanyl pills. What started as a small clinic grew into a veritable campus and...
A new store catering toeast African immigrants with halal meat, handmade furniture and clothing fromTurkey has opened in Kennewick.Elias Reda and hisfamily opened Elias Halal and Designer Imports at 4603 W. Clearwater Ave., astorefront tucked next to Leisure Pool & Spa and across from Winco Foods,in a space once occupied...
‘Local Etsy’ store in Kennewick offers custom children’s itemsA Kennewick children’sboutique is striving to make its mark with handcrafted and custom items,offering what Pipsqueaks owner Lisa Steele lovingly refers to as “fluff.”“I’m not one thatcarries gear, like cribs. It’s really just the fun, finer things of life,” shesaid. Steele originallyopened...
Downtown bakery sells individual desserts, cakesto order, charcuterie platters in downtown KennewickDecades after Nena Cosic was forced out of her homeland as a young child and separated from immediate family for years, the Bosnian refugee is finding success as a baker and caterer.Cosic recently launchedEuropean Desserts & Appetizers by Nena...
Time is running out for investors looking to capitalize onthe first phase of incentives available to those wanting to develop or improveland in the Mid-Columbia’s three Opportunity Zones. “This is a great opportunity for local and regionalinvestors to sell existing projects and reinvest their gains, while eligible,into quickly growing areas...
