This inaugural Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business feature, Tri-City Connections, will be a series of occasional profiles of Tri-City natives and former Tri-Citians who have excelled in the world of business. If you have one in mind, let us know at info@tcjournal.biz. If you goWhat: Carson College of Business Point...
Richland occupational therapy practice may need to relocate to bigger officeMelissa Porcaro is all too aware of the irony.Tri-City parents turn to the internet to find someone to help kids with behavior issues, academic challenges and other difficulties.Their searches lead to her business, CAN Do Kids, a pediatric therapy clinic...
The stars lined up for West Richland taxpayers in December,when the city sold nearly $12.5 million in bonds to pay for its new policestation at the former Tri-City Raceway.Their 2020 property tax bills won’t go up as much asinitially projected. The city is paying less to finance its debt than...
A prominent Tri-City homebuilder filed for personal bankruptcy in late January, 11 months after asking the court to liquidate his business.Marco Solferino, owner of Solferino Homes, also known as M | S Homes, and his wife, Nicole, filed for personal bankruptcy under Chapter 7 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code on...
The founders of Richland’s Stick + Stone Neopolitan Wood-Fired Pizza have sold the business to the employee who has managed it almost from the start.Talon Yager bought the business from Mike Miller and his partners for $325,000 and signed a 10-year lease to keep the Italian-oriented restaurant in its spot...
Fortunately for her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Constance Brown, 88, is easy to shop for.She’s a jigsaw puzzle whiz. The more pieces the better, as far as Brown is concerned.There are 10 or 15 unopened puzzles waiting her attention in the puzzle niche of the Pasco home she shares with...
The Richland Dickey’s Barbecue Pit reopens this week but the future is uncertain for its still-closed sister restaurants in Kennewick and Pasco. Kenny Teasdale, a commercial real estate broker with NAI Tri-Cities and owner of a local moving company, reached a deal with the landlord and with Dickey’s Dallas, Texas-based parent company to take over the restaurant at 2530 Queensgate Drive. The arrangement doesn’t cover the closed Dickey’s locations...
Catholic Charities of Eastern Washington stands to lose a $2 million grant after the Pasco City Council voted 4-3 against selling the site it wanted for a 52-unit apartment-style complex to serve chronically homeless Tri-Citians. The Spokane-based nonprofit has asked the city to help it salvage its plan to build the $13.2 million...
Starbucks Co. and Habit Burger expect to join MOD Pizza in a new strip mall taking shape in front of JCPenney at Columbia Center in Kennewick.The 7,363-square-foot building is being built on land recently sold to a Yakima developer known for building strip malls and hotels.Hogback Development Co., led by...
The Tri-City Development Council named a chief executive officer to succeed its longtime leader Carl Adrian. Karl Dye, president and CEO of Valley Vision Economic Development Association in Lewiston, Idaho, will take the reins in early February.TRIDEC announced its new director Jan. 24, two days after it feted Adrian for his 16 years...
