A former Pasco man hopes to return to the area with a big plan. Jim Hale, who now lives in Florida, is planning to build a 28-acre water park between the Sleep Inn of Pasco and the Broadmoor Park Outlet Mall. Hale will ask the Pasco Planning Commission for a special use permit for the …
Read More »Canyon’s Edge opening new tasting room at Southridge
Jan2010
Canyon’s Edge, a Prosser winery, is opening a new tasting room and bistro at Southridge Village in Kennewick. Brian Groth said the family has been considering opening a tasting room in the Tri-Cities area for more than a year. But the perfect opportunity didn’t arise until a space became vacant in Southridge Village. The 15,000-case, …
Read More »Benton-Franklin Humane Society buys land for new shelter
Jan2010
The Benton-Franklin Humane Society reached a milestone in December when it purchased four acres to build a new no-kill shelter. Ed Dawson, BFHS operations manager, said the land will allow the organization to triple the size of its shelter. “Given the number of animal-related stories over the past couple of years, the BFHS knows that …
Read More »Free toolkit helps small businesses develop disaster plans
Jan2010
The Washington Small Business Development Center partnered with Disaster Resistant Business Toolkit Workgroup to make the DRB’s toolkit available free to Washington small businesses. The DRB Toolkit is a comprehensive software tool that is customizable and designed to help small business owners build an emergency program, including creating or enhancing, updating and testing the company’s …
Read More »Local companies contribute $600,000 to ARC in December
Jan2010
The staff and clients at The ARC of Tri-Cities had a very Merry Christmas season indeed. Three large local companies made sizeable cash and in-kind donations that add up to $600,000 to support its new headquarters, which are under construction at the Spaulding Business Park. Mission Support Alliance, a company comprised of Lockheed Martin, Jacobs …
Read More »Second Harvest starts capital campaign for larger facility
Jan2010
Second Harvest Tri-Cities has started a $2 million capital campaign to expand the local charitable food distribution center. Kathye Kilgore, Second Harvest Tri-Cities director, said the nonprofit organization that provides food to local food banks, is running out of space while demand continues to increase. “We’ve seen a 30 percent increase in the last year …
Read More »It is time to raise revenue, not taxes
Jan2010
By Don C. Brunell, president, Association of Washington Business Now that voters have rejected I-1033, the spending limit initiative, the talk in Olympia has turned to raising taxes. Hiking taxes would be the wrong thing to do. Our economy is just showing signs of recovery. Gov. Chris Gregoire hit the nail on the head in …
Read More »Wingate Inn By Wyndham converts to La Quinta Inn & Suites
Jan2010
The Wingate Inn in Kennewick is now the La Quinta Inn & Suites. The 64-room hotel at 2600 S. Quillan Pl. which has two suites and four mini suites, opened in April 2007. The property is non-smoking and offers a full, hot continental breakfast, fitness center, indoor pool and whirlpool, free high speed Internet, a …
Read More »Washington business owners to face higher unemployment tax rates in 2010
Jan2010
The state is asking business owners to dig deeper by raising unemployment insurance tax rates for 2010. The Employment Security Department sent tax rate change notices to more than 17,000 businesses in December. The average unemployment insurance tax rate this year is estimated at 2.38 percent, up from 1.55 percent in 2009. The taxes will …
Read More »Business owners have new tax incentives to be aware of in 2010
Jan2010
By Jennifer Mitchell, CPA for TCAJoB Tax Time is here again. 2009 was a year full of tax law changes, so there’s bound to be a tax deduction or credit waiting for you and your business to claim. None of us want to give Uncle Sam any more than we have to. So, find out …
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