By Elena Olmstead When Nick Bauer and Matt Hammer first opened ImageWorks, they were just two guys who had a few ideas they thought might help clients reach out to their target customers. “We had had the opportunity to work together at a different production company,” said Bauer. “We worked together for about a year. …
Read More »Marketing veterans open Focal Point Marketing in Kennewick
Feb2010
By Elena Olmstead Theresa Long and Mitch Lewis are no strangers to working together. For years they collaborated on marketing projects, each pushing the other to think outside of the box and create the best product possible. At that time, Long was working for Kennewick General Hospital and Lewis was working for a local marketing …
Read More »Social Networking — it’s about communication and building community
Feb2010
By Craig Sutton By now a great deal of business owners and managers have heard about many of the online communications tools like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. You may use these tools in your daily lives to communicate with close friends and relatives, and many of you have started to investigate the idea of using …
Read More »Customer loyalty programs need planning to be effective
Feb2010
By Jeffrey Harris Imagine for a moment, if you will, that you are engaged in a discussion with an industry colleague … a marketing leader of your acquaintance from another brand. The topic of discussion is the loyalty program recently launched by your colleague. What would your response be if, in answer to your question …
Read More »Simplot, McDonald’s Japan honor top Basin potato growers
Feb2010
The JR Simplot Company and McDonald’s Japan recognized the top five growers who supply high quality potatoes for the production of McDonald’s French fries and hash browns for the Japanese market. Ed Schneider of Schneider Farms, Jack Gross of the Marlin Hutterian Brethren, Keys Weyns of Weyns Farms, Berend Friehe of Friehe Farms and John …
Read More »New Grocery Outlet store to offer bargains in Kennewick
Feb2010
By Elena Olmstead Soon there is going to be a new place in town to save money on your groceries. Dane Dorsey and his wife, Jami, are opening the Tri-Cities’ first Grocery Outlet. The 24,000-sq.-ft. store will feature name brand groceries at competitive prices. “Tri-Cities (residents) have been calling into Grocery Outlet’s corporate office for …
Read More »Tuscany Rustic Italian Bistro cooks up traditional Italian cuisine
Feb2010
Jessie and Susanne Ayala recently opened Tuscany Rustic Italian Bistro at 602 Sixth Street in Prosser. The bistro, which opened in January, is open for lunch and dinner and features both classic Italian dishes and charbroiled steaks. By Elena Olmstead Jessie Ayala has opened restaurants throughout the Pacific Northwest, but Tuscany Rustic Italian Bistro is …
Read More »Port of Kennewick completes conceptual plan for waterfront
Feb2010
By Andrew Sirocchi for TCAJoB The Port of Kennewick is continuing its push to consolidate its ownership of a 28-acre riverfront plot by the Cable Bridge, even as it responds to hundreds of public comments it has received regarding its plans for the lot. Ideas for a performing arts theater, an amphitheater for concerts, restaurants …
Read More »Waterpark planned at Southridge, which continues to see growth
Feb2010
A new water park appears destined for the Southridge-area of Kennewick, where development continues at a slow but steady pace. In early February, brothers-in-law Mike Hillman of Kennewick and Dave Schlotthauer of Pasco signed a $1.4 million purchase agreement with Southridge developer Dean Maldonado for about seven acres where they plan to build Shark Reef …
Read More »Franklin PUD
Feb2010
The Franklin Public Utility District has completed a $4.5 million remodel and expansion of its Clark Street headquarters in Pasco. The project, which started in April 2009, added 10,191 square feet of new space and remodeled more than 6,900-square-feet of the existing building. Zeigler Construction Company of Pasco was the general contractor on the project, …
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