By Veronica Sandate Craker The irresistible sweet and spicy aroma of cinnamon buns and fresh biscuits wafts though the dinning room at the Prairie Belle Kitchen and Catering Company in West Richland. That’s where Holly Claghorn can be found busily rolling out dough to create authentic sopapillas, homemade pies and sweet danishes. The preparation and …
Read More »Port of Kennewick plans new Clover Island projects for 2012
Jan2012
By Veronica Sandate CrakerIn 2011, the Port of Kennewick brought in multiple new projects to the city and is gearing up to do it again in 2012. The most recent action was a land purchase approval for 5.57 acres at the Spaulding Business Park to Blair Sampson, an Orthopedic Surgeon at Northwest Orthopedics and Sports …
Read More »KSD uses new process to ensure elementary renovations run smoothly and are cost effective
Dec2011
By Elena Olmstead for TCAJoB The Kennewick School District is on a roll. They have already built one elementary school, renovated a second, are in the midst of renovating a third. Over the next two years, they will be renovate two more. The construction of Cottonwood Elementary School and the renovation of Canyon View, Sunset …
Read More »Willamette Dental offices to move to Spaulding Business Park
Dec2011
By Veronica Sandate Craker Willamette Dental is consolidating its Tri-Cities locations and will build a new 12,000-sq. ft. clinic at the Spaulding Business Park on Columbia Park Trail in Richland. Willamette Dental Group, Inc., purchased 1.58 acres in the Spaulding Business Park west of the Tri-City Chaplaincy and east of the Eden Medical Center for …
Read More »ConAgra Lamb Weston scraps plan to build new office at Columbia Point
Dec2011
ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston will build its new headquarters building adjacent to its current Kennewick office, and not at Columbia Point, where the company had planned to build. In November, the Richland City Council approved a land swap with the frozen potato processing company. The city agreed to trade the company 80 acres in the …
Read More »King Lasik settles into new location
Dec2011
By Veronica Sandate Craker Clearly Lasik has a new name and new location in the Tri-Cities. The company is now King Lasik and has moved from its Tucannon Avenue location to 8011 W. Quinault Ave. in Kennewick. According to the Benton County property listings, Quinault Real Estate LLC bought the space for $600,000 in May …
Read More »Tri-Cities church prepares to move into new home in Kennewick
Dec2011
By Veronica Sandate Craker The Living Room Church started four years ago with less than a dozen people meeting regularly in a living room. Today the non-denominational church boasts more than 700 members and currently meets at 1007 Wright Ave., in Richland at the West Side Church Activity Center. “We’ve been homeless since we started,” …
Read More »Building Tri-Cities: Southridge Sports & Events Complex
Dec2011
The new Southridge Sports and Events Complex is 52 acres that includes four baseball fields, two multi-use fields, room for four soccer fields and space to play everything from basketball to lacrosse. The complex, at the corner of Highway 395 and Hildebrand Road is exceptional because of its size and its combination of indoor and …
Read More »Dance studio gets new home and new name
Nov2011
By Elena Olmstead for TCAJoB When their business partners in Turning Pointe Dance Academy decided it was time to move, Marla Martens and her husband, Matt, had to decide whether to continue teaching dance in the Tri-Cities or to close up shop. The birth of Synergy Dance Project is proof that the Martens are definitely …
Read More »Cadwell Laboratories making room for new hires, business
Nov2011
By Veronica Sandate Craker Employees at Cadwell Laboratories are getting some extra wiggle room now that construction has started on a 22,000-sq.-ft. addition to the existing building at 909 N. Kellog St. in Kennewick.An October groundbreaking ceremony marked the beginning of the $1.6 million addition. The company is expanding to make room for …
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