By Michelle DuplerWhen your job is to make the best hydraulic jack you can, also understanding how to reach customers on Facebook might be outside your toolbox.But for manufacturing businesses in Washington state, help is available through a program that aims to help small and medium-sized manufacturers to change, grow...
By Laura KostadMiramac Metals Inc. opened a new manufacturing facility a year ago in Pasco and is already considering a future expansion.The Mead-based company supplies a diverse offering of customized steel products, including corrugated, ribbed and snap-lock panel profiles, to commercial and residential customers in the rapidly growing Tri-City region.Miramac...
Occupancy rates have ranged from 57 percent to 87 percent in past five yearsWhen the Port of Pasco’s director of properties walks around the huge warehouses in the Big Pasco Industrial Center, she sees business possibilities.[blockquote quote="We’d like to see more manufacturing. More manufacturing brings greater employment." source="Mayra Reyna, Port...
Privilege tax generated $51.2 million for state last yearThree Tri-City public power electricity producers and providers recently paid more than $9.3 million in privilege taxes to the state.The annual tax is levied on public power electricity producers and providers for the privilege of generating electricity or providing electricity in the state.Energy...
By Robin WojtanikThe availability of inexpensive fitness options is increasing in the Tri-Cities with the opening of COR Fit in Richland and the new Planet Fitness in Kennewick. Each gym is available to users on a month-to-month basis, with no long-term contracts required.COR stands for “city of Richland” and is...
Richland Ulta Beauty store opens, Sephora doubles in size at mallNational beauty retailers Ulta Beauty and Sephora are expanding in the Tri-Cities as the beauty industry continues to grow nationwide.Ulta Beauty opened its doors May 26 in the Vintner Square development at 2911 Queensgate Drive in Richland to a large...
West Coast Warehouse and Logistics have leased a new 32,200-square-foot warehouse with 1,200 square feet of office space at 2715 Travel Plaza Way in Pasco.The building, called Brantingham Phase III, is located on 2.47 acres.West Coast Warehouse and Logistics, owned by Kevin and Kathy Scheckla, will use the facility to...
An expanded Verizon Wireless store is under construction at Columbia Center mall in Kennewick.The cellphone store is expanding into 1,400 square feet that will encompass the former Starbucks shop inside suite 802 to create more space for suite 805.Starbucks moved to a kiosk in front of the mall’s food court...
NewEdge Wellness Center is offering way for those living in the Tri-City area to receive holistic health care without traveling great distances. NewEdge’s new clinic occupies 2,950 square feet in suite 120 of the 3,980-square-foot building at 7403 W. Arrowhead Ave. in Kennewick. It’s located off Columbia Center Boulevard and Highway...
Thirteen insurance companies teamed up to build a home in Tri-County Partners Habitat for Humanity’s development in Pasco.Joe Peterson of Joe Peterson Insurance came up with the idea for the Insurance House project, said Lisa Godwin, executive director for Habitat.The insurance build program was “a wonderful way for insurance businesses...
