Growing conditions are strong on Washington hop farms but growers are curtailing expectations of modest growth as beer-drinking patterns shift and an entire industry is disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic.The unknowns mean 2020 will look a lot like 2019, when the National Agricultural Statistics Service said Washington growers produced about...
There is no glitz or glamour associated with Concord grape production in Washington state, but the industry is looking better now than in recent years.The reversal stems from growers removing vines, which means they are sending fewer grapes to processors for Concord juice and jelly. But that’s not the only...
How do we, as a society, know that our next generation will be capable of solving the global problems left behind for them to handle?How do we ensure that our future leaders will be able to think independently and multidimensionally, with compassion and confidence?How can we prepare them to face...
Yakima-based Hogback Development completed construction of the fourth of five retail buildings at Sandifur Crossing Lot 5 in 2019.The 5,200-square-foot building is home to Jamba Juice and Porter’s Real Barbecue. One space with about 2,000 square feet is available for rent.When complete, Sandifur Crossing will feature nine single-story buildings with...
Northwest Equipment Sales Inc., a truck and trailer dealer with locations in Boise and Twin Falls, Idaho, and Hermiston, Oregon, has a new 27,000-square-foot dealership serving the Tri-Cities and Eastern Washington from Burbank. The $4 million dealership includes office, shop and warehouse space. The project wrapped up in mid-June. The metal structure...
Shaun Ehlers ended 2019 on a contented note.He’d opened a second edition of his small fashion boutique in Columbia Center mall in September.By year’s end, the Free Culture Clothing stores in downtown Kennewick and at the mall were breaking even.He knew the first few months of 2020 would be rough....
Airport seeks passenger inputThe Tri-Cities Airport is inviting those who traveled by air in the last 12 months to complete a survey about their future plans.The survey asks participants to share their thoughts on what will make them feel comfortable about traveling by air again.Go to flytricities.com/ psc-passenger-survey.The Covid-19 crisis...
The region’s largest potato processor sheds new light on french fry-making in its first-ever corporate sustainability report.Lamb Weston Holdings Inc. issued its 2020 Environmental, Social, and Governance Report on June 2. In it, the Eagle, Idaho-based company describes its corporate and environmental goals, the steps it is taking to meet...
The Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business is proud to present its annual Focus: Agriculture + Viticulture magazine inserted in this month’s edition.In a departure from years past, the Focus magazine stands alone for 2020. Under normal circumstances, it would be the 2020-21 edition. With the Covid-19 crisis upending the American...
NEW HIRES• Kennewick’s Wave Design Group has launched an affiliate company, Wave Quantum Group LLC, to provide nuclear and federal design and engineering services. Wave Quantum announced several positions for its June launch. They are:• Harvey Prickett is president. He came to the Tri-Cities in 2009 and started Wave Design...
