For the first five years of business, Bunnell Family Cellar operated out of the Susan and Ron Bunnell’s home. Located in the country, people visited by invitation, traveling down a gravel road to taste wines and visit with the couple. That was in 2004, a time when thenumber of wineries...
By Kevin AnthonyJoe Sanchez had no intentions of starting a business.He just wanted to have a nice beard.“I never heard of beard products before my brother-in-lawgave me beard products for Christmas,” said Sanchez, who started Average Joe’sBeard Essentials in January 2017.Average Joe's Beard Essentials beard balm sells for $15.When he...
El Asadero — which serves up Mexican cuisine with a focus on homemade freshness — opened a new restaurant on 127 Gage Blvd. in Richland. The restaurant is owned and operated by father and son duoRafael Arriaga Sr. and Rafael Arriaga Jr.Their first restaurant opened in 2004 on Fourth Avenue...
Guarantee System Carpet Cleaning &Dye Co. is celebrating 40 years of serving the Tri-Cities. Owners Garry and Tracie Lamberson saidthough they moved to Kennewick before the economic downturn of the 1980s,phones were ringing off the hook right after opening.“Business was good from the start,”Tracie said.Before moving to Eastern Washington,Tracie and...
If you let him, Donnie Lewis will talk your ears off abouthemp and the virtues of CBD oil.He isn’t alone in his enthusiasm. Many people are turning toCBD to help with a variety of ailments, ranging from lack of sleep, anxiety anddepression to pain relief.That’s why Lewis opened a CBD...
Family-owned business also offers photography classesJim and Karen Pridemore have opened anew business at 627 The Parkway in Richland that aims to create lastingmemories.Picture Yourself is acreate-it-yourself studio for photography and videography in which customerscan rent studio time by the hour or pay for a monthly membership.The company offers various...
C and E Trenching has been digging dirt for 25 yearsCurtis Wray can be pretty self-effacingand humble.When asked what he sees his company, Cand E Trenching LLC and himself doing in five years, he said he doesn’t knowhow to do anything else.His father, Everett Wray, bought thebusiness in 1994 —...
By Kevin AnthonyRandy Johnson is big on challenges.It’s why the owner of RX Pharmacy on the Kadlec campus in Richland jumped right in as a pharmacist and store manager straight out of college.It’s why he went from working behind the counter for one of the biggest chains in the nation...
Barb Fangman and Scott Williams had seen how most accounting firms do business — and they wanted something different.And it’s been working. Barb FangmanThe owners of Insight Accounting Solutions have seen their Richland company — which Fangman started in 2012 — grow.“We are experiencing 50 to 70 percent growth a...
For Mark Howell, the key to running a successful business is more than just making gobs of money.As the owner of Sandy’s Trophies in Pasco, Howell believes caring a lot about people is just as, if not more important, than the bottom line.He and his first wife bought the established...
