Charles Conte Jr. decided late last year it was time to move to the Tri-Cities, where his wife Susan’s family lived.In January, the family moved from Virginia, where Charles worked in his father’s bike shop chain, Conte’s Bike Shop. He intended to work for a local nonprofit.“Susan was born and...
While Tri-City businesses have been reorganizing to continue serving customers and weather the fallout from Covid-19 stay-home orders, one pair of young entrepreneurs have leveraged the austere conditions to launch their dream business.Redefined Meals, a weekday lunch service, delivers healthy meals prepared fresh from scratch that morning to desks and...
Richland’s Lisa Chapman-Rosa is always looking for innovative ways to help her companies thrive.Not that she’s really needed to.Her Tri-Cities Mobile Drug & Alcohol Testing business has had plenty of work around the Mid-Columbia.The construction company she started in 2007, Total Site Services LLC, a woman-owned business, has earned millions...
The franchise owner of the Sylvan Learning Centers in Kennewick and Richland has figured out several ways to meet student needs in the Tri-City area since 2005.There are the learning centers in Kennewick and Richland where students come for tutoring.There are in-home visits, where Sylvan sends a tutor to the...
For years, Mindi Irvine had the idea of offering a video-type health care service as part of the Oasis Physical Therapy daily routine.But it just never happened, thanks to the busy, day-to-day operations of her five clinics in the Tri-Cities and, most recently, in Walla Walla.“We’d been talking about this...
When your company has been in business for 76 years, you’ve been doing something right.You can expand and thrive during the best of economic times, and you adapt and become more flexible during the rough times.With the coronavirus pandemic hindering almost all business, U.S. Linen and Uniform in Richland is...
Their line of wearables tries to raise awareness, promote thoughtfulness toward people with special needsThe button idea really was a simple one.Yet it took a Tri-City couple, Michael and Linde Thomas, more than 20 years to turn it into reality.The Thomases recently created a foundation called Kindhearted for Special Needs.They...
Owner of Richland practice says move could mean future expansion Owner Matt Lucas was running out of room for his massage therapists at Chiropractic Care of Tri-Cities in Richland.His business’ neighbor, Mark Whitten, also was struggling with a problem. He ran Riverside Therapeutic Massage, but wanted to spend more time...
Professional Investment Management Services celebrates 20 years in business in 2020A Kennewick independent boutique investment advisory firm is closing in on 20 years of business next year.That’s the case for Professional Investment Management Services, or PIMS for short, at 7103 W. Clearwater Ave., Suite B, upstairs in the new Copiers...
Sign Gypsies owner delivers personalized messages for friends, family, customersRobin Wojtanik of Richland didn’t expect to become an expert on Tri-City area soil density when she launched her new business, Sign Gypsies, this summer.But putting up signs with custom messages at homes, schools and businesses has turned her into one.“North...
