The Port of Benton has been busy investing in promoting economic development in Richland, Prosser, Benton City and Benton County.The Richland-based port, has been welcoming new businesses, supporting workforce development and improving infrastructure.In Prosser, a triple ribbon-cutting in mid-September provided a belated celebration for businesses located in Vintners Village, a...

Land for sale at Vista Field, Columbia Gardens and soon Clover Island could bring a variety of developments to Kennewick in the coming year and beyond.The Port of Kennewick’s real estate portfolio offers prime locations in the city’s center, downtown area and along the river.The first phase of construction wrapped...

The Port of Pasco has created not one but two industrial parks in recent years.And both are running out of land to sell to food processors and other companies interested in building facilities in the Mid-Columbia region.The Pasco Industrial Center 395, or PIC395, and Reimann Industrial Center are the newest...

Columbia Basin College and Washington State University Tri-Cities each completed a major addition in the past year. The construction crews have moved on, but the two schools are busy contemplating what they need to serve the higher education needs of the Mid-Columbia.Columbia Basin College in Pasco debuted its Student Recreation...

The three biggest school districts in the Tri-Cities have a lot in common. Richland, Pasco and Kennewick each passed major bonds for new schools and other improvements in the years prior to the pandemic. In late 2022, all three were wrapping up these bond-authorized projects.Pasco and Richland expect to ask...

Kennewick, at 85,320 residents strong, continues to expand, develop and reinvent.“If you drive around our city, you can really see that we have progress and projects happening across all areas of Kennewick and there’s synergy. I think that’s important,” said Evelyn Lusignan, the city's director of public relations and government...

Pasco grew by more than a third as 20,000 residents joined the city between 2010 and 2022.With a current population estimated at 80,180, Pasco is nipping at Kennewick (population 85,320) and is among the fastest-growing communities in the state, according to the Washington Office of Financial Management.Big growth brings big...

An ongoing effort to market and prime the Horn Rapids area of Richland is paying off as nonstop growth continues at the northern end of the city.Richland is rewriting its master plan to support ongoing residential development while mapping out future commercial and retail projects in Horn Rapids.“It would further...

West Richland continues to grow west.The city of 17,410 residents has added 5,600 people in the past 12 years and more homes are coming.In 2021, the city issued 205 permits for single-family homes, more than in the combined three years prior.There are 4,200 new homes in the pipeline in the...

History will remember the early 2020s for the devastating coronavirus pandemic, the shutdowns, the economic chaos.It would be easy to assign the booming construction scene of 2021 to a Covid-19 recovery.The bounce back may be real, but population and job growth are the real drivers of the diverse array of...