Cheer teams continue to attract a wide range of athletes across the Tri-City community, now filling four gyms in the area with participants in both competitive and recreational options. Two of the gyms opened in the past year and the two others recently went under new ownership, turning over a...
On occasion, you, or someone you know, might be asked to co-sign a financial obligation for the purchase of a car or a house or the lease of an apartment or commercial space. Sometimes the request is simply to co-sign on a personal loan, so the borrower has access to...
The alchemists of yore sought to convert low-value lead into high-value gold.A solution to that puzzle remains elusive, but researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have discovered something more applicable to present-day challenges.The lab has patented a game-changing new method of extracting lithium from water.There is a lot more suspended...
Isaac GarciaIsaac GarciaSystem Architect and OwnerApplied Automation ITNumber of employees you oversee: 4Brief background of your business:We started in September of 2018. We started out of a love for people in our community and a passion for technology. At Applied Automation IT, we put people first and information technology second.How...
By Amanda MasonFor the Tri-Cities Area Journal of BusinessToxic algae can no longer hide in plain sight.The Benton-Franklin Health District Water Lab in Kennewick is now home to ELISA, a testing kit and plate reader that detects toxins from algae blooms in water samples collected from local lakes and rivers.The...
The greater Tri-Cities is rich with STEM jobs.The chart, taken from the Vitals of the Association of Washington Business Institute, makes this clear.The density of STEM jobs in 2021 in the two-county workforce was slightly over 5.6%. That places the metro area at the top of the heap for STEM...
Science and technology have made many things better when it comes to sports.And they will continue to do so in the future.The Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business talked to some Tri-City area high school athletic directors and one football coach about what science and technology have done for sports.Here is...
A longtime West Richland diner once named for Jamie McCallum is now owned by Jamie himself, and the first order of business was changing the restaurant’s name – to honor his young daughter with a terminal cancer diagnosis.Jamie and his wife, Frances, launched Lil’ Moon Diner at 3790 W. Van...
Columbia Birth Center pulled up roots this spring.The hospital and home birth alternative for those seeking more holistic health care services moved to an updated and more spacious location in Richland next door to the Kadlec Regional Medical Center campus.The birth center’s new home at 948 Stevens Drive was formerly...
An Oregon company that builds and operates residential facilities for seniors broke ground in May on Riverwalk Estates, a 149-unit, $40 million facility that will provide assisted and independent units near Canyon Lakes.Salem-based Hawthorn Construction Group is building the four-story facility off Highway 395 at 4704 W. Hildebrand Blvd., behind...
