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...
A hospitality job fair is planned from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 22 at Columbia Basin College’s Career and Technical Education building, off Argent Road on the Pasco campus.The Be Our Guest hospitality fair, which is free and open to the public, is being offered by CBC, WorkSource Columbia...
By Marilou SheaI’m often surprised at the number of people who don’t know what “hospitality” means, but I am always pleasantly surprised once I enlighten them. A happy face appears, as a warm memory traverses their heart to their head. It’s clear good hospitality leaves a lasting, memorable imprint.Hospitality shares...
By Beau RuffShould a person giftthe farm before death to avoid the complexity of probate and the estate tax?Probably not. The family farmoccupies a unique position in Washington state estate taxation. It is arguablyone of the best assets to own at death for a wealthy family. It has the benefitof...
The state’s new two-year budget includes several milliondollars in projects for the Tri-City area, including two big Richland projects:a $27 million new academic building at Washington State University Tri-Citiesand a $15.2 million military readiness center in the Horn Rapids area.In north Richland, $7.7 million has been earmarked for aLaser Interferometer...
By Andy PerdueOne of the most important vineyards on Red Mountain has been sold.Artz Vineyard, planted in 1997, was bought this spring by Scott Williams, second-generation winemaker of Kiona Vineyards & Winery. Williams and his wife Vicky already own several top vineyards on the ridge that many winemakers consider the...
Richland will be home to the Tri-Cities’ third Planet Fitness gym this fall.The new fitness center will be at 1711 George WashingtonWay, Suite 399, in a storefront formerly occupied by Mid-Columbia Wine andSpirits, next door to Office Depot.The Washington Plaza development in north Richland isanchored by Safeway.Planet Fitness recently signed...
LambWeston is adding a potato storage building in Paterson to support its expandedoperations across the Columbia River in Oregon.Thenew building is under construction at 158695 Highway 221 in Paterson. It isvalued at $2.2 million and will have the capacity to hold 15,000 tons ofpotatoes.Atthe end of 2017, Lamb Weston announced...
Two Pasco companiesrecently earned statewide manufacturing awards.The Bogert Group, which is an umbrella for businesses that make military equipment, hydraulic pumps, accessories for recreational boating and small aircraft and a line of jacks for safely lifting heavy equipment, earned a gold award for being an innovator in manufacturing.The Bogert Group...
In less than a year, Vista Field’s first shovel-readyparcels are expected to be available to developers.Plans to turn the former airport into a 103-acrepedestrian-focused urban center took a tangible step forward with aground-breaking ceremony in April.Around March 2020, the first shovel-ready parcels are expected to be made available through the...
