By Kevin AnthonyLong before Brad Rew ever imagined running his own construction company,he dreamed of owning a golf course.He grew up playing the courses of the Tri-Cities and his first job aftergraduating from Richland High School was mowing the greens at Buckskin GolfClub.He studied golf course management in college, figuring...
Ryan Wattenbarger and Hilary Bird will be ready to sharetheir craft brews and love of soccer with the Tri-Cities in May.The Tri-City couple are opening Moonshot Brewing at 8804 Victoria Ave., Suite 130, in Kennewick, near the Gage Boulevard and Steptoe Street intersection.“I think we can be open in the...
Atomic Auto Body, SonShine Collision renamed as GerberA Canada-based company recently acquired and renamed two Tri-Cityauto repair centers.The Boyd Group Inc. acquiredAtomic Auto Body and Detail on March 18. The company served the Richlandcommunity for 53 years from the same location at 520 Wellsian Way. The Boyd Group does business...
A new pub will revive the focus on craft beers in a WestRichland strip mall. Marcos Vargas and Melissa Rabideau bought Wook’s Craft & Cork and reopened in late March as Lazy River Taphouse. “Everyone really liked what (the former owner) was buildingwith it, so we didn’t want to stray...
A massive freezer storage facility in north Richland isabout to get bigger.Preferred Freezer Services has begun a $35 million expansionproject that will add space and jobs.“We’ve been moving dirt for several weeks now,” said BurnieTaylor, director of major capital projects for Preferred Freezer Services. “Andwe have an expected opening of...
Port of Kennewick awards $6.4 million in contracts for projects’ next phasesThe Port of Kennewick’s vision to create a destinationwaterfront wine village and redevelop former airport Vista Field is makingheadway.The Port of Kennewick approved more than $6.4 million in construction projects in March: infrastructure work at Vista Field and a...
Carl Thompson loves what he does.As the superintendent at Columbia Point Golf Course, it’shis mission – and his staff’s job – to make sure the course is in great shapefor the region’s golfers, who played close to 46,000 rounds on the Richlandcourse last year alone.Carl ThompsonAt the same time, Thompson...
Plans to transform Vista Field from a former airport into an urban center took a tangible step forward with a ground-breaking ceremony on April 22.“With this groundbreaking event the transformation of Vista Field is finally becoming real," said Tom Moak, Port of Kennewick commissioner. He said the redevelopment project bridges...
Salvaged Hardwoods owner reclaims wood, creates custom piecesClinton Milton remembers tinkering around with his dad inthe garage as a boy. He wasn’t building much, he admits, but it gave him theskills and confidence as an adult to build modest sample tables from salvagedhardwood pieces to sell at yard sales.That was...
By Kevin AnthonyThe message is simple. Clean, you might say.While cleaning up one of the biggest environmental messes inthe United States, it’s best to leave as small a footprint as possible.It’s an attitude that Mission Support Alliance stresses in its role as a key contractor at the Hanford nuclear reservation....
