The growth at Goose Ridge Estate Vineyard & Winery is quickly apparent to drivers near the crossroads of interstates 82 and 182 because a large building rises alongside the current processing facility at the corporate headquarters on East Jacobs Road near Benton City.The scope of the growth is even more...
For years, there’s been talk of a year-round public market opening in Tri-Cities that might look like Pike Place Market in Seattle or Wenatchee’s Pybus Public Market.The vision is slowly beginning to take shape.The nonprofit Tri-Cities Public Market Coalition welcomed 61 prospective vendors to its recent vendors vision and information...
The Tri-Cities is poised to welcome its third plasma donation center when a new location opens across from the main Pasco Post Office on Court Street, alongside Goodwill, this fall.California-based GCAM Plasma already has an Eastern Washington clinic in Pullman.The $1.4 million Pasco office would be GCAM’s second in the...
Paper Street Brewing Co. is changing its scenery and its vibe, as Robby Burns, the founder of the five-year-old brewery, puts it.He decided to close the Richland alehouse at the end of July in favor of bringing the operation closer to home.A new brewhouse, which will be on...
Fans of Dovetail Joint Mobile Kitchen will rejoice when owners Matt and Maren McGowan open their new brick and mortar restaurant in Richland’s Uptown Shopping Center this fall.Serving a variety of made-from-scratch, locally-sourced food, the McGowans launched their food cart two years ago as a way of expanding into the...
Employees at Prosser’s Wine Country RV Park knew 2018 would be a good year before camping season took off. Each March, the 10-acre park, which includes 125 RV sites and nine tent sites, hosts a spring opener to get people out on the road earlier in the season.Park Manager Louann...
Visit Tri-Cities recently unveiled a new website to promote the national park in our backyard.The new, independent website for the Manhattan Project National Historical Park will provide more educational resources and tour information to the public, as well as unify and jointly promote the park’s three distinct segments as part...
A new name recently appeared above the doors of two long-standing Tri-City health food stores, Highland Health Foods in Kennewick and Richland Health Foods.But longtime customers needn’t worry.Highlands Organic Market will continue to feature the same items.Owner Nathan Lull said it was time to unify both stores under the shared...
The state’s business leaders feel the region is poised to take advantage of positive factors fueling the strong economic, such as income stability and job growth.That’s according to a recent study from Washington State University’s Carson College of Business.Despite the optimism, many of the surveyed business leaders say they are...
By Marilou Shea’Tis the season. You know the one I’m talking about. It involves lots of stove time, oodles of fresh, local produce, and those familiar-looking Kerr or Ball mason jars. No matter what berry or pickle you’re into, next to fresh, there is no substitute. Except one: canning or...
