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...
By D. Patrick JonesThe area’s artscalendar is full, as a glance at any Tri-City events calendar makes instantlyclear. Consider music. Thearea is home to classical organizations such as the Mid-Columbia Symphony,Camerata Musica, Mid-Columbia Mastersingers. Festivals pop up in venues in thearea, especially in spring and summer, such as the Mariachi...
The stage isset as Vista Field transforms into Tri-Cities’ new urban core.And waiting in the wings to take its place there is the Arts Center Task Force.More than twoacres has been set aside for the landmark project — the Tri-Cities’ firstcenter for the arts — aimed at anchoring the new...
The community is about to find out what happens when youcombine the Tri-Cities’ most popular classic car, street rod and motorcycleshows.The West Richland Area Chamber of Commerce jumped in to take on organizing Cool Desert Nights car and street festival, along with its wildly popular West Richland Hogs & Dogs...
Number ofemployees you oversee? Artisticstaff of eight. Number of singers: 150. Volunteers: our singers are our primaryvolunteers. Briefbackground about Mid-Columbia Mastersingers: Founded in 1986 as Consort Columbia, Mid-Columbia Mastersingers, or MCM, is the premiere adult community chorus of the Tri-Cities and surrounding areas. Our mission is to transform lives through the...
Becky Brice never intended to open a brick-and-mortar studio when she started The Wet Palette Paint Parties five years ago. Back then, the party traveled to its customers. Now, it stays in the studio.And it’s an evenbigger studio than the one she had at The Parkway in Richland for more...
The numbers aren’t all that far apart — from 505 Swift Blvd.to 625 Swift.And the physical move into Richland’s new City Hall from theold building amounts to several hundred feet across Jadwin Avenue.But after $18.4 million and 20 months of construction — plussome 14 years of planning and negotiations before...
The long-planned SSC North America supercar productionfacility destined for the Belmont Business District in West Richland is now atthe center of a $10.3 million dispute.A new $3.2 million commercial building — tenant to bedetermined — is going up at the property instead, and the high-performance carmanufacturing plant is moving to...
Once named the U.S. Department of Energy’s Protégé of the Year, a Kennewick business and its founder are now facing three lawsuits and a tax warrant totaling nearly $2 million.Kristopher Lapp,i-3 Global president, is being sued in Benton County Superior Court for:$515,000 for a breachof contract by E2 Consulting Engineers...
Once named the U.S. Department of Energy’s Protégé of the Year, a Kennewick business and its founder are now facing two lawsuits and a tax warrant totaling more than $1 million owed. Kristopher Lapp, i-3 Globalpresident, is being sued for breach of contract by Columbia State Bank, whichalleges Lapp failed...
