Plans for Columbia Gardens, an urban wine and artisan village to be built on the north side of Columbia Drive near the Cable Bridge in Kennewick will need to be amended. Bids for the project came in about $1 million higher than expected and were rejected by Port of Kennewick...
It’s the little details that will make Dupus Boomers a big attraction when it opens in April in Richland.[blockquote quote="We’re exciting to be providing something new and different in Richland." source="Carla Markel, co-owner of Markel Properties" align="right" max_width="300px"]From the floor up, the new restaurant will offer Richland diners a new...
Restaurateur Cindy Goulet’s latest project, Lu Lu Craft Bar & Kitchen, is just weeks away from opening.[blockquote quote="Construction is going very well. We’re down to the nitty gritty now, the interior, the appliances, tables and chairs." source="Cindy Goulet, owner of Lu Lu Craft Bar & Kitchen" align="right" max_width="300px"]“Construction is going...
Construction on the new 22,200-sq.-ft. HomeGoods store has started. The new building at Columbia Center will be adjacent to Old Country Buffet.HomeGoods is a low-price home fashion store owned by TJX, which also owns the T.J. Maxx and Marshalls brands of low-price retailers.Moorefield Construction of Santa Ana, Calif. if the...
As part of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s plan to modernize its campus, it start construction on a new 20,000-sq.-ft. collaboration center this year.PNNL went out to bid on the project in late January and will name the general contractor in mid-April.Greg Koller, PNNL’s manager of external communications, said they also...
After nearly two years of fundraising, the Friends of Badger Mountain reached its $1.5 million goal and in February Benton County signed off on a deal to buy nearly 200 acres for the Candy Mountain Preserve.The move will create a second ridge preserve on Candy Mountain and allow for a...
Whether your farm is limited to an acre or so, or several hundred, plan to attend the fifth annual Women in Agriculture Conference Mar. 19 and learn the power of communication.This year’s conference will be held simultaneously in 31 cities across five states.“That’s the magic of telecommunications,” said Margaret Viebrock,...
Fuse SPC, a co-working community in Richland, is offering a series of start-up education and mentorship events to help entrepreneurs transform their ideas into businesses.Launch University, a four-week ‘boot camp’ begins Mar. 31 at Fuse. The boot camp will be 7 – 9 p.m. every Thursday night from Mar. 31...
In their mid-20s, at a time when Todd and Daydra Bauman’s biggest worry should have been paying off student loan debt or saving up for their first home, the couple faced the unthinkable. A rare illness debilitated the 27-year-old Daydra.“A normal body can detect what’s good and what’s bad,” said...
The Williams family has been watching out for wellbeing of Tri-Citians for 45 years.In 1971, John R. “Jack” Williams founded Insurance and Financial Consultants, Inc., selling life insurance, annuities, investment products, health insurance and employee benefit packages.He’d already been an insurance agent for several years, working for State Farm Insurance.“But...
