[blockquote quote="My goal is for every women to leave the shop feeling beautiful." source="Amanda Kuhn, Pink Pearl owner" align="right" max_width="300px"]The frustration of customers being treated like numbers, rather than being respected as people, while shopping at large retailers led Amanda Kuhn to launch her own independent women’s clothing shop in...
[blockquote quote="We always have a wide variety of vendors that have something to offer to a broad spectrum of different commodities" source="Colin Hastings, the Pasco Chamber’s Executive Director" align="right" max_width="300px"]The Pasco Chamber of Commerce has changed the name of its popular January expo to the Eastern Washington Ag Expo.Colin Hastings, the...
Construction on the second building of Boulder Heights Plaza is nearly complete at 3801 S. Zintel Way in Kennewick.Conner Construction was the general contractor on the 4,500-sq.-ft., single story building that has two professional suites. Jason M. Archibald of ALD Architects in Richland designed the buildings. Doug and Carrie Lundgren...
[blockquote quote="Each year we see more and more communities recognize the important role that small businesses play in their neighborhoods and find creative ways to celebrate them on Small Business Saturday," source="Janey Whiteside, senior vice president and general manager of customer marketing and relationship management for American Express OPEN" align="right"...
By Elena Olmstead for TCAJOB[blockquote quote="We had to vacate the building. We lost a good 80 percent of everything." source="Carol Ashby, Sixth Street Art and Gift Gallery Owner" align="right" max_width="300px"]Prosser’s Carol Ashby has owned Sixth Street Art and Gift Gallery for more than 10 years. Over the past decade she’s...
By John Stang for TCAJOB[blockquote quote="Without the funding … it’s kinda like kissing your sister" source="Gene Colin, board chairman of the South Seattle College Foundation" align="right" max_width="300px"]Two Seattle Democrats — Sens. Pramilia Jayapal and David Frockt — are working on a proposal to offer tuition-free community college in Washington. The...
[blockquote quote="“We have 56 local artists who are members of our Facebook group," source="Jim Bumgarner" align="right" max_width="300px"]"RRenee Martinez of Richland looks forward to Wednesdays. That’s the day she meets up with fellow artists at different locations each week to sketch whatever suits her fancy.Her subjects vary from week to week...
[blockquote quote="Vista Field is a great location for a performing arts center and will add to the quality of life here." source="Steve Wiley, Task Force chairman" align="right" max_width="300px"]Local arts advocates have campaigned for more than 50 years to get a state-of-the-art performing arts center built in the Tri-Cities. That dream...
