A series of break-ins recently rattled the Tri-Cities’ small business community, targeting establishments ranging from restaurants, an entertainment center and a salon. And local police have advice on how businesses can deter would-be criminals.
Local businesses have felt some strain this year with rising costs, changing tariffs and customers pulling back on spending. Overall, the year has been flat for three longtime local businesses as they work to engage customers in the ways they know best.
Two sisters are welcoming customers to Ink Drinkers Bookshop’s first holiday season at a storefront at 309 W. Kennewick Ave. in downtown Kennewick. They aren’t the only ones betting on downtown either. Their store opening is part of a flurry of new businesses injecting life into the city’s commercial district.
The Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business reached out to the three commissioners-elect to learn more about their top priorities. Here’s what they had to say.
Amazon packages crisscross the country every day, but in the Tri-Cities, many of them arrive thanks to a delivery service owned and operated by someone who calls the area home.
The demands of modernizing the energy grid have clashed with the wishes of those living near or under that infrastructure in this Richland neighborhood.
