Chad Leinback used to travel in his home state of Texas with his family, and he’d look at buildings as they’d drive by and imagine what business he’d put in them.
Since 2012 – when he bought New Beginnings Thrift Store at age 21 – his business life has...
Taylor Holmes could have just continued to work in the construction industry, and he would have been a happy man.And then, one day at a job site, an accident changed the course of his life.“(A man) fell three stories at a construction site and died,” Holmes said. “That was 2012,...
Back in 2014, Julianne Wright took her son to Huntsville, Alabama, for a week at Space Camp.While he was learning what it was like to be an astronaut, Wright spent that week in her hotel room drawing up a plan for an escape room business.Now, nine years later, Wright’s business,...
For a young couple with two kids, John and Kelsey Plughoff found the dream place to run a business: a brewery on a farm in north Pasco.The Pasco couple bought the 10-year-old Paper Street Brewing Company last April from Robby Burns. The pub sits on a farm at 241 Fanning...
Tri-Citians should be aware that there is a new wave of bobalicious goodness coming their way soon. Actually, it’s already here. But more is coming.The region is experiencing an explosion of boba tea drinks.Food trucks such as Bobablastic sell it. Pearl Tea at the Columbia Center mall thrives on it....
Steve Sprague and Ida Ann Wright love dogs.Sprague’s favorite is a German shorthair, but the truth is, he loves every dog.“I think we’d be pretty miserable without dogs,” he said. “They give you that unconditional love. I think the potential with them is incredible. They enrich your lives in so...
More opportunities are coming for food truck vendors and those who love to frequent them.Bush Developments is building a food truck park, along with a three-suite building at West Okanogan Place, near Kamiakin High School and just off Edison Street in Kennewick.Blake Bush of Bush Developments said the food park...
The pandemic took its toll on Charles and Marlys Aspinwall.The Richland couple readily admits it. There were just too many opportunities to socially drink with friends and neighbors as everyone was forced to stay home from work during Covid-19.But in December 2021, they both had had enough, tired of the...
