Diversity

Diversity Briefs – April 2022
Murray earmarks $3M for MLK Center in Pasco Pasco’s Martin Luther King Jr. Center will get a major facelift after...

Owners of Pasco’s oldest restaurant plan to retire
Pasco’s oldest continuously operating restaurant has been serving the Tri-City community for 58 years. Chinese Gardens at 1520 N. Fourth...

Longtime community leader works to make an impact
Chauné Fitzgerald continues to make a mark on the Tri-City community through her volunteer work and advocacy, operating her own...

Q&A with Naima Chambers-Smith
Naima Chambers-Smith CEO Tri-Cities Diversity & Inclusion Council Naima Chambers-Smith Number of employees you oversee: We have less than five...

Pandemic deals different economic hands to the Tri-City workforce
Recently, the Eastern Washington University’s Institute for Public Policy & Economic Analysis was asked by the Port of Kennewick to...

Tri-Cities’ diverse population continues to grow but not its income
March Madness brings out a latent desire to be No. 1. (Just missed that up here in Spokane.) While many...

State files against janitorial company for exploiting mostly immigrant workers
State Attorney General Bob Ferguson has filed a consumer protection lawsuit against janitorial services company National Maintenance Contractors, which has...

Q&A with Gustavo Gutierrez-Gomez
Executive Director, Downtown Pasco Development Authority Number of employees you oversee: 6 – four full and 2 part time. Gustavo...