Editor's note: Ron Swanby is one of the co-founders of the new Southeastern Washington Food Truck Association, formed to give a voice to food trucks in this region. A version of the Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business story about the new association is below this update from Ron, given March...
The answer to the obvious question is “no.”Aboxing program for people with Parkinson’s disease does not include a lot offist-to-face-type action. Mostof the participants already are in a pretty big fight.Instead, programs like Rock Steady Boxing — a national program offered in the Tri-Cities by Tony and Gigi Valdez at...
For the first five years of business, Bunnell Family Cellar operated out of the Susan and Ron Bunnell’s home. Located in the country, people visited by invitation, traveling down a gravel road to taste wines and visit with the couple. That was in 2004, a time when thenumber of wineries...
A hospitality job fair is planned from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 22 at Columbia Basin College’s Career and Technical Education building, off Argent Road on the Pasco campus.The Be Our Guest hospitality fair, which is free and open to the public, is being offered by CBC, WorkSource Columbia...
The Tri-City RegionalChamber of Commerce announced its Business on a Roll Awardwinners March 27 during its annual meeting and awards luncheon inKennewick.Winners were Knutzen Engineering of Kennewick (10or fewer employees), Petersen Hastingsof Kennewick (11 to 50 employees) and GravisLaw of Richland (more than 50 employees).The awardsrecognize businesses achieving success in 2018.Awardrecipients are businesses...
Taxpayers in Franklin andBenton counties collect some of the biggest tax returns in the state.The two counties ranked among the top 10 of the state’s 39 counties with the highest amount of tax refunds, according to SmartAsset, an online financial technology company.Franklin County ranked No. 3on the list, with the...
A sale is pending for a sizable commercial propertyadjacent to the Columbia River at the north end of Columbia Center Boulevard,within Richland’s city limits. Two tenants vacated the 101,000-square-foot Rivers EdgePlaza in the last year, including anchor tenant Chuck E. Cheese andAll-American Gymnastics. Neither space has been filled in the...
Hundreds of acres north of the Queensgate Drive shoppingarea are poised to be rezoned by the city of Richland to pave the way forfuture development and a new school. The 314-acre parcel, which has been owned by Washingtonsince its statehood, is currently zoned agricultural. The state Department of Natural Resources...
Hairstylists and salon owners around the state got Washington legislators’ attention this session when they turned out in massive numbers to oppose measures that targeted booth rentals, as well as independent contracting. In the Washington state Senate and House, Democratic lawmakers introduced bills to change and tighten the definition of an independent contractor in...
A Kennewick business owner wasn’t toosurprised when 60 Tri-City businesses stepped up to participate in a grassroots“shop local’ initiative prompted by Mother Nature’s snowfall.“I think it’s something that I haveseen so many times here — these instances of camaraderie among smallbusinesses,” said Olivia Berg, owner of BlankSpace, a Kennewick event...
