Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business -- November 2016

November 2016

Volume 15 • Issue 11

Fundraising begins for $10 million culinary center in Kennewick

BY JESSICA HOEFER

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Retail

Kagen Coffee & Crepes opens at Richland’s Uptown Page 13

Real Estate & Construction

Real estate leader rebrands, renames his company Page 25

Labor & Employment

What’s new minimum wage mean to Tri-City businesses? page 43

he Said It “I ain’t nothing but a secretary with hairy legs.”

- Steve Prince of Vietnam Veterans of America has helped file more than 31,000 claims for VA assistance for veterans.

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Baking lessons, a cooking curriculum, farm-to-table meals, menu planning.

The ideas and enthusiasm cooked up for Columbia Basin College’s new culinary school continue to percolate as officials try to find $10 million to build the institute in Kennewick.

“Students are excited about the opportunity.

Since the first news story came out, students have wondered when they can sign up. Well, we have to have the building first,” said Richard Cummins, president of the Pasco college.

The two-story, 20,000-square-foot culinary school will include a restaurant, event center and bakery storefront.

The project is a joint venture of the Port of Kennewick, city of Kennewick and CBC, and the group has a timeline of four years to secure money for it.

“The port, city and college have about a million dollars invested in the idea,” Cummins said. “Now we’ll go out and fund raise. We’ll explore state sources, local, private, corporate sources. We’ll be banging on a lot of doors in the coming years.”

The three partners also will begin meeting every few weeks on the ambitious fundraising goal.

“Anyone with a couple of million dollars who would like their name on the building— give them my number,” Cummins said. “We might be able to raise (the money) sooner (than the four-year timeline). That’d be wonderful.”

The school will be located at the port’s Columbia Gardens Wine & Artisan Village under construction on Columbia Drive.

The port started acquiring property several years ago to rehabilitate and revitalize the waterfront area near the cable bridge and broke ground on the project in May. Last month Banlin Construction of Kennewick began construction on one of three wine buildings on the 16-acre site across from Zip’s and adjacent to Duffy’s Pond. uCULINARY, Page 21

Officials with Central Washington Corn Processors pound in ceremonial rail spikes to celebrate the opening of their multimillion-dollar facility on Nov. 4. The new warehouse and rail loop off Logston Boulevard in Richland will serve the corn, dairy and poultry industries.

Richland’s new $7.9 million grain facility ready to serve feed industry

BY KRISTINA LORD editor@tcjournal.biz

Looming buildings casting large shadows serve as tangible signs of economic growth in the Horn Rapids Industrial Park off Logston Boulevard in Richland.

The latest addition to the mix is across the street from the massive Preferred Freezer Services.

Central Washington Corn Processors’ new $7.9 million facility, which will serve as a hub for the corn, dairy and poultry industries, celebrated its grand opening Nov. 4.

Company officials expect 4,000 rail cars

to be unloaded at the transload facility in the next year. “We are able to operate this facility with about 15 to 20 employees, but the far reaching effect of employment extends to the 50 to 60 trucks that come and go each day and to all the support industries it takes to keep the wheels turning here,” said Dennis Kyllo, one of CWCP’s five principal owners.

Richland Mayor Pro-Tem Terry Christensen said the grain handling facility is “an important project for the region.”

The company’s new 95,480-square-foot warehouse is able to store 35,000 tons of animal feed products. uPROCESSING, Page 29

Business owners expect drone technology to soar in the Tri-Cities

BY JESSICA HOEFER

for Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business

Four years ago, Justin Coronado and Bryan Monarch started an aerial production and photography company using drones to make commercials for businesses.

“We did some aerial video work for Nelson Irrigation located in Walla Walla, made some promo videos for a couple of different agricultural companies, and also made one for a company that builds levelers for combines,” Monarch said. “It was back when drones were just starting to show up. It was very uncommon to see people using one.”

Since many people had yet to realize the value of using drones for marketing and

research, Coronado and Monarch kept their day jobs at Lamb Weston and spent their nights and weekends—and sometimes their vacation time—on projects for the side business they named UpAngle LLC. “We both had really stable, solid jobs, and people thought we were crazy to quit,” Coronado said. “But we decided if we’re going to do this, the time was now. So in April of this year, we pulled the trigger.

There’s a lot of opportunity, and with the drone technology that’s becoming more available, we know more competition will come to the area.”

UpAngle is not the only business in the TriCities using drones to offer unique perspectives and information to clients. uDRONES, Page 51

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Grape growers anticipating largest harvest in state history

BY WINE NEWS SERVICE

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Washington grape growers and winemakers are wrapping up what is being widely anticipated as the largest harvest in Washington history.

Pre-harvest estimates of a quartermillion tons of wine grapes are likely to be exceeded, as the crop has come in heavier than anticipated. Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, which uses two out of every three grapes grown in the state, reports that tonnage is coming in between 4 and 10 percent over its pre-harvest estimate.

“And we’re not done,” said Kevin Corliss, vice president of vineyards for Ste. Michelle. “We’re down to the last 10,000 tons or so. We’ll see where we end up.”

Washington’s biggest crop came in 2014, when 227,000 tons were brought in. If estimates for this year hold up, Washington’s wine industry will have doubled in a decade, as the state harvested 127,000 tons in 2007.

For several years, Washington has been the country’s second-largest wineproducing state, after California.

Mike Sauer, owner of famed Red Willow Vineyard in the western Yakima Valley, described “much bigger yields” because of heavier clusters.

“We always base our crop estimates on average cluster weights from past years,” he said. “You’d think your average numbers wouldn’t be off by too much in either direction. If it’s over or approaching being over, we do aggressive thinning. We thought we had a lot of blocks that we thought were right in the range, but the clusters were just heavier than we thought. We were 15 to 20 percent higher than average.”

But winemakers seem happy, even with the extra grapes.

What is widely considered to be Washington’s largest wine grape harvest wrapped up in early November. About a quarter-million tons of grapes were delivered to state wineries this fall. (Niranjana Perdue/Wine News Service)

“I’m pleased with the winery comments I’ve received so far,” Sauer said.

Rob Griffin, owner and winemaker for Barnard Griffin in Richland, called himself “grudgingly optimistic” about the quality.

“It’s tasting quite good,” he said. “I’m quite pleased.”

He, too, noticed the extra fruit arriving early on.

“People who have been doing this for years were off by 10 percent,” Griffin said. “Every time someone estimated 4 tons, we’d get 5.5.”

This has left a lot of wineries scrambling for fermenters and tank space.

“I dusted off some old bins we haven’t looked at in years,” Griffin said. “I have them all set up and ready to use. It’s nice to be ready. If I hadn’t had a little surplus capacity, I would have been in trouble.”

Griffin is wrapping up his 40th harvest in Washington. He arrived in 1977 as

head winemaker for Preston Wine Cellars in Pasco. He launched his own winery in 1983 as a side project while heading up Hogue Cellars from 1984 to 1991.

Ste. Michelle’s myriad winemakers are so excited about the quality, they aren’t turning anything down, Corliss said.

“We’re shoehorning it in here and there,” he said. “Good fruit, good wine, trying to take advantage of it as much as we can. If they’re not completely full, they’re going to be.”

A lot of the extra fruit going to Ste. Michelle is coming from new Cabernet Sauvignon vineyards in the Horse Heaven Hills that came into production this year.

“They all did really well,” he said.

The biggest battle has been weather, as the normally arid Columbia Valley received 2.58 inches of rain in October, a record according to weather experts.

“That’s a lot for October,” Corliss said wearily. “It’s been a challenge. It rains, we wait for the wind to dry it out. We pick a little, then it rains, then we wait for the wind.”

Rick Small, owner of Woodward Canyon Winery in the Walla Walla Valley town of Lowden, finished picking in late October.

“It was a long harvest,” he said. “We needed the rain. We always want the rain.

That’s good for us, recharging the water systems.”

He described the 2016 harvest as long and relatively uneventful, with no frost events to speak of in October. Like others, he noticed the grapes coming in a little heavier than anticipated, but he is pleased with the balance.

Sauer also mentioned the numbers on the grapes looked good, with sugars, acidity and pHs all being well balanced when they were delivered to his client wineries.

“The reports back from the wineries is they’re liking the quality,” Sauer said.

At this point, he’s putting away and fixing equipment. Harvest at Red Willow wrapped up Oct. 12.

“Things are wet and muddy,” he said.

“We still have all the leaves on the vines, though they’re not too green anymore.”

Griffin said he believes the final number for the 2016 harvest could be 10 percent higher than anticipated.

“It got everybody,” he said. “It’s not anything that anyone could have predicted. It has to do with berry size and cluster weight.”

Final harvest numbers will likely be released in early to mid-February by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Washington State Wine Commission.

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Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business • November 2016

Plenty of ‘we should do that’ ideas shared at chamber meeting

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It’s no surprise Tri-Citians would love to welcome a Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods Market to town.

They also have said over the years they want to patronize a performing arts center and splash around in an aquatics park.

Several others offered up a variety of possibilities during a brainstorming session as part of a “We Should Do That” activity at the Oct. 26 Tri-City Regional Chamber of Commerce meeting.

Greg Tehven of Fargo, North Dakotabased Emerging Prairie gave a passionate keynote about creating the kind of community you would want to be part of during the luncheon at the Pasco Red Lion.

He talked about creating connections across generations and interests, and putting on events at midnight or in alleyways.

He encouraged Tri-Citians to nurture the entrepreneurial spirit and to patronize start-ups.

He asked the chamber audience to write what they would like to see happen in the Tri-Cities and ideas flowed from pen to Post-Its. Several in attendance offered suggestions for events, such as Seahawks tailgate parties at John Dam Plaza in Richland, a public market, a fair staged in the Uptown Shopping Center’s alley in Richland, a midnight brunch and a rock ‘n roller skate event in which skaters would be able to skate around a rock show.

Someone threw out the idea of ziplines and another suggested creating public

Ideas ranging from ziplines to creating a social entrepreneur club were among the suggestions written on Post-It Notes at last month’s Tri-City Regional Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Attendees were asked to brainstorm what they’d like to see happen in the Tri-Cities.

shade structures in parks that double as solar collectors.

All the ideas will be compiled and shared with attendees with the hope of connecting those interested in making them a reality.

Here’s a sampling of some of the other ideas: • Improve the animal shelter in Pasco.

• Adopt an entrepreneur. Match up mentors and possible investors.

• Co-working with child care.

• Give artists space to create in city/ government-owned abandoned buildings.

• Mental health support groups.

• Vocational training center.

• Social entrepreneur club.

• Need a regional government like Metro in Portland.

• Make connections between active groups in the community.

• Infuse the arts at each chamber event.

• Can we be successful if we compete with each other? Consolidate.

• Build a building more than nine stories tall.

• Occupational health and wellness programs held at businesses for professionals, e.g. yoga, stretching, diet, holistic, health, stress reduction.

• Working stiffs like me can never make it to events like this. Yes to “offhour” events!

• Incentives for fast-growing businesses to stay in the area.

• Plant-based and vegan restaurants and options.

• Community meditation (outdoors as seasons allow).

• 1 Million Cups. (A national program to connect, educate and engage entrepreneurs with their communities.)

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Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business • November 2016 uBUSINESS BRIEFS Panera Bread, Party City coming to Richland

Panera Bread is coming to Richland.

The chain restaurant known for its fresh bakery items, soups and sandwiches will be located next door to Kentucky Fried Chicken at the corner of Queensate Drive and Duportail Street.

Construction on the 5,000-square-foot restaurant, which will feature a drive-through window, will begin in March, said Jim Stephens, director of leasing and development for Browman Development Co. Inc. The Walnut Creek, Calif.-based Browman owns the Vintner Square development anchored by the Richland Target.

Another tenant will be located in the 4,400 square feet space beside Panera in the multitenant building.

“We’re working on a few offers but haven’t signed a lease for those adjacent spaces. We’re getting close and have some availability,” Stephens said.

Also coming to Vintner Square is Party City, which sells birthday and theme party supplies, baby shower favors, Halloween costumes and more at more than 850 stores across the nation.

Party City is under construction next door to Ross Dress Less and the new Ulta Beauty, a national retailer of beauty supplies.

Port commissions Latino heritage murals

The Port of Kennewick has commissioned professional mural artist Andrew Reid to paint two murals focused on the Latino heritage in the Tri-Cities.

Reid was selected by the port’s Latino Heritage Mural committee, which is chaired by Davin Diaz, through a search process from a pool of 29 who responded to a call-to-artists

earlier this year. Reid will be paid $18,000 to design, paint and install the murals.

The murals will span 672 square feet on two canvases and be installed on the port’s Columbia Gardens Wine & Artisan Village buildings. The murals are expected to be completed by September 2017.

The Latino Heritage Mural project is funded by the port with support from Columbia Center Rotary, Kennewick Arts Commission and mural committee members.

CBC receives funds for tree planting

Columbia Basin College recently received $2,500 from the Arbor Day Foundation and Boise Paper to increase publicity and outreach and to buy trees and planting materials for trees in front of its new Social Sciences and World Languages Center.

CBC has been an Arbor Day Foundation Tree Campus USA location since 2009 and was the first community college in Washington to receive the designation. Tree Campus USA recognizes college and university campuses that effectively manage trees and engage students.

Online registration for Turkey Trot open

Registration is open for the 13th annual Turkey Trot 1-mile or 5K-run, which starts at 9 a.m. at Columbia Park on Thanksgiving morning.

The American Red Cross and Gesa Community Credit Union are the title sponsors of this year’s event, which is expected to bring in more than 3,000 people.

Group discounts are available and children 10 and under who attend with a paid adult are free.

Register or get more information at gesaturkeytrot2016.eventbrite.com.

WSU college of medicine accepting applications

Washington State University’s Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine in Spokane has been granted membership in the Association of American Medical Colleges and is now accepting medical school applications for its inaugural class of 60 students.

Applicants must be current residents of Washington, or meet at least three of the following criteria: they were born in Washington state, their childhood address was in Washington, they graduated from a high school in Washington, and they have a parent or guardian who lives in Washington.

Specific admissions requirements can be found at medicine.wsu.edu and prospective students may apply online at students-residents.aamc.org.

DOE meets groundwater cleanup goals at Hanford

During the past year, contractor CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Co. met its goal to treat 2.1 billion gallons of groundwater, removing more than 180,000 pounds of contamination, including nitrates, hexavalent chromium and carbon tetrachloride, at the Department of Energy’s Hanford site to further protect the Columbia River.

Contaminated groundwater is a result of chemicals from the site’s plutonium production reactors into the soil along the Columbia River.

Much of the contaminated soil has been removed, and CH2M is operating five groundwater treatment facilities along the river and one at the center of the site to address remaining key contamination.

CAC opens day center for families with children

Community Action Connections has opened Second Chance Center, a day center for families with children, in a newly renovated area of

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the CAC building at 720 W. Court St. in Pasco.

The center is designed to provide emergency assistance, crisis housing, food, laundry and shower facilities for families with children who are experiencing homelessness, living doubledup or in imminent danger of becoming homeless.

The center aims to reduce the recidivism rate and provide a safe family-oriented day center with services to educate, encourage and assist in this process. CAC also offers training for budgeting and resúme development, and referrals to other agencies that offer services outside CAC’s scope.

Second Chance Center is the first program of its kind in Washington that is not connected to an overnight shelter, according to CAC. Funding was secured through Benton and Franklin counties’ affordable housing funds, as well as a number of local foundations and private donors.

Call Judith Gidley, CAC executive director, at 509-545-4042 for more information.

Benton REA members approve proposed sale

Benton REA members voted 3,458 to 384 in favor of the sale of Benton REA electric facilities within the Yakama Nation Indian Reservation boundaries to the Nation’s electric utility, Yakama Power.

To validate the vote, a simple majority was needed with at least 25 percent participation of Benton REA memberships. The 3,842 ballots submitted represent more than a third of Benton REA’s membership.

Only Benton REA accounts that are within the Yakama Nation boundaries will be transferred to Yakama Power on Dec. 1.

Benton REA will continue to serve the nearly 14,000 accounts outside of the reservation.

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Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business • November 2016

Tri-City students get wooed to manufacturing industry

BY KRISTINA LORD editor@tcjournal.biz

Caleb Olson wants to be an engineer like his father and grandfather someday.

The 17-year-old from Hanford High thinks getting a job and skills in the manufacturing industry would be a logical first step on that career path.

He was one of about 40 students from three high schools who participated in the Careers in Manufacturing event Oct. 28 at Columbia Basin College in Pasco.

Officials from Areva, Quest Integration, Sandvik, Western Sintering and CBC held a variety of workshops for the students.

“Machinery and testing is also an interest,” said Olson, a tenth-grader at the Richland school. He signed up to attend the CBC event to learn more about careers available in manufacturing.

The students received hands-on training at five different stations: manufacturing, welding, non-destructive testing, electrical and solid modeling.

“Most people have a genuine interest in helping young kids,” said Lance Stephens, Areva’s manager of operations strategy and supply chain, who helped organize the session.

CBC welding instructor Eddie Zaragoza helped a Tri-Tech Skills Center student from Kennewick with a

Eddie Zaragoza, left, welding instructor at Columbia Basin College, coaches George Ramos, a Tri-Tech Skills Center student from Kennewick High, during the Careers in Manufacturing event at the Pasco college.

welding exercise. He said the experience gives the students a lot of practice.

George Ramos of Kennewick High School appreciated the tutorial, saying it showed him what things were possible “so I can see how it is.”

Karen Richardson, a career center specialist at Hanford High School, said one of the reasons she embraced the event is because it also involves a job site field trip. Students were invited to visit Sandvik, Western Sintering and Areva in mid-November to further

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“They get to see the big picture — the actual workplace and see work in action,” she said. “It’s great for the kids to see that what they learn in high school and in college, that the next step is using those skills. Everything is elevated to the next step.”

Stephens, who has worked at Areva for 27 years, said these young students will be needed when they graduate.

He said over the next decade 3.5 million manufacturing jobs likely will

need to be filled and the skills gap is expected to result in 2 million of those jobs going unfilled.

He said his company has a 40-year Nuclear Regulatory Commission license to fabricate fuel at the Richland site. That means it will need more workers to add to its team.

“We need the next-generation workforce. Most of us will not be at the plant then,” Stephens said.

He told the students manufacturing careers offer good wages, benefits and opportunities in the region and beyond.

“We want you to connect with people and reach out and build some relationships,” he told them.

Ken Williams, president of Plastic Injection Molding, told the students that manufacturing is all about taking an idea and turning it into a finished product. He also told them to be sure to make a good first impression and to keep their eyes open for something they’re passionate about. “We all need to have a vision and the ability to communicate it,” he said.

Stephens said a group of industry officials and others began meeting regularly in June to hash out the agenda for the Careers in Manufacturing event.

“We asked ourselves what we need in the area to increase awareness of careers in manufacturing and met every two weeks,” he said.

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Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business • November 2016

Kennewick auto repair shop owner pleads guilty in workers’ comp case

BY TRI-CITIES AREA JOURNAL OF BUSINESS STAFF

The owner of a Kennewick auto repair shop recently pled guilty for failing to pay more than $40,000 in state workers’ compensation payments.

Rodney Eugene Dietrich, 41, was sentenced last month in Benton County Superior Court for employing workers without providing workers’ comp insurance, a gross misdemeanor offense.

The state Department of Labor & Industries revoked Dietrich’s coverage in July 2015 after he failed to pay insurance premiums despite repeated notices and warnings.

The Kennewick man owes L&I more

than $40,000 in late premiums, interest and penalties, according to department records. He also owes more than $1,800 in wages and penalties for failing to pay an employee in 2013, and nearly $50 for failing to pay the required fee for a boiler inspection.

The state Attorney General’s Office prosecuted Dietrich based on an L&I investigation.

Dietrich operated at the same location in Kennewick from at least 2004, but changed the shop’s name, business structure and business license number two times, after each one fell behind on workers’ comp payments, according to the state. The businesses were called Rods Auto Repair, RODs Cars LLC, and

RODs CARS Corporation.

After repeated warnings, L&I revoked Dietrich’s workers’ comp coverage in the summer of 2015, which barred him from employing workers.

An undercover L&I investigation, however, found at least one employee working at Dietrich’s shop in late 2015.

The auto technician told an investigator he worked full time, and that Dietrich paid him in cash, charging papers said.

Washington employers are required to cover employees with workers’ compensation insurance. The coverage provides medical and other benefits to help employees with work place injuries heal and return to work.

If employers fall far behind in premi-

ums and refuse to pay, L&I can revoke their coverage. In fiscal year 2016, L&I revoked employers’ coverage 43 times.

“Employers should contact us whenever they have problems paying premiums to prevent their situation from spiraling out of control,” said Elizabeth Smith, assistant director of L&I’s Fraud Prevention & Labor Standards, in a statement. “We can work out payment plans if employers talk to us as soon as possible.

“But those who ignore their premium notices or try to avoid detection risk receiving penalties and losing the ability to legally employ workers. In the worst cases, they could face criminal prosecution, as in this case.”

Benton County Superior Court Judge Bruce Spanner sentenced Dietrich to 364 days in jail, but suspended the term for two years on the condition that he commit no crimes and not employ workers unless he provides workers’ comp insurance.

Dietrich also repaid his employee $670 for improper deductions from the worker’s pay, as part of his sentence. He repaid L&I $241 for about two months of workers’ comp premiums he should have paid to cover the employee.

L&I said it will continue pursuing payment for the remaining amount Dietrich owes for past due premiums.

uBUSINESS BRIEFS Rachel road study open house set for Dec. 5

An open house for community members to talk about the realignment of Rachel Road is 4 to 7 p.m. Dec. 5 at Reata Springs Baptist Church, 2881 Leslie Road in Richland.

The city of Richland’s Comprehensive Land Use plan identifies the extension of Rachel Road, near the Amon Creek Natural Preserve, as a needed improvement to support connectivity between west Kennewick and areas of Richland and Benton County west of Leslie Road.

The open house gives the public a chance to share their thoughts about the plan and learn about the wildlife report, roadway design elements, street functionality and growth planning.

Along with community members who participate in public open houses, the Washington Department of Ecology, Richland Energy Services and Richland public works, multiple organizations and homeowners’ associations that make up the community advisory committee will work together to identify goals, set criteria, examine opportunities for enhancement and mitigation in the preserve and design features of a potential new connection.

Visit ci.richland.wa.gov.us/rachel, call The Langdon Group project manager, Bryant Kuechle at 800-252-8929 or email him at bk@ langdongroupinc.com for more information.

Cancer center collects more than $243,000

The Tri-Cities Cancer Center Foundation’s Autumn Affair fundraiser raised more than $243,000 for programs and services at the cancer center.

The annual event was held Nov. 5 at the Pasco Red Lion and featured live and silent auctions.

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Women Helping Women raises $125,000 at annual luncheon

BY KRISTINA LORD editor@tcjournal.biz

When 950 people get together to empower Tri-City area women and children, they’re able to raise a lot of money.

This year’s 16th annual Women Helping Women Fund Tri-Cities collected about $125,000 on Oct. 13 in Pasco.

That brings the total amount the nonprofit has raised to more than $2 million, funding 102 grants aimed at addressing the unmet needs of women and children throughout the Columbia Basin.

Last year’s event raised $113,000.

“We’ve been empowering women and children since 2001 because of the generosity of our sponsors and people just like you who want to make a difference,” said Peggy Vasquez, president of Women Helping Women Tri-Cities.

“With your help, we’ve given $1.8 million back to our community. In essence, Women Helping Women exists because of the generosity of our community.”

The annual luncheon, held at the TRAC facility, is the group’s sole fundraiser.

The organization solicits sponsors to underwrite the luncheon, speaker and other fees “so we can tell people that 100 percent of what you give here is going back into the community,” said Alysia Johnson, executive coordinator.

Those who went to the annual luncheon paid a minimum of $100 to attend.

“You may not realize it, but the sheer

amount of people in this room, offering their support, means the world to a woman or child at their all-time low. For them to know they have a community standing behind them will mean the world to them. Thank you, for being there for them, for supporting them,” Vasquez said.

A prescription for giving

Courtney Clark of Austin, Texas, was the keynote speaker and she shared her story about being diagnosed with melanoma at age 26.

When she hit her five-year cancerfree milestone, she had a routine scan that showed more bad news: she had a brain aneurysm close to hemorrhaging.

She had a series of brain surgeries in 2011 to treat the aneurysm, which had shown no symptoms and could have ruptured at any time.

Clark talked about how her health problems derailed her life and how “all along the way I had to keep stopping my life.”

Despite always envisioning becoming a mother, her cancer treatments meant she couldn’t have a baby, she said.

“Sometimes our lives change in front of our eyes ... and they don’t look like what we planned or wanted,” she said.

Her nonprofit work with Austin Involved, which connects young professionals to meaningful philanthropic opportunities, changed her life again — this time for the better and in an unex-

Keynote speaker Courtney Clark, left, talks to Roshellia Goines of Richland, a project manager at Bechtel, after the Women Helping Women Fund Tri-Cities event on Oct. 13 in Pasco.

pected way.

It put her in contact with a young high school student who had dreams of college and success as a musician. Courtney and her husband, Jamie, since have welcomed Anthony into their family.

“Being a mom doesn’t look the way I expected,” she said, explaining that giving gave her more than she ever thought she’d receive in return. “I got everything.”

She told her Pasco audience she knew they had stressful lives but reminded them “we are at our best when we keep

perspective about our struggles,” which is done by helping others.

She urged those in attendance to not only give financially, but also of themselves and to be positive role models throughout the community.

Roshellia Goines of Richland, a project manager at Bechtel, bought two of Clark’s books after her talk.

“I think (her story) was just phenomenal,” said Goines, adding that she thinks Clark’s story would be a great one for a TED Talks, a popular lecture series on a variety of topics. uFUND, Page 15

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Holiday sales forecast, economic growth good news for job seekers

BY JESSICA HOEFER

for Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business

While people were trying to squeeze in one last summer trip before the school year kicked off, Bill Watson was preparing for cold weather and holiday shopping.

“Most employers are getting ready for seasonal hiring in September,” said Watson, business services contact for WorkSource Columbia Basin. “They like to get people in for training before the holiday shopping season starts.”

Holiday hiring to be up

This year, employers will need to train even more people as holiday sales are expected to be higher than last year’s.

Washington retailers are poised to hire more than 12,700 seasonal workers this year—up more than 2,000 from last year, according to the state Employment Security Department.

Benton and Franklin counties account for 467 of those seasonal jobs. Last year, businesses in the two counties hired 420 people.

“Seasonal retail hiring across the state is expected to rebound this year after declining the past two years,” said Paul Turek, an economist with the department,

WorkSource Columbia Basin hosted a fall job fair last month in preparation for the holiday season. Thirty-eight companies attended and about 300 job seekers came, which is almost double the amount of last year’s event. Benton and Franklin counties are expected to hire 467 seasonal workers this year, up from last year’s 420.

in a news release. “Healthier wage growth amidst an improving employment situation should help raise holiday sales to a level that boosts hiring.”

To help companies connect with job seekers, WorkSource Columbia Basin held a job fair in October. Watson said 300 job seekers attended the event along

with 38 employers, including Dollar Tree, Amazon and Target.

“Target was looking for 30 people.

Amazon is looking for more than 150 in the Tri-Cities,” said Watson, adding that there were also companies interested in hiring full-time positions, such as Areva and Meier Architecture & Engineering.

Hiring in general is up in the TriCities. Unemployment in Benton County is 5.9 percent and is 5.8 percent in Franklin County—the lowest of the year so far, according to WorkSource Columbia Basin.

Watson said those numbers can be credited to expanded retail opportunities, such as the new HomeGoods store at Columbia Center mall in Kennewick and the Ross Dress for Less that recently opened in Richland’s Queensgate area.

While both stores indicate positive economic growth, it’s not just the retail industry that’s hiring.

“There’s also a large number of production facilities coming in. ConAgra is expanding, and Volm is building larger operations. The economic outlook is better this year than in previous years, and that gives people a lot better feeling about spending for the holidays,” Watson said.

Economists with the state’s Employment Security Department report the bulk of seasonal hiring will be in general merchandise stores. Clothing and clothing-accessory stores are projected to hire about a quarter of the total seasonal jobs expected in the state. uHIRING, Page 15

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Uptown Shopping Center welcomes new crepe restaurant

BY JESSICA HOEFER

for Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business

Ten years ago, Kagen Cox tasted his first crepe.

“It was a little bit of heaven in my mouth,” he recalled, adding that he and his wife, Jennifer, were on vacation when he discovered the thin French pancakes.

“From that point on—whenever we’d take trips—we were always trying to find places that made crepes.”

Now they’re making the sweet and savory treat themselves at Kagen Coffee & Crepes in the Uptown Shopping Center in Richland.

The couple dreamed of opening a bistro one day, but it wasn’t until their daughter’s school, Liberty Christian School, put Jennifer Cox in charge of finding vendors for a fundraiser that the bistro idea really started taking shape.

“The school wanted a coffee vendor to come in, and we thought maybe we’d get a little traveling coffee stand—like a coffee cart. We started looking for a place we could rent by the hour to prepare the coffee,” Kagen Cox said. “The church next door to the location we were looking at was excited about getting somebody in this vacant space and suggested we do a brick and mortar location. And when my wife said, ‘It’d be awesome to do crepes and coffee,’ I thought, ‘Let’s go for it.’”

The problem was the 900-square-foot space adjacent to the EastLake Tri-Cities church in the Uptown had been empty for years and needed an overhaul.

Customer and high school friend Kiel Fauske, left, poses with Richland restaurant owner Kagen Cox. The pair hadn’t seen each other since Cox lived in Montana, but Fauske surprised him when he visited Kagen Coffee & Crepes during its opening week of business.

The 15,000-square-foot church takes up the old theater space purchased by Warren Luke in 2006. EastLake’s teaching pastor, Brent Johnsen, said the church was in need of more space on Sunday mornings for its youth group.

The church worked with Luke to include an addendum to its five-year lease for the vacant property so it could sublease it while utilizing the space on Sunday mornings.

“We had at least a dozen people do a walk-through of the space,” Johnsen said.

“Kagen was the first one to put in his own personal investment into the space, and he had a good game plan in place. We knew he was going to improve the space so

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much, and it’s a coffee shop setting, so it’s perfect for us.”

After weeks of renovations, Kagen Coffee & Crepes opened for business last month at the south end of the Uptown.

Joining the Uptown

The owners painted the walls off white and the ceiling mocha. Exposed duct work and Edison light bulbs provide an industrial feel, but red leather wingback chairs help give the eatery a 1950s flair similar to its neighboring businesses.

“We didn’t have the décor in mind when we started, but it’s perfect for the Uptown,” Kagen Cox said. “We also fell in love with a couch that had that older style with the square arms, that ’50s look.

And the wingback chairs make the room pop.”

Gus Sako, owner of Octopus Garden—a novelty item and gift store in the Uptown—said the 1950s décor is in the underlying bones to the shopping center.

“There’s quite a bit of vintage and antique stores, some consignment stores, the church, restaurants—it’s really all

over the map,” said Sako, who opened his business in 1976 and now serves as the business improvement district chairman for the Uptown.

“We usually don’t hear about new businesses until somebody signs a lease, but there’s a little more energy and change lately,” said Sako, who said the entire shopping center has several landlords who operate different parcels.

“Kagen’s definitely is coming in during a time of revitalization,” Johnsen added.

One of the biggest changes the Uptown has seen in recent years are the murals being painted on some of the walls of businesses, said Sako.

“It was an idea championed by our contact point with the city of Richland,” said Sako. “They said, ‘Here’s something we can do,’ and the city commissioned an artist to come up with a palette and all the elements that can be used. The business that’s going to get the painting only has to pay for the prep work and has to agree to maintain it for five years.”

Sako said as much as he’d like to see a grocery store move into the Uptown, the complex doesn’t have the physical space to support one. However, he’s pleased to see restaurants joining the mix of businesses there and looks forward to popping into Kagen Coffee & Crepes.

“I definitely have to go there,” he said.

“I mean, find somebody who doesn’t like crepes.”

Savory, sweet and coffee

The Coxes hired four employees, two of whom work full time. Jennifer Cox makes the syrups and gluten-free recipes.

All of the company’s coffee syrups are made in-house, but Kagen Cox said the eatery’s focus is the crepes.

“We’re more versed in crepes than coffee. We’re not claiming to be high-end coffee, just a good cup of coffee and awesome crepes,” he said. uKAGEN, Page 14

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Vintage second-hand store’s growth prompts move to downtown Kennewick

BY DORI O’NEAL

for Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business

When Donna Holloway opened her vintage second-hand store in 2008 in Kennewick’s Marineland Village, she had no idea she would outgrow the location within eight years.

Threads Consignment Boutique moved in August to its new location in downtown Kennewick at 127 W. Kennewick Ave., and the digs are as vintage as some of the clothes and furniture featured at the store.

The 1909 brick building was originally constructed as a department store. But during the last 100plus years, it has been home to a wide range of businesses, such as JCPenney and the Academy of Children’s Theatre, just to name a couple.

But this boutique is no ordinary vintage outlet. Holloway says the store’s inventory is a unique blend of old and new that appeals to every age group.

“We buy, consign, and exchange women’s and misses’ designer and name brand clothing and accessories,” she said.

“We also carry vintage clothing and accessories. And we don’t order any of our merchandise from China. We want

unique stuff that you can’t find anywhere else in the Tri-Cities.”

That unique stuff includes everything from a 1920s flawlessly preserved dress, she said, to the latest in European fashions. And you don’t need a fat wallet to shop at the store, either. Most items sell below $50 with few items priced more than $100.

“I’m super picky about what we sell in the store,” Holloway said. “Like consignment pieces, which must be higher-end items in good shape. Our new location has not only given us the extra space we need for easier shopping, but gives the store an industrial and rustic feel, along with a romantic ambiance.”

The store also features the artwork of local artisans.

Holloway’s daughter Brianna Guerrero is a jewelry and fashion designer who maintains a studio on the mezzanine floor at Threads. Her company is call Fugio.

Threads plans to have events each month that will focus on fashion and the arts.

“Our specialty is having a fun and relaxing place to shop where you can get all the help you need with fashion tips, styling and finding that one-of-a-kind

Donna Holloway, owner of Threads Consignment Boutique, recently moved her shop to downtown Kennewick after outgrowing the Marineland Village store, where it opened in 2008.

item you might fall in love with,” Holloway said.

The store’s Black Friday sale event will be Nov. 18-19 and Nov. 25-26 the store will celebrate Small Business Saturday. Then on Dec. 3 and 10, Threads also will participate in Historic Downtown Kennewick’s annual Little Christmas Village celebration which includes a public ice rink, hay rides, visit from Santa and music.

“We are all about supporting small business and building a community where

culture is thriving,” Holloway said. “At our amazing new location we aim to help in the revitalization of downtown Kennewick. And we are very excited to have a space where we can finally hold great events like fashion shows, ladies night, live music, etc.”

Regular store hours are from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays.

Hours are extended to 7 p.m. Nov. 18-19 and 25-26.

For more information, call 509-7354370 or find the store on Facebook.

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HIRING, From page 11 The economic outlook is good news for Hugo Trejo, co-owner of the recently opened Twisted Clothing in Pasco. He and his wife, Claudia, are looking forward to the holiday shopping season.

“We have lived most of our lives here and wanted to provide the community with fashionable clothing at a great unbeatable price,” he said. “Most everything we carry is under $25. Some of the brand names we carry include Under Armour, Abercrombie and DC, to name a few.”

Uptick predicted

The National Retail Federation expects holiday sales—excluding autos, gas and restaurants—to increase 3.6 percent to $655.8 billion. That increase

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is more than a percent higher than the 10-year average of 2.5 percent and above the seven-year average of 3.4 percent since the economic recovery began in 2009.

“All of the fundamentals are in a good place, giving strength to consumers and leading us to believe that this will be a very positive holiday season,” said Matthew Shay, the federation’s president and CEO, in a statement.

And for those seeking employment, events such as the fall job fair are a great way to connect with employers face-to-face, Watson said.

“You can ask the employer what kind of training and experience you might need for a specific position, and you might be surprised to find out there are other positions being offered there,” he

said. “There’s a lot of things you can talk about (with employers) to build up your ammunition to be more successful.”

Resources for job seekers

Job seekers who missed the October job fair event are not entirely out of luck, especially since not all companies hiring right now are seeking seasonal workers. To find out which businesses are still hiring temporary positions and what companies might have more longterm employment opportunities available, WorkSource Columbia Basin rolled out a new website in May, worksourcewa.com.

Potential employees can find up-todate information on jobs tailored to their skill set, degree and location.

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with Monster to create this new website that has more features than our previous site. Once job seekers register, there’s more information on the ability to look for jobs, and there’s an easier resumé builder on this system,” said Watson, who notes the website is also great for employers. “For example, once the employers get the job posted, they can rank the resumés they receive.”

For those in need of assistance tailoring their resumé or want help preparing for an interview, WorkSource Columbia Basin offers monthly workshops.

Classes can be found under the Career Tools tab on its website.

Nearly 3,000 people visit WorkSource Columbia Basin monthly, said Watson.

The office at 815 N. Kellogg St. in Kennewick, is where the job fair took place and in March, the agency plans to host a spring job fair.

“We do get quite a few inquiries about our next job fair, even from employers,” he said. “Spring is good because you’ve got a lot of agriculture kicking in, and it potentially affects the entire economy.”

Home improvement businesses also see an uptick in growth in the spring, he added, and are expected to hire more workers to meet the demand.

Watson expects a similar number of employers to attend the spring job fair but hopes to have about 400 job seekers come out. An exact date has not yet been set. Information will be posted on the WorkSource Columbia Basin website as details are secured.

KAGEN, From page 12 A breakfast crepe filled with eggs, ham, spinach and cheese costs $8. Other fillings include avocado, salsa and lime.

Sauces vary from Dijon to pesto and hollandaise.

For customers interested in the sweeter side of crepes, there’s lemon, sugar, Nutella and strawberries.

Kagen Coffee & Crepes is open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, but hours could change as the business evolves. The couple said they had a better than expected opening day with more than 400 people coming through the front door.

“We thought we bought food for three days but we ran out of most things by 6 p.m. It’s been crazy,” said Kagen Cox. “Everyone has been so nice. We are having a blast.”

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Tri-City businesses welcome customers for Small Business Saturday

BY DORI O’NEAL

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Small Business Saturday celebrations will be held Nov. 26 around the TriCities.

If you’re not completely tuckered out from fighting the crowds on Black Friday, the popular shopping day after Thanksgiving, then head out shopping again the next day to support small businesses.

“Small businesses are the grass-roots of any community,” said Gus Sako, owner of the Octopus Garden in Richland. “Small Business Saturday is good for awareness of that and it’s actually a pretty fun day for customers.”

The event is part of a national effort founded in 2010 by American Express as part of an effort to encourage people across the country to support small, local businesses.

Small businesses contribute to an area’s economy as prominently as any corporation and its owners take active roles in community causes, said Donna Holloway, owner of Threads Resale Boutique in downtown Kennewick.

Supporting small businesses builds a strong community where culture thrives and the arts flourish, Holloway said.

“Our aim is to help in the revitalization of downtown Kennewick where we are all small businesses,” she said.

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Award winner

The annual luncheon also included the inaugural “I Am Women Helping Women Award,” which went to Adelaide Cashman of Kennewick.

“This amazing woman has gone from skeptic, to table captain, to board member, and not necessarily in that order. She believes charity begins at home and has seen, first-hand, the difference our collective community can make in an individual life,” Vasquez said.

Since 2003, Cashman has raised more than $46,000 for the nonprofit.

“Women Helping Women is a great group that does everything for the community — everything stays here. All the donations stay here. Try to find any other organization that gives 100 percent of what you give back: It’s really hard to find. And charity begins at home and home for us is the Tri-Cities and we need to help those in need here,” Cashman said in a video played at the event.

Grant recipients

This year’s seven grant recipients are: • Benton-Franklin Community Action Connections’ Second Chance Center. The center provides emergency assistance, crisis housing, food and transportation for homeless families.

• Elijah Family Homes’ Transition to Success, a three-year program to lead families from homelessness or near homelessness to a higher level of self-sufficiency.

• Grace Clinic’s B4Stage4 program, which offers mental health services for low-income uninsured women with a special emphasis on Spanish-speaking women.

• Ignite Youth Mentoring’s Lunch Buddies program, which involves mentors meeting with a youth once a week for lunch at the student’s school.

• Mid-Columbia Mastersingers’ women’s and boys’ choirs, which gives women more opportunities to sing in a community environment and provides scholarships to boys in need, which has a positive effect on

Adelaide Cashman of Kennewick received the inaugural “I Am Women Helping Women Award” at the annual Women Helping Women Fund TriCities event on Oct. 13 in Pasco.

community engagement and involvement, student achievement and cognitive abilities.

• Mirror Ministries’ program to reach out to survivors of sex trafficking in the Tri-Cities.

• Royal Family KIDS Camp/Club/ Mentors, which seeks to change the lives of children in the local foster care system, ages 6-11 through a weeklong camp and mentoring through the school year, This year, $16,000 is going toward the group’s endowment fund and $109,000 will be directed toward programs. The TriCity nonprofit is modeled after a similar program in Spokane.

Grant recipients don’t yet know how much they’ll receive. They’ll find out in early December during an award ceremony.

They must provide the nonprofit a midyear progress report on how they’re using the money.

The deadline for next year’s grant applications is in March. More information available online at whwftc.org or by calling 509-713-6553.

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Dara Quinn, who co-owns Emerald of Siam restaurant in the Richland Uptown Shopping Center with her brother Billy, believes small businesses are a vital part of a community’s personality and economic health.

“Small businesses definitely contribute to the community,” she said.

“I think we have more variety and provide a more personal touch when it comes to customer service. The big stores have so many policies they have to adhere to that small businesses don’t have.”

The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution in 2011 supporting Small Business Saturday, according to

American Express. By 2012, the event was celebrated in every state in the nation, and in 2015, 95 million people reportedly spent the Saturday after Thanksgiving shopping at small businesses.

“Small Business Saturday is much more than a day for shopping,” Sako said. “It’s about shop owners and customers getting to know each other.”

And that’s important, Sako added, because if he doesn’t know his customers he can’t provide them with what they want or need.

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The Tri-City Regional Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for the 2017 ATHENA Awards.

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The 2017 award recipients will be announced during the Sixth Annual Tri-Cities Women in Business Conference Jan. 25, 2017 at TRAC in Pasco.

Contact Jillian Marquez, 509-736-0510 or jillian.marquez@tricityregionalchamber.com for more information or to submit an application by the Nov. 25 deadline.

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The Hanford site is in the midst of a number of regulatory realignments, including a modified consent decree between the Office of River Protection and Ecology, and a new set of milestones that will result in re-planning of the work scope and costs.

These realignments will not be complete in time to be fully reflected in a 2017 report, so TPA agencies have decided the resources necessary for that report should instead focus on preparing for future reports.

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The grant program was created to support the competitiveness of the specialty crop industry. Projects selected will directly benefit crop producers, address critical issues and contain strong performance measures.

Visit agr.wa.gov/Grants/ docs/2016AwardAbstracts.pdf for complete details of this year’s projects.

Demolition of the Plutonium Finishing Plant, which operated from 1949-89 at the Hanford site and is one of the most hazardous buildings there, is underway.

The Department of Energy and contractor CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Co. are now demolishing the plant’s plutonium reclamation facility. Demolition of the plant’s Americium Recover Facility, main processing facility and fan house and ventilation stack will follow.

Since plant operations ceased in 1989, DOE has been preparing the facility for demolition by removing radiological and chemical hazards.

Internal hazard removal and mitigation is one component of ensuring a safe and compliant demolition. CH2M is also using extensive dust suppression and air monitoring, control of access to the area and use of structural engineering expertise to demolish the plant as safely as possible.

Celtic Christmas concert to benefit Arts Center task force

WSU Tri-Cities installs national honor society

WSDA, department of ag to fund 21 projects

Affiniti, a Dublin, Ireland-based musical group, presents A Celtic Christmas concert at Richland’s Uptown Theatre at 7 p.m. Dec. 6 and 7.

Affiniti blends its Celtic roots with classical, rock, opera and jazz influences. The concert also features a special appearance by Howard Crosby, nephew of the legendary Bing Crosby, who will sing Crosby favorites including, “White Christmas.”

Concert proceeds will benefit the Arts Center Task Force’s mission to build the Vista Arts Center, an 800-seat performing and visual arts center at the heart of Vista Field in Kennewick.

Tickets are $30 in advance or $35 at the door. VIP tables, which include a bottle of Leonetti wine and a bottle of champagne, are $500. Coffee, brownies, water and wine will be available for sale in the lobby.

Buy tickets at artscentertaskforce.com.

Benton Franklin Fair and Rodeo donates to cancer prevention

The Benton Franklin Fair and Rodeo donated $11,235 to cancer prevention efforts as part of its Tough Enough to Wear Pink program.

Over the past 10 years, the fair has donated more than $153,000 to local programs to assist uninsured women. The money has enabled more than 1,500 people to receive free mammograms and cancer screenings, follow-up care and other assistance.

The money will be shared among the Kadlec Foundation, Trios Foundation, Lourdes Foundation and PMH Foundation to help those in need in the battle against cancer.

TPA agencies agree to forgo 2017 Hanford report

Hanford regulators are allowing the Department of Energy to forgo completing a report outlining the cost and schedule for Hanford cleanup through 2090.

DOE is required by the Tri-Party Agreement to prepare the “Hanford Lifecycle Scope, Schedule and Cost Report” that reflects cleanup

Washington State University Tri-Cities recently welcomed the 338th chapter of Phi Kappa Phi national honor society.

Phi Kappa Phi was founded in 1897 at the University of Maine and is the nation’s oldest collegiate honor society.

To be eligible, an institution must be a regionally accredited four-year college or university with an established reputation of excellence and an expressed commitment to upholding the values of the society.

Phi Kappa Phi inducts about 30,000 new members each year. Membership is by invitation to the top 7.5 percent of juniors and top 10 percent of seniors and graduate students, along with faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction.

WSU Tri-Cities receives $25 million GEAR UP grant

Washington State University Tri-Cities recently received a $25 million seven-year Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs grant from the U.S. Department of Education to help students in low-income schools enter and succeed in secondary education.

The GEAR UP project will hire close to 100 new employees to work with students in middle schools to improve academic performance, completion of rigorous courses, knowledge of financial aid and post-secondary education, ontime graduation and post-secondary enrollment.

The program serves 4,500 students in the Walla Walla, College Place, Dayton, Prescott, Touchet, Kennewick, Othello, Warden, Moses Lake and Soap Lake school districts.

This is the seventh GEAR UP grant received

by WSU Tri-Cities since 2002. Earlier awards have helped the university serve more than 25,000 students in middle and high schools.

Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business • November 2016

RETAIL

Benton County among highest in state for retail sales

BY TRI-CITIES AREA JOURNAL OF BUSINESS STAFF

Benton County was among the top 10 counties in the state for highest taxable retail sales in the second quarter, according to figures released by the state Department of Revenue.

Benton County’s sales grew to $979

million, or 3.7 percent, and Franklin County’s to $374 million, or 7.8 percent over the same quarter last year.

Richland’s taxable retail sales for the second quarter of the year increased 3.5 percent, or $311 million. Kennewick’s increased 6.8 percent, or $514 million, Pasco’s 10.7 percent, or $327 million and West Richland’s 45 percent, or $31 mil-

Taxable retail sales up in Tri-Cities County/City

Second Quarter 2016

Percent Change

Benton County

$979 million

+ 3.7%

Franklin County

$374 million

+ 7.8%

City of Kennewick

$514 million

+ 6.8%

City of Richland

$311 million

+ 3.5%

City of Pasco

$327 million

+ 10.7%

City of West Richland

$31 million

+ 45%

Washington State

$36.8 billion

+ 8.6%

Source: State Department of Revenue

uBUSINESS BRIEFS MSA donates $10,000 to provide books for babies

Mission Support Alliance has donated $10,000 to Books for Babies, a program of the Children’s Reading Foundation of the Mid-Columbia.

Books and information about the importance of reading 20 minutes with a child every day will be delivered to expectant parents during prenatal visits with their OB/ GYNs. MSA has donated $10,000 annually since 2010 to provide high-quality board books that are age appropriate to newborns.

West Richland food bank opening delayed

Plans to open a West Richland food bank were unexpectedly delayed just before the scheduled mid-October opening date at the West Richland Senior Center.

Space to accommodate two freezers and a refrigerator as well as enough electrical out-

lets proved to be a challenge at the senior center on North 60th Avenue, said Bill Kitchen, executive director of the Tri-Cities Food Bank.

The Tri-Cities Food Bank is seeking a new location and hasn’t given up on opening in West Richland, Kitchen said.

“We’ll either start paying rent or start looking at a capital project,” he said. “The numbers are there, the need is there, so we’re trying to do the best thing that we can.”

Kadlec opens third urgent care clinic in Kennewick

Kadlec opened a third urgent care clinic at 9040 W. Clearwater Ave. in Kennewick on Nov. 1.

Non-emergency ailments including sprains and strains, coughs, colds, stomach aches and more can be treated by providers trained in urgent care medicine. The clinic also offers lab and X-ray services if needed.

The new clinic is open daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and no appointments are necessary.

For more information, visit kadlec.org/ urgentcare.

lion.

The state’s taxable retail sales increased 8.6 percent, to $36.8 billion. Statewide, retail trade, a subset of all taxable retail sales, rose 5.2 percent to $15.8 billion.

Here’s a statewide snapshot of taxable retail sales activity: • Taxable e-commerce and mail order sales increased 14.6 percent to $638 million.

• Drug and health stores’ sales rose 13.6 percent, reaching $633 million.

• Sales reported by RV, boat and motorcycle dealers jumped 10.2 percent, reaching $491 million.

• New and used auto dealers’ sales rose 8.5 percent to $3.24 billion.

• Department store retail sales dropped

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2 percent, marking $687 million for the quarter.

The state Department of Revenue’s quarterly business review compares the same quarter year-over-year to equalize any seasonal effects that would influence consumer and business spending decisions, according to the state.

The state uses business tax return data to create this quarterly report. Businesses are categorized under the U.S. Census Bureau’s classification system based on their primary taxable activity. The North American Industry Classification System, or NAICS, is the same method federal statistical agencies use for the purpose of analyzing economic data.

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Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business • November 2016 uBUSINESS BRIEFS Richland completes Duportail Street reconstruction

The city of Richland recently completed the Duportail Street reconstruction and extension project.

Construction began in June and included the extension of Duportail to Wellsian Way, as well as the addition of roundabouts at Thayer and Wright avenues. The effort also added bike lanes and sidewalks, as well as street lights and roundabout landscaping.

The completed project is a phase of the Duportail corridor master plan, and along with the future construction of the Duportail bridge, helps ease traffic congestion, allows for quicker emergency response and further connects south Richland to the downtown district.

Visit ci.richland.wa.us/duportailextension for more information.

Candy Mountain summit trail builder helpers needed

Friends of Badger Mountain is seeking the public’s help to finish a 1.75-mile trail to the summit of Candy Mountain.

In summer 2016, the nonprofit organization completed an acquisition of land to create a new 196-acre preserve on Candy Mountain, and volunteers are needed to finish the inaugural trail.

Team-building projects for clubs or work groups are encouraged, and work parties are held most days. Work includes cleaning up after the excavator, tossing out clumps of grass and small rocks and smoothing the trail bed with rakes and shovels.

Contact Jim Langdon at 509-9433992 or trailmaster@friendsofbadger.org for details and to sign up.

CULINARY, From page 1 “This (project) is really going to help create a center of excellence for wine tourism in this region,” said Tana Bader Inglima, the port’s deputy CEO. She said the port is in negotiations with prospective tenants interested in occupying the spaces and has had a tremendous amount of interest from wineries across the state.

“A wine village for small, boutique wineries gives people a chance to engage with the waterfront, and the wineries would start attracting business—the ancillary businesses— retail shops, that sort of thing,” she said.

For the last year and a half, Inglima said the port had been discussing an anchor tenant that’s complementary to wine businesses and said working with CBC is a perfect fit.

“It came to our attention there’s a need for culinary training—owners, managers, bakers and small artisans.

We have a number of them, but we’d love to see more,” she said.

After the port’s conversation with CBC, the school got to work.

That included looking at what was feasible, what it would cost and what the culinary program would offer.

“We went to three or four cooking schools around the Northwest,” Cummins said. “There’s a curriculum the Culinary Institute of America has where you learn everything about kitchen operations and cooking—from broiling to sautéing and preparing salads.”

CBC would also offer baking courses,

An artist’s rendering shows what the proposed Columbia Basin College culinary school would look like. The $10 million project is a joint venture between the Port of Kennewick, city of Kennewick and CBC. (Courtesy city of Kennewick)

he noted, although it’s a shorter sequence of classes and would take a year to complete as opposed to two years under the cooking curriculum.

The school analyzed how many students would benefit if a culinary school was built—about 120—and started to develop core ideas, as well as the applied management bachelor program for students who wanted to start and run their own restaurant business.

But no programs have been finalized yet. Cummins envisions students preparing meals from farm to table as part of their grade. He also would like

to see students develop a limited menu on a weekly or monthly basis, and allow the community to make reservations for a real dining experience.

“The thing about planning, of course, is as it gets closer to reality, different things will evolve,” said Cummins, who worked in restaurants and hotels until he was 27. “I think in an alternate reality, I would have gone into the culinary world. I love to cook. I wouldn’t say I’m great at it, but I’m looking forward to this school so I can learn—hopefully by osmosis.”

Lightbridge, Areva agree upon joint venture terms

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Family Home Care acquires AtHome Care

BY KRISTINA LORD editor@tcjournal.biz

A longtime provider of in-home private health care in Eastern Washington and Idaho has bought AtHome Care, which has an office in Kennewick.

Liberty Lake-based Family Home Care acquired AtHome Care, a 30-year provider of in-home services based in Boise, Idaho, with offices in Kennewick and Spokane.

The acquisition was finalized Oct. 9.

The combined businesses will employ 385 part-time and 25 full-time workers to serve more than 600 families throughout Eastern Washington. Twenty caregivers will work in the Tri-City area.

The transaction also will result in Family Home Care entering the Boise and Tri-City markets for the first time as part of a strategic initiative to expand geographic reach.

“In acquiring AtHome Care, it gives us a new presence and we’ve been met with open arms down there,” said Dean Roberson, vice president of business development at Family Home Care.

J. Wayne Irish, CEO/owner of Your Problems Solved Inc., doing business as AtHome Care, said when his company contemplated selling, it looked for a company with similar values and integrity.

“The first name that came to our minds was Family Home Care. They have always

been a good neighbor, always dealt fairly and most importantly had an uncompromising reputation in the market. We could not be happier with our choice to continue the care for our clients and to continue employment of our staff with such a great organization,” Irish said in a news release.

Family Home Care provides personal in-home care to its clients on an hourly basis.

Established in 1966, it serves hundreds of clients in Spokane, Whitman, Benton, Franklin and Asotin counties in Washington and Kootenai, Latah, Nez Perce, Ada and Canyon counties in Idaho.

All client care is supervised by health care professionals and registered nurses to

guarantee they receive the best care possible, Roberson said.

Types of care provided include personal care, from bathing assistance and dressing to assisting with grooming and toileting; transportation; medication assistance; meal preparation; light housekeeping; pet walking and care; assistance with exercise programs; transferring and positioning while confined to a bed; companionship; nursedelegated care such as catheter, ostomy and wound care; and respite care to give caregivers a break.

Current AtHome Care customers shouldn’t notice any changes in service, Roberson said.

“We have gone above and beyond to be the best home care provider in the area. We go out of our way to do that,” he said.

For more information, contact Family Home Care at 509-586-9870, 6855 W. Clearwater Ste. H Kennewick or online at FHCcares.com.

uBUSINESS BRIEFS Washington state approves 2017 health insurance plans

The state Office of the Insurance Commissioner approved 13 health insurers to sell 154 individual and family plans in 2017.

Nine insurers will sell 98 plans in the exchange, Washington Healthplanfinder, and seven insurers will sell 56 plans outside the exchange. The average rate change is 13.6 percent.

During the previous open enrollment period, 1.7 million residents accessed affordable health coverage through Washington Healthplanfinder, with more than 170,000 of those customers signing up for qualified health plans. Since going live three years ago, 2.4 million residents have used Washington Healthplanfinder to enroll in health coverage, including 750,000 who were previously uninsured.

About 320,000 people buy their health insurance in the individual and family market in Washington, and nearly half of people in the state get health coverage through their employer.

Open enrollment runs through Jan. 31, 2017.

Department of Ecology issues $181.9 million in penalties

The Washington Department of Ecology issued $181.9 million in penalties of $1,000 or more July through September.

One fine, to Volkswagen Group of America Inc., was more than $176 million and another for $444,000 was to Total Reclaim Inc. Locally, the Office of River Protection was fined $5,000 for not documenting good cause for an extension of M-45-92 milestone, and the U.S. Department of Energy Hanford facility and its contractor CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Co. were fined $50,000 for mishandling dangerous waste at the Hanford nuclear reservation.

Ecology issues penalties in cases where non-compliance continues after the agency has provided technical assistance or warnings, or for particularly serious violations.

The money owed from penalties may be reduced from the issued amount due to settlement or court rulings. Money collected goes to the state’s general fund or to dedicated pollution prevention accounts.

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Hanford contractors exceed small business goals

BY TRI-CITIES AREA JOURNAL OF BUSINESS STAFF

Two Hanford contractors report they’ve exceeded their small business goals for the fiscal year.

CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Co. and Mission Support Alliance, both in Richland, are required to award contract dollars to small businesses when procuring goods and services to support cleanup at the Hanford site.

CH2M Hill awarded more than $151 million in contracts and purchases with $129 million, or 85 percent, going to small businesses supporting the company’s goal of placing more than 49 percent of all contract work with small businesses.

CH2M Hill said it has worked with hundreds of small businesses to secure a variety of services, including construction, drilling, professional support and materials.

Ojeda Business Ventures in West Richland and Stillwater LLC in Pasco are two of CH2M’s small business partners that helped treat more than 2.1 billion gallons of contaminated groundwater, removing more than 180,000 pounds of contaminants in fiscal year 2016.

Another small business partner, Intermech Inc. of Richland, supported the effort to move sludge away from the Columbia River by helping remove legacy equipment from a facility at the center of the site in preparation for storage of sludge.

John Robinson, left, director of supply chain management at CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Co., talks during the Bridging Partnerships Small Business Symposium on Oct. 19 in Pasco. The Hanford contractor exceeded its small business goals for 2016. (Courtesy CH2M Hill)

“CH2M believes small businesses are the lifeblood of a community and the company reaches out to small business owners at local, state and national levels. Since the beginning of CH2M’s contract in 2008, the company subcontracted $2.4 billion in goods and services with nearly 54 percent going to small businesses and 70 percent of all transactions awarded in Benton and

Franklin counties,” the company said in a statement.

CH2M is DOE’s prime contractor for environmental cleanup at the Hanford site. Its work includes non-tank farm waste disposal activities; groundwater monitoring and remediation; facility and waste site characterization, surveillance and maintenance, regulatory document preparation, and remediation.

Mission Support Alliance procured $122 million in supplies and services from small businesses, an increase of $25.7 million from the previous fiscal year.

In the last two years, MSA has awarded about $218 million in small business contracts. MSA said it also had an increase of over 265 percent in HUBZone procurement ($8.4 million to $22 million); an increase of $6 million in work with small, women-owned businesses; an increase in procurements or services from small, disabled, veteranowned businesses by $12.4 million and an increase in veteran-owned small business of over $10 million; and exceeded the 25 percent small business requirement for the Mission Support contract, which requires the company to award contract dollars to small businesses when procuring goods and services to support cleanup at the Hanford Site.

“I’m proud of what we have been able to accomplish with our small business contracts,” said Brad Edwards, director of MSA contracts, in a statement. “Small businesses play an important role in the legacy of Hanford as they work with the prime contractors to complete the work in a safe and costefficient way.”

Some of the work accomplished by small businesses contracted through MSA include electrical, utility and various roadwork activities.

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Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business • November 2016

REAL ESTATE

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Tri-City real estate leader eyes future, joins Sotheby’s

BY JESSICA HOEFER

for Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business

A Tri-City real estate firm is looking beyond Eastern Washington to attract customers now that the Mid-Columbia region has established an international reputation.

Nearly 500 people packed the Toyota Center Charter Lounge on Nov. 1 as Windermere Real Estate Tri-Cities revealed its new brand and name to the community: Retter & Company Sotheby’s International Realty.

“For the last 24 years, we have been pretty aggressive with marketing, and we wanted to position ourselves for the years to come with an organization known for worldwide marketing,” said owner Dave Retter.

Growth prompts change

After more than a decade in real estate, Retter and Harold Thompson established Windermere Real Estate Tri-Cities in 1992 during a time when the Tri-Cities was primarily known for its government work.

“Now our science and technology is internationally known, our wine industry and educational facilities are internationally known,” Retter said. “The market is

Dave Retter has rebranded his company to Retter & Company Sotheby’s International Realty after operating for almost a quarter of a century as Windermere Real Estate Tri-Cities.

very stable here and is more diverse than at any other time in the Tri-Cities.”

Job opportunities in the science, engineering, agriculture and retail sectors have continued to grow as the Tri-City economy recovers from the recession, and the population has boomed as well.

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Retter said he approached Sotheby’s as a way to position the Tri-Cities into a broader market.

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International Realty will be marketed on the sothebysrealty.com global website.

The brand also boasts the benefits of its signature mobile application, SIR Mobile, to provide clients with access anytime and anywhere.

“The listings on Sotheby’s website are going to be viewed on a larger platform, not only nationally, but worldwide, and this offers our sellers more exposure for their listing,” Retter said.

With the addition of Retter’s franchise operation in Kennewick, Sotheby’s International Realty will have eight independently owned and operated companies in the state.

“We look for a strong company with solid market share and a leader in the higher end of the market. We are proud to welcome Dave Retter and his team,” said Philip White, president and CEO of Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates LLC. “Kennewick is situated along three major rivers and known for its favorable climate. The area supports an active lifestyle offering ideal conditions for hiking, fishing, golfing and biking and also has an internationally recognized wine industry.” uSOTHEBY’S, Page 30

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Real Estate & Construction

No longer commuter colleges

WSU Tri-Cities student housing will look similar to Pullman campus buildings

Developers.

“It’s a unique situation,” Dennison said. “We own the land, but we’re going to option as a lease-land option.”

BY JEFF MORROW

for Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business

Washington State University TriCities in north Richland was originally a commuter campus.

But in recent years, it’s become a destination.

Of the 1,868 students enrolled at WSU Tri-Cities, many are coming from out of state.

“This is not a commuter school anymore,” said Jeffrey Dennison, WSU TriCities director of marketing and communications. “We’re growing out of that, we’re finding, because of our unique offerings, such as the Hanford lab and viticulture. While there are students from Benton, Franklin and Yakima counties, now the school has students from Hawaii, New York, Maryland and Texas, for example. They’re coming for specific reasons.”

In recent years, WSU Tri-Cities has been able to have students stay at the nearby Guest House at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, or at The Timbers apartment complex. But the obvious next step for the school was on-campus housing.

“I think it’s been a long-term aspiration to have on-campus student housing,” Dennison said.

Residences to be north of campus

Washington State University President Kirk Schulz speaks at the Oct. 12 ground-breaking ceremony for the new 800-bed student housing complex at WSU Tri-Cities in north Richland. The first of seven phases, which will include 165 beds, is expected to be ready in fall 2017. (Courtesy WSU Tri-Cities)

Pullman developer hired

In July, WSU Tri-Cities signed a 15-acre land lease agreement with Corporate Pointe Developers LLC of Pullman to build a 713-bed student housing complex at the north end of the Richland campus.

“It has been a two-year journey pursuing a housing solution for WSU TriCities,” said WSU Tri-Cities Chancellor Keith Moo-Young at the time of the signing. “We are excited about the

opportunities for the WSU Tri-Cities campus to draw students from outside the region and to provide a comprehensive campus feel.”

The project will be broken down into seven phases and will cost $65 million.

The first phase will include 165 beds and could be ready to go by next August when the fall semester begins for WSU. It’s taken two tries to get a working agreement.

In November 2014, the Port of Benton issued a request for proposals for using port land that attracted one interested party. But the parties couldn’t come to terms, and WSU Tri-Cities re-opened the bidding process last fall.

This time, there were three bids, with Corporate Pointe Developers LLC coming out on top.

The complex will be owned, operated and maintained by Corporate Pointe

The ceremonial ground-breaking was Oct. 12.

But K. Duane Brelsford, president and managing member of Corporate Pointe, said his company isn’t quite ready to begin the actual building.

“Our goal is to be in there the next 30 to 60 days,” he said. “We’re finishing up the drawings right now.”

But it won’t take the company long to get up to speed.

“We’re primarily involved in student housing,” Brelsford said. “We have over 2,000 units in Pullman. So we’re very familiar with this type of project.”

Tentatively called The Vineyard on Campus, the project is going to be privately financed and cost between $8 million and $9 million per each of the seven phases.

“The hope is to get it done on time, and doing that means getting it done on budget, the design done and approved, and having some good weather this winter,” Brelsford said.

The layouts will be similar to Pullman campus housing, he said. “But it looks different. We’re trying to blend in a Southwest flavor to it,” he said.

Each unit will have its own kitchen, and the complex will include a clubhouse, outdoor pool, basketball court and recreational facilities.

When the entire project is completed will depend on the success of the earlier phases. uWSU, Page 40

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Columbia Basin College student housing to open by fall 2017

BY JEFF MORROW

for Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business

When Rich Cummins became president of Columbia Basin College in 2008, one of his goals was to provide student housing on the Pasco campus.

It’s taken some time, but the school’s first on-campus student housing unit should be ready by fall 2017.

“When I interviewed for this job in 2008, I said I’d like to build a planetarium, a residence for students and an international student program,” said Cummins. “Little did I know that the stock market would fall out in 2008.”

Demand for student housing

Cummins knew there was an interest in student housing.

“Years ago we did a study to determine feasibility for student housing,” he said. “We found there was a pretty good demand for it.”

It took until 2013 before Cummins felt the economy was strong enough to try building that student housing.

“So I’ve had it in my sights for a long time,” Cummins said.

Frank Murray, communications director for CBC, said the project is supported with private money. “(CBC is) not building it,” he said.

“We will not own it, and no state taxpayer dollars are being used for it. It is strictly a private venture. We will just manage it.”

The project is financed by Sigma Financial Group I L.P. Dick Hoch is one of the company’s principals.

“The first phase will cost between $6 million and $7 million,” said Hoch, who has been a big supporter of CBC and serves on the CBC Foundation Board.

The project should take three phases, with this first including 45 units and 126 beds.

The housing will be located across from the school on 20th Avenue, near the airport and next to Sun Willows Golf Course.

Earlier this year, CBC bought just under five acres from the city of Pasco for $796,000.

“The first phase should be ready for the fall quarter in 2017,” Cummins said.

“We hope to get a lot of data off of the first phase. If everything goes well, the second phase would be done in 2019, and the third would be done in 2021. We could fill that five-acre parcel with 350 students.”

Cummins didn’t have much experience with student housing, but Tyrone Brooks did.

Columbia Basin College’s student housing project will be completed in three phases, with this first part costing up to $7 million for 45 units and 126 beds. It will be located across from the school on 20th Avenue, near the airport and next to Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco. (Courtesy ALSC Architects)

Brooks was hired in 2015 to become CBC’s vice president of administrative services.

More important, Brooks had residence hall experience when he previously worked at the University of Idaho.

“What we’re looking to achieve is how do we improve our students’ success? One way is we can be supportive with their living environment,” Brooks said.

Both Cummins and Brooks cite studies that show students who live on campus have great success in school.

“The drive for it is student success,” Cummins said. “We feel that ultimately, we’ll graduate more students.”

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CBC, From page 27 “We’re starting to see more of a transition from CBC being a commuter school to a community asset as a college,” Brooks said.

And it’s a trend that’s growing.

According to Murray, CBC enrolls 7,418 students, both full and part time.

Programs at CBC such as nursing, project management and cyber security education have become draws, attracting students from outside the region.

“The three groups this would benefit are the bachelor niche, the student-athlete and the international student,” said Cummins.

Scott Rogers, CBC’s athletic director, likes the idea of on-campus student housing.

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East Division rivals Yakima Valley and Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake currently offer on-campus student housing. “(The new CBC housing) will be a nice addition to what we are already able to offer in terms of local housing,” Rogers said. “Having most of the out-ofarea athletes possibly in one supervised location, across the street from the college, will be a huge bonus for us.”

But, Rogers added, “without knowing the cost of a unit, I don’t know if there will be an advantage or not.”

Cummins and Brooks believe there will be.

“The design of it is unique, and we asked for very small square footage to drive the rent costs down,” Cummins said. “For a one-person unit, it should be

about 256 square feet.”

Brooks said CBC wants to make it as simple as possible for students.

“Students will pay for their rent, which will include utilities. Then all they have to worry about is food,” he said.

Rustin Hall of ALSC Architects in Spokane, a CBC graduate, is leading the project.

Cummins said students will save money on gas by living on campus, and that work-study programs could be available on campus so they could make some money.

Then there are other costs being saved, thanks to today’s college student and cellphones.

“At the University of Idaho, we didn’t have any landlines, and we were talking about dropping cable service because

everyone was into streaming,” Brooks said.

Brooks said he’s hoping to get the initial rental model for pricing by April or May. But things are looking good early in the process.

“For me to be really happy, I’m looking for a minimum 95 percent occupancy rate,” Brooks said. “The closer we get to 100 percent, the closer we get to talk to the developers about the next phase. I’ll be a really happy guy if we get 100 percent full.”

Cummins is confident that can happen.

“This place is going to continue to grow,” he said. “It’s a great place to be.”

BIOLIFE PLASMA SERVICES 7430 WRIGLEY DRIVE• PASCO

BioLife Plasma Services is opening Nov. 15 at 7430 Wrigley Drive in Pasco.

The 16,694-square-foot clinic will employ between 50 to 70 people. The company typically spends $5 million to $7 million on its capital projects.

The number of donor beds at each center range from 60 to 72.

The company’s plasma collection centers typically process 2,000 donations per week and reimburse donors $1.5 million to $2 million a year.

New donors at the Pasco center can receive up to $150 for their first three donations.

Plasma can only be obtained from healthy adults, who spend about 70 minutes for the donation process.

The new building will feature three spaces. The

front area has donor processing stations with an administration area on one side and exam rooms and restrooms on the other. The central area is where the plasma donations will occur, and the open floor plan includes half-walled spaces, raised ceilings and clerestory windows to create a comforting donor experience. The back of the facility includes operational space for a freezer, receiving storage, break room and lockers, restrooms and mechanical/electrical/plumbing utility rooms.

The majority of the building material is clay-fired brick with limestone at the main entrance and window accents, while aluminum composite panel trim surrounds the upper clerestory windows.

BioLife Plasma Services operates numerous plasma

collection centers throughout the United States and Austria and is part of Shire (SHPG: NASDAQ), a global biotechnology company focused on serving people affected by rare diseases and highly specialized conditions.

BioLife Plasma Services had an open house Nov. 12 with giveaways and treats.

WDS Construction, based in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, is overseeing the project.

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REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION PROCESSING, From page 1 Outside are three separate 40,000-square-foot asphalt pads along with grain storage that will hold 10,000 tons of product. A sonar system monitors the grain volume.

Trucks will enter the new warehouse — which is 155 feet wide by more than 616 feet long — from the east and be filled inside the building with front-end loaders. A 32-ton truck of corn can be loaded in under three minutes.

A large dust collection system addresses the air quality by depositing airborne grain material inside a special tank behind the warehouse.

The facility is designed with efficiency in mind to quickly move grain commodities, said Chad Walters, a CWCP principal owner.

The computer systems that regulate it all look like “the control room for the Starship Enterprise,” Kyllo said.

The CWCP campus also includes a full sized-shuttle rail loop about 8,600 feet long. That’s long enough to accommodate 120 hopper cars filled with product and five locomotives. The new rail loop brings the total amount of track to 15,000 feet.

BNSF Railway crews hand over the

trains to CWCP, which operates them until they are empty and ready to leave.

One unit of corn can be unloaded in under 15 hours and CWCP can move and unload at a rate of one car about every six minutes.

“Efficiencies are a necessity of the future and the success of industry will depend on those efficiencies,” Kyllo said.

Company officials say the Horn Rapids area provides them with a perfect location for their needs. Its rail line sits on 25 acres leased by the city of Richland since 2002. It pays the city $50,000 a year for the five-year lease.

“Richland is a hub of the Pacific Northwest,” Walters said. He said his company ships to points in all directions: Seattle, Spokane, Willamette Valley, Portland and Idaho.

Those who do business with CWCP appreciate all the improvements.

“It’s a nice location to ship 100 cars at a time. We’re able to serve the dairy industry more streamlined,” said Nicole Dominguez, merchandiser for Fresno, California-based ADM, which sends 100 rail cars to Richland every three weeks.

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uBUSINESS BRIEFS Reach museum features Columbia Mammoth exhibit

A new exhibit at the Reach museum, “The Columbian Mammoth Discovery” allows visitors to visualize and understand the process of research and view big mammoth bones.

Columbian mammoths roamed Eastern Washington throughout the last Ice Age until Ice Age floods lead to their deaths.

In 1999, mammoth remains were discovered and collected south of Kennewick. The site was rediscovered in 2008 and formal excavation began in 2010. Nearly 500 samples, including more than 90 mammoth bones or bone fragments have been collected.

The exhibit is presented by the Mid-

Court rejects motion to dismiss worker safety lawsuit

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington Judge Thomas Rice recently rejected the U.S. Department of Energy’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson over longstanding worker safety issues at the Hanford nuclear reservation.

In September 2015, Ferguson filed a lawsuit against DOE and its contractor, Washington River Protection Solutions, alleging that hazardous tank vapors pose a serious risk to workers at Hanford and workers were not being

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Dennis Kyllo, one of Central Washington Corn Processors’ five principal owners, tells visitors on a tour of the 95,480-square-foot Richland warehouse that it has the capacity to store 35,000 tons of animal feed.

new facility is a project years in the making and a result of a “massive community effort,” Kyllo said. “It’s been an

arduous adventure,” he said.

The city’s 2,460-acre industrial park has 840 acres left for development.

protected at the level they needed to be. The early November ruling by Judge Rice means that lawsuit can proceed.

A trial before Judge Rice is set for Sept. 18, 2017, but Ferguson, UA Local 598 and Hanford Challenge, an advocacy group promoting worker health and safety, have filed similar preliminary injunction motions to prevent further harm to Hanford workers by

implementing certain protections now, in advance of trial.

Hanford Challenge and Local 598 are represented in their own lawsuit by the Smith and Lowney firm, Terrell Marshall Law Group, both based in Seattle, and Public Justice, a national public interest law firm based in Washington, D.C.

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SOTHEBY’S, From page 25 The Sotheby’s brand supports its affiliates with a host of operational, marketing, recruiting, educational and business development resources. Affiliates also benefit from the association with the brand’s venerable auction house.

Sotheby’s handles sales in more than 50 categories, including antiquities, African art, impressionist and modern art, old master paintings, contemporary art, jewelry, furniture, watches and wine.

In 1744, London Bookseller, Samuel Baker—founder of Sotheby’s—held his first auction by selling the library of Sir John Stanley. Sotheby’s was the first auction house to break the $1 million barrier for jewelry selling a ring for $1.1 million in 1968.

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Sotheby’s Auction House founded Sotheby’s International Realty in 1976 to provide independent brokerages with a world class marketing and referral program for luxury listings, but Retter said his company has the same focus it has had for decades: help anyone trying to achieve the American dream.

“Our company, for many years, has had the privilege of helping people buy and sell real estate in all price ranges. At the end of the day, if someone wants to buy or sell a home, we want to help them,” Retter said. “We received an opportunity to align ourselves with the best marketing realty company, and this move is helping us expand our marketing ability.”

Although the signage has changed

outside Retter’s Kennewick office, as well as on for sale signs throughout the area, Retter will retain the same team and location at 329 N. Kellogg St. “The staff is very excited. They’re the ones who were actually driving me to look at how we could get better,” he said.

Retter & Company Sotheby’s International Realty has 67 residential brokers.

The change also means a new name for the 2,100-seat theater at the Toyota Center in Kennewick. It will be called Retter & Company Theatre, sponsored

by Retter & Company Sotheby’s International Realty.

Retter’s office has been the sole sponsor of the theater, which hosts Broadway shows and other events, for the past three years.

Commercial division rebrands

There are also a dozen people who work in commercial real estate, but since Sotheby’s International Realty is strictly residential, Retter’s commercial division has also undergone a rebranding effort.

It will now operate under the name SVN, a national brand with more than 200 offices, Retter said.

“With SVN, we are giving our commercial division a nationalized presence and offering incredible marketing tools for our agents, which will help our clients. It’s what we have needed to help our clients achieve their investment goals,” he said.

The SVN arm handles all aspects of commercial and property management.

TWO CANNON PROFESSIONAL OFFICES 8901 W. TUCANNON AVE.• KENNEWICK

A new office development featuring 11 one-story units opened a month ago in Kennewick.

Two Cannon Professional Offices is located on two acres at 8901 W. Tucannon Ave., just off North Steptoe Street and across from Gesa Credit Union.

The $4.2 million project was originally going to feature condos for purchase, but owner Greg Markel said the area features a hub of established businesses looking for space to rent.

Each unit in the complex is 1,800 square feet.

Lamb Weston will occupy four units, Washington Securities & Investments has two units, and PM2 West Limited Partnerships has one unit.

MH Construction of Kennewick is the general contractor and ALD Architects of Richland designed the building.

The remaining three-plus acres south of the office complex is available for future development.

For more information, call Greg Markel at 509-5314711 or 509-735-2255.

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REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION uBUSINESS BRIEFS Wishing Star raises $53,000

The Wishing Star Foundation, with the help of many caring individuals and businesses— including Hapo Credit Union, Henker Financial Partners and Mission Support Alliance—raised $53,000 at its Oct. 7 Wishes & Wine dinner and auction at Meadow Springs Country Club.

The money will be used to help grant wishes and foster hope, community and lasting memories to children ages 3 to 21 who are battling life-threatening conditions, and to support their families.

agreement that expresses their intent to increase research collaborations on complex challenges and provide additional research and training opportunities for students in the state.

The three institutions already collaborate on several research efforts, including a clean energy testbed project, Joint Center for Deployment and Research in Earth Abundant Materials and bringing smart manufacturing technology to energy intensive manufacturing in the Pacific Northwest.

The agreement aims to increase the number of joint or dual appointments, bring more science and engineering graduates to PNNL and grow the number and size of collaborations.

$2.7 million grant provides job-based apprenticeships

Public research institutions to increase collaboration

The state’s three largest public research institutions, University of Washington, Washington State University and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, have signed an

The U.S. Department of Labor chose Washington state as one of 37 to receive federal funds from the Obama Administration’s initiative ApprenticeshipUSA to help grow and

diversify apprenticeships. The state will receive a $2.7 million grant over the next 18 months that will be used to register 600 new apprentices in health care, education, construction and advanced manufacturing through Project RAISE, or Registered Apprenticeship Initiative System Expansion.

The Washington Department of Labor and Industries filed for the grant based on the need to help more people find and keep jobs. The agency’s Apprenticeship program helps employers and employees develop and maintain on-the-job training programs. There are currently more than 12,000 apprentices participating in programs throughout Washington state.

SIGN fundraiser raises more than $400,000

SIGN Fracture Care International raised more than $400,000 from silent and live auctions, raise the paddle donations and matching

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funds at its annual “Wine and Dine for SIGN” fundraiser on Nov. 5 at the Three Rivers Conventon Center in Kennewick.

Richland-based SIGN is an orthopaedic humanitarian aid organization treating impoverished people in developing countries.

Fruit crop insurance deadline is Nov. 20

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency fruit producer crop insurance deadline for the 2017 crop year is Nov. 20.

Crop insurance provides protection against crop production losses due to natural perils including drought, hail and excessive moisture, and is sold and delivered solely through private crop insurance agents.

Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing coverage also have until Nov. 20 to do so.

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The growth of the housing and apartment markets in Badger Canyon and the surrounding area prompted the owners of Cottonwood Self Storage to build a facility to accommodate residents’ increasing storage needs.

The owners of the storage and RV parking facility added a variety of unit sizes at 105106 Wiser Parkway in Kennewick.

The first phase of the project is 32,000 square feet with 211 rental units and 50 outdoor designated RV parking spots.

The business aims to create a safe environment for its customers and their belongings with automatic gates, code access features, great lighting and a high-end surveillance system.

The facility’s 900-square-foot office space has a fully integrated 24-hour kiosk with a high-end security system installed by Advanced Protection Services. It was completed in mid-August.

The second phase of the project is set to begin in spring 2017 with the addition of 40,000 square feet of rental units, large indoor RV bays and indoor truck/car/toy and boat parking.

Cottonwood Self Storage LLC partners are Jay and Amy Brantingham, and Jerritt and Hailey Wiser.

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Real Estate & Construction uBUSINESS BRIEFS ESD releases videos to help workers complete surveys

The Employment Security Department has released new videos in both Spanish and English to assist workers as they complete the first annual survey of agricultural workers, designed to help validate results of its annual Agricultural Wage and Practice Survey of employers.

The state Employment Security Department’s annual Agricultural Wage and Practice Survey, covering jobs and activities for which employers have requested H-2A workers, began Sept. 1.

The H-2A program allows agricultural employers to bring foreign workers to the U.S. to fill temporary positions when there are not enough qualified U.S. workers available.

The University of Washington is conducting the wage practice survey, reaching out to a sample of 3,000 agricultural employers and 8,000 workers in Washington. Researchers will compare results from the worker survey to employer responses, then the U.S. Department of Labor will use the results to establish prevailing wage rates and employment standards required in agricultural employment contracts, including H-2A guest worker contracts.

Gala D’Vine nets $152,481

The Trios Foundation’s annual Gala D’Vine raised more than $150,000 for renovations at Trios Women’s and Children’s Hospital, including its Family Birthing Center, which has experienced increased demand in maternity services.

Co-chaired by Dean and Helen Mitchell, the Gala saw a 10 percent increase in proceeds, as well as increases in attendance and sponsorship support.

Next year’s event will be held Oct. 14 at the Three Rivers Convention Center.

Ignite’s Lunch Buddies program seeks volunteers

Ignite Youth Mentoring has launched its Lunch Buddies Mentoring program aimed at encouraging good attendance and improving classroom behavior. Buddies have lunch with assigned students and spend the recess hour together once a week.

Every Friday at Vista Elementary School in Kennewick 40 mentors encourage, inspire and invest in kids in third through fifth grades.

Plans are in place to expand the program to Virgie Robinson Elementary in east Pasco and Tapteal Elementary in West Richland, and eventually every elementary school in the TriCities.

Lunch Buddies accepts volunteers 18 and over who pass necessary background checks.

Contact John Scheline at 509-948-3143 or john@igniteyouthmentoring.com for more information.

Wallula mill fined for air pollution violations

Simplot Western Stockmen’s feed mill in Wallula was fined $10,000 by the Washington Department of Ecology for not correctly using the proper equipment to protect people and the environment from air pollution when inspectors observed operations in December 2015.

The mill grinds corn into various grits for animal feed. Wallula is under a federally approved air quality maintenance plan to manage particles emitted into the air from the corn, and although Simplot’s air permit is in order, equipment was being used improperly.

Simplot Western Stockmen’s may appeal the penalty within 30 days of its issue.

Pasco School District seeks ideas, committee members

The Pasco School District is seeking ideas from the public for the name of its new early learning center, which opens in early 2017. It is also looking for committee members to recommend a list of names narrowed down from community suggestions to the PSD board of directors.

Name nominations are due by Nov. 21 and can be emailed to names@psd1.org.

Those interested in applying for the committee may fill out an application at psd1.org.

The naming committee will meet Dec. 1 and Dec. 15.

For more information, call 509-543-6703 or email kdocken@psd1.org.

uNETWORKING Local veterinarians recognized

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Dr. Lauren Neuhaus with Desert Veterinary Clinic in Richland was given the Recent Grad Award for her excellence as a practitioner and advocacy for animal health and wellbeing.

Dr. Diana Thomé, also with Desert Veterinary Clinic, was elected as alternate delegate to the American Veterinary Medical Association House of Delegates by the association’s board of directors.

WSVMA is a statewide, not-for-profit, professional organization for the benefit of veterinary medicine.

Bump named corporate health, safety manager for NV5

Certified local industrial hygienist, health physicist and project management professional Stephen L. Bump has been named corporate

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Bump will continue to work from the Dade Moeller/NV5 office in Richland.

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EXCALIBUR AUTO GROUP 8401 W. CLEARWATER AVE.• KENNEWICK

Excalibur Auto Group has expanded with a new building at 8401 W. Clearwater Ave. in Kennewick, just down the street from the flash cube building and Chico’s Tacos.

The new two-story building is 8,500 square feet with 2,500 square feet of glass wrapped around the front. It also features seven offices.

Excalibur’s goal is to offer the “best used vehicles for thousands less than anyone else with the easiest customer experience ever.”

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Small Richland contractor lands $42 million military contract

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Lisa Chapman-Rosa has taken her small Richland company from $40,000 a year in jobs to completing nearly $22 million in projects annually. And after landing a $42 million project about a month ago, Total Site Services expects the upward trend to continue.

“I have to keep pinching myself,” Chapman-Rosa said. “It is our largest contract to date.”

Total Site Services and its joint venture partner, Garco Construction of Spokane, were the low bidders on a design-build project originally sent out for bid in late 2012. The finished project will be phase 3 of the Brigade Combat Team Complex at Joint Base Lewis-McChord near Tacoma.

“We are so excited to be able to build a beautiful facility for our military personnel,” Chapman-Rosa said. The contract was awarded by the Department of Defense and the Army Corps of Engineers for the construction of barracks for 324 enlisted soldiers.

The three housing facilities will include information systems, anti-terrorism measures, fire protection, alarm systems, intrusion detection systems and energy monitoring control systems. The project also includes site development, utilities and connections, lighting, paving, walks, curbs and gutters, storm drainage, landscaping and signage.

Total Site Services and Garco officials

Total Site Services General Manager Shannon Toranzo, Vice President Landon Kafentzis and Superintendent Scott Schurman check the work at the Pasco Police Community Services building. The Richland general contractor recently landed its largest ever job — building a $42 million solider barracks at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.

recently traveled to a “teaming meeting” to launch the project’s start with representatives from all the involved groups walking through their vision of the project.

“The Corps hires a company to lead the meeting. It’s a great deal because we talk about potential pitfalls, conflict resolution and everything related to the project,” Chapman-Rosa said. “It’s a neat way to get to know your subs and U.S. Corps of Engineers staff on the other end of the emails.”

Chapman-Rosa opened Total Site Services in 2007 with “a handful of staff.”

Today, she employs 21 full-time employees. The company also hires craft union workers.

“I had no idea it would grow like this.

My dream was to build a legacy for my

sons out at Hanford. I’ve been blessed by the team we put together at TSS,” Chapman-Rosa said. “My rule is to always hire people who are much smarter than me.”

She’s quick to credit the company’s success to her entire team. “I couldn’t be more proud of the work we’ve done. My team at TSS is the best; I’m nothing without them.”

One of Chapman-Rosa’s sons now works at TSS. “I hope my younger children will follow the same way,” she said.

Prior to winning the military housing contract, Total Site Services’ largest project was the $16 million operational readiness training center at Joint Base LewisMcChord.

“The joint venture with Garco Con-

struction out of Spokane has given us a resumé and portfolio of successfully completed jobs. We couldn’t have done it on our own,” Chapman-Rosa said. She anticipates more than 100 people, including subcontractors and 15 TSS staff members, will work on the barracks project.

The project’s design phase will last about six months, and the entire project about two years. The scope will incorporate sustainable design features and TSS has a goal to achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, silver certification, a certification program for buildings that guides design, construction, operations and maintenance toward sustainability. uCONTRACT, Page 40

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Tri-Cities isn’t facing real estate bubble

BY DENNIS GISI

for John L. Scott Real Estate

Is it really a seller’s real estate market?

Yes! Why? The reason is somewhat lengthy and complicated.

I am going to start with a 1999 New York Times article written by Steven H. Holmes published in the New York Times, entitled, “Fannie Mae eases credit to aid mortgage lending.” The story refers to the political maneuvering by the Clinton Administration to increase homeownership in this country. The administration was in its second term and looking for what its legacy could or should be.

One key component was to increase homeownership in the country, particularly with those who had poor credit or limited incomes.

According to the article, two government sponsored enterprises succumbed to the political pressure of the administration: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Under the order of Congress and through the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s relaxed credit standards, they were directed to include subprime loans in Fannie Mae’s portfolio.

By 2007, Fannie and Freddie were required to show 55 percent of their mortgage purchases were lenders’ mortgage insurance, or LMI, loans and, within that goal, 38 percent of all purchases were to come from underserved areas (usually inner cities) and 25 percent were to be

loans to lowincome and very low-income borrowers. Meeting these goals almost certainly required Fannie and Freddie to purchase loans with low down payments and Dennis Gisi other deficienJohn L. Scott Real Estate cies that would mark them as sub-prime, according to “The true story of the financial crisis” by The American Spectator.

CNN Money reported in December 2008 the losses of Fannie Mae alone were estimated to be $29 billion. As we now know, the losses would continue.

Closer to home, as reported by American Banker in 2010, financial losses forced the Federal Housing Finance Agency to enter into a consent order with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle under the direction of Richard M. Riccobono, currently supervisor of banks for the Washington State Deptarment of Financial Institutions, to improve its capital position and business and operations.

Simultaneously, the bank announced that Riccobono, its president and chief executive, had resigned. His losses during that time were so large that the end result was a merger of the Seattle Bank with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines in 2014.

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Tri-City home sales and prices, 2013-16 Homes for Sale

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Median Price

Oct. 2016

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$248,400

$227,000

Oct. 2015

771

$227,700

$210,000

Oct. 2014

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$225,700

$199,900

Oct. 2013

1,296

$210,000

$193,500

Source: Tri-City Association of Realtors The pendulum swings in both directions. Now the regulations that were proposed by Congress directing regulators of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to ensure banks comply are scrambling to enforce new rules and regulations to undo their wrongdoing and enforce stricter capital requirements and avoid any risk.

One area regulators watched extremely closely and criticized was acquisition and development loans for new residential construction. Developers without this source of funding could not acquire land and further its development into residential lots. Eventually the supply of lots that had been available shrank and inventory of homes for sale fell to an all-time low.

It was recently reported that the TriCities is the 18th fastest growing MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area) in the country. We see new development everywhere. Has the spigot of money been turned back on?

No, local developers are using their own money, private sources or hard money lenders to obtain the money necessary to develop property. Today, I know of only one local bank that MIGHT consider funding an acquisition and development project.

The result is we are seeing land prices being bid up dramatically by builders and developers to acquire enough land to continue to build supply and meet the demand of home buyers in our area.

Recent data from the Tri-City Association of Realtors shows that without the availability of money to continue the growth to meet demand, the number of homes available is near an all-time low and housing prices measured by both the average and median prices have gone up to pay for the increases in the price of land and other building materials. uBUBBLE, Page 40

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Ruby Tuesday seeks franchise owner in the Tri-Cities

BY JESSICA HOEFER

for Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business

As Ruby Tuesday enters its 20th year of franchising, the national restaurant chain has renewed its focus to expand into highvalue, target markets—including the TriCities.

Of the more than 700 restaurants around the globe, Ruby Tuesday can be found in 44 states, the majority of which are in the Southeast, Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest markets.

“We’ve plowed the ground from the Southeast to the Northeast, and we want to leverage franchise options in the Northwest,” said James Vitrano, vice president of franchise development and operations. “The Northwest is a beautiful area. We want to expand our reach, and the Tri-Cities area—from a demographic standpoint—is typical America where families live and appreciate good value and good food.”

Vitrano said the company became interested in the Tri-Cities after looking at census data, including demographics, annual salaries and economic trends. After that initial phase of analytics, Ruby Tuesday then looks at the prospective area’s general restaurant base to decide how much additional effort to put forth to pursue a potential franchise owner.

“There’s a method behind the madness to developing areas in the Northwest that are similar in demographics and economics to our successful franchises,” Vitrano said.

“We’re mining for diamonds.”

Founded in 1972 by Sandy Beall, the company now has more than 40,000 corporate and franchise team members.

The majority of Ruby Tuesday restaurants are corporate-owned with fewer than 100 operating as franchises.

Vitrano said the company is looking at mid-market areas that haven’t been introduced to Ruby Tuesday and seeking out potential franchisee opportunists in a targeted fashion.

“There’s no cookie-cutter franchisee.

We’re looking for somebody who has an interest in entrepreneurial opportunities,” said Vitrano, adding, “We’re looking for someone who has ties to the community they’ll be doing business in because we find owning a restaurant is a community event. When you have an owner or owners who are tied into the community, you have franchises that are successful.”

Another benefit of finding someone tied to the community, he said, is that they’ll know it well enough to recognize the hightraffic areas. But even with hometown knowledge, Vitrano said Ruby Tuesday provides support to ensure entrepreneurs have a strong foundation to start from.

“We’ve opened 700 stores over the last 44 years. We know what’s worked and what hasn’t,” he said.

Ruby Tuesday is a casual dining restaurant that features American classics, like hand-crafted burgers, steaks and sandwiches. Vitrano said 80 percent of the reason people choose to eat out is because

Ruby Tuesday, a multinational food service retailer, has more than 700 restaurants around the world. (Courtesy Ruby Tuesday)

of the food quality and this factor also comes into consideration when someone decides to get into the restaurant business.

“The question (to potential franchisees) becomes, ‘Why Ruby Tuesday and not competitors?’ Well, our food quality is hands down better. Our ribs are handsdown phenomenal—and don’t tell my dad they’re better than his,” he said with a laugh. “Food quality is the draw, and our garden bar is a differentiator. No casual dining space has that differentiator. The ability to add a side salad with 30 to 40 items is an enticing value proposition and a distinguished difference.”

Someone interested in owning a franchise may first reach out to Vitrano and his team. Usually several conversations will take place as part of a getting-to-knowyou interview.

“It’s like dating,” said Vitrano. “You have to find that perfect match.”

How much it costs

Once a match is made, the franchisee and Ruby Tuesday would enter into a development agreement. Vitrano said a potential franchisee needs to be able to build a restaurant, which would cost between $1.5 million and $2.5 million.

Ruby Tuesday does not have a minimum liquid asset requirement. Franchise terms vary but typically initial terms are 10 to 15 years with an initial franchise fee of $35,000 per restaurant, dependent upon the number to be opened, and a $10,000 per restaurant development fee, also dependent upon number. uRUBY, Page 40

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CONTRACT, From page 37 Total Site Services has achieved silver certification on five projects, and has earned two LEED Design Excellence awards in the past.

Past projects include an athletic complex, equipment storage buildings, multipurpose machine gun range, access corridors, barracks, aircraft hangars, barge moorage and other facilities.

Since graduating from the federal 8(a) program which helps small disadvantaged businesses compete in the marketplace, Total Site Services has worked with the cities of Richland and Pasco and the Sunnyside School District, among others.

“We’re branching out now for other

municipalities.

We’re bidding now ‘on the other side of the fence,’ as we started a civil division and are often bidding on that type of work,” Chapman-Rosa Lisa Chapmansaid.

Rosa C h a p m a n - Total Site Services Rosa recently finished state and federal Department of Transportation certifications. The company is now certified with DOT as a disadvantaged business enterprise, or DBE, and

a woman-owned disadvantaged business enterprise, or WDBE, company.

“We look forward to working on DOT transportation infrastructure, roadway and construction projects,” Chapman-Rosa said. “We also take pride in self-performing civil site work, concrete and carpentry on our projects.”

Being awarded the Joint Base Lewis-McChord contract is a dream come true, Chapman-Rosa said. “A project of this size truly is a feather in our cap and to be improving the lives of our military members is great,” she said.

“We’re just really thankful. It was a great surprise. Both Garco and TSS are very excited to do a project for our military.”

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RUBY, From page 39 There also is a royalty fee of 4 percent of the restaurant’s monthly gross sales and a corresponding marketing fee up to 3 percent of monthly gross sales.

While the construction process starts on the restaurant, Vitrano said the business owner and their management team would travel to the RT Lodge in Maryville, Tennessee. The private mansion was purchased by Ruby Tuesday in 1997 and developed as a corporate retreat.

“We’re going to show you how to make the drinks and cook the food—teach you how to run a Ruby Tuesday. We’re not teaching you how to run a restaurant, because the team you’re hiring should have restaurant experience,” he said. “But we’re going to Ruby Tuesday-ise you.”

After training at the RT Lodge, the operations team would come out to the new franchise location for about two weeks to ensure a smooth kick off.

“We make sure you remember everything you learned,” he said. “We stay with you through the opening. There’s a significant amount of training and support—especially in new franchisees.”

Vitrano said he talks with franchisee owners monthly, and the development and operations team tries to visit locations every quarter.

“I speak to our (franchise owners) in Hawaii, Romania, Hong Kong, Kuwait— it’s important to us to stay connected,” he said. “We’re in business together. Their success is important to me and our company.”

Those interested learning more can email the company at franchisewithus@ rubytuesday.com.

Vitrano said if a person contacted them this year and both parties agreed to move forward, as long as financing and a building site were secured, it could take less than a year for a restaurant to open in the Tri-Cities.

BUBBLE, From page 38 American business icon and philanthropist, and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett was asked earlier this year if we are in a housing bubble. His answer: No. For the Tri-Cities, I would agree with Mr. Buffett. I would also ask those in control of the flow of money to open the money spigot and let a prudent flow be directed to the housing industry, particularly here in the Tri-Cities.

Dennis Gisi is the owner of John L. Scott in Pasco. Gisi is also the retired president, CEO and a former chairman of Bank Reale in Pasco.

WSU, From page 26 “It’ll be based on occupancy,” Brelsford said. “We’ll try to move up to the next phase when we get to 90 percent occupancy. If Phase 1 is under 90 percent, we’ll watch the market and see what it does.”

Officials expect students will like the location, north of the campus buildings.

“It’s on WSU land, but you don’t want it to be too close to the classes, giving the students some privacy,” Brelsford said.

“But still it needs to be close enough to walk to class.”

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State to launch online marketplace to combat ‘retirement crisis’

BY KRISTINA LORD editor@tcjournal.biz

The golden years imply the living is easy, affordable and carefree.

The reality is that not very many people are financially prepared for life after retirement, according to a new study by AARP. “We have a retirement savings crisis,” said Cathy MacCaul, advocacy director for AARP Washington.

Forty-five percent of Washington adults have less than $25,000 in retirement savings and many have even smaller retirement nest eggs, the study showed.

More than 77 percent surveyed said they were confident they will retire and no longer work because it’s something they want to do and they think they will have enough money saved to afford to retire.

Most said their income in their retirement years will come from money they have saved in a 401K or other personal savings tool, but three in five have never calculated how much money they will need in retirement, according to the survey.

“Why aren’t people saving? You have family, you have other obligations, you’re saving for a house, you’re feeling stretched,” MacCaul said.

MacCaul said the retirement crisis is one reason AARP is supporting the Washington Small Business Retirement Marketplace, which launches Jan. 1.

Operated by the state Department of Commerce, the online marketplace will be available to employees of small businesses, defined as businesses with fewer than 100 employees, so they can purchase a retirement plan.

Employees will pick from a range of private sector retirement plans offered in the marketplace, which will include

regular IRAs, simple IRAs or MyRAs, a retirement savings account developed by the U.S. Department of the Treasury for people without access to a retirement savings plan at work.

Participation in the plans is voluntary and the plans are portable so employees can keep them if they change jobs.

“We have a great opportunitiy to really change the way people view retirement savings,” MacCaul said.

Carolyn McKinnon, Department of Commerce’s policy adviser and marketplace director, said Washington is the first in the nation to implement this retirement initative.

She said the marketplace will be easy to use, informative and motivational.

“We’re already weary and worried about our personal finances…We don’t want to continue with that fear,” she said at last month’s Tri-Cities Hispanic Chamber of Commerce meeting.

McKinnon said the state is actively recruiting financial services firms to “onramp on the marketplace. “We’re recruiting for a variety of retirement plans,” she said.

And she said it’s needed since some 90,000 Washington small businesses offer no retirement benefits to full-time workers and 120,000 offer no retirement benefits to part-time workers.

Less than half of Washington workers participate in a retirement plan at work.

The key findings from the AARP study include: • More than half of those surveyed (55 percent) say they are very or somewhat anxious about their financial security during retirement.

• 77 percent are somewhat confident they will one day be able to retire and no longer work, while 63 percent have

Cathy MacCaul, advocacy director for AARP Washington, spoke about a new AARP survey to a group of more than 100 senior citizens last month during a MoneySmarts seminar in Kennewick. (Courtesy AARP Washington)

never calculated how much money they’ll need to save for retirement.

• 24 percent say they do not have a way to save for retirement at work.

• More than 25 percent say retirement seems so far away that they will just get to it later.

• What’s preventing them from saving now? Concern over current finances (55 percent), paying down debt (51 percent), not having extra income set aside (48 percent) and spending too much money (31 percent).

“Given how little many of us are

putting away for our retirement years, it makes sense that some consumers feel anxious about their financial futures,” said Doug Shadel, AARP state director, in a news release. “But it’s even more troubling to see how many Washingtonians are unaware of just how unprepared they are.”

AARP’s study, called “Ready or Not: 2016 Survey of Retirement Readiness Among Washington State Adults,” was conducted as a telephone poll among 1,000 adults ages 18-64 working or looking for work in Washington state.

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uNETWORKING Saven appointed to Energy Northwest Executive Board

Gov. Jay Inslee recently appointed John Saven to the Energy Northwest Executive Board. His term runs through June 2020.

Saven’s service to public power spans more than 44 years. Most recently, he retired as the founder and CEO of the Northwest Requirements Utilities in Portland, Oregon.

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Saven’s appointment fills the position previously assumed by Dave Remington, whose term expired.

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Owner of WestWind Martial Arts earns award

Dennis Mills earned 4th dan in the U.S. Chung Do Kwan Association in early October.

Mills holds the title of associate master and will become a master Dennis Mills after completing requirements set

by Senior Grandmaster Brenda J. Sell of Lakeland, Florida, next year.

Mills owns and operates WestWind Martial Arts in Prosser.

Kennewick Kiwanis names 2016-17 officers

The Kiwanis Club of Kennewick recently named its officers for the 2016-2017 year: President Cynthia Kittson; President-elect Chuck DeGooyer; Vice President Cory Manley; Secretary Russ Keefer; Treasurer Penny Gardner; and Past President Rick Corson. Board members are Maureen Bell, Amy Coffman, Gary Deardorff, Olja Djuranovic, Kevin Gunn, Pat Johnstone Jones, Rick McKinnon and Gloria Seeley.

Richland veterinarian to retire

Veterinarian Jen M. Ranta will retire Nov. 28 from Desert Veterinary Clinic.

Dr. Ranta joined the clinic in 1978 as an associate veterinarian, became a partner in 1980 and managed the practice until 2012 when she sold the practice Dr. Jen. M Ranta to her then-partner, Ethan Nelson, and Diana Thomé, an associate veterinarian there.

The Richland clinic employs five veterinarians, seven licensed technicians and eight support staff.

Kadlec Clinic administrator completes fellowship

Lisa Mallory, practice administrator at Kadlec Clinic Associated Physicians for Women, has completed her fellowship from the American College of Medical Practice Executives.

It is the highest level of distinction one can receive in the medical practice management profession.

Port of Pasco names director of properties

The Port of Pasco has promoted Mayra Reyna to director of properties.

Reyna started at the port in 1998 as an administrative assistant supporting the properties department. She received her business administration degree from Washington State University in 2002. In 2011, she was promoted to leasing associate, and promoted to property manager in May. Reyna is responsible for the management of all the port’s industrial properties. Her primary functions are lease negotiation, lease management, property sales, tenant and community relations and promotion of the port.

Cunningham receives full-tuition scholarship

Casey Cunningham, manager of the Employee Connection Center for Goodwill Industries of the Columbia, received one of 10 full-tuition scholarships in the U.S. provided

by Goodwill Industries International and the University of Phoenix.

Cunningham will pursue her bachelor’s degree, which will allow her to expand her skillset and move into a senior management position at Goodwill Industries of the Columbia.

WSU Tri-Cities honor society elects officers

Washington State University Tri-Cities recently opened the 338th chapter of Phi Kappa Phi national honor society.

Officers elected by the chartering group to serve the new chapter include President Mark Mansperger, President-elect Katherine Banks, Secretary Darlene Scrivner, Treasurer Debbie Nogueras, Public Relations Officer Maegan Murray, and Awards and Grants Coordinator Christopher J. Cree.

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University of Maine and is the nation’s oldest collegiate honor society.

Genetic counselor joins Trios Medical Group

Sarah A. Hall has joined Trios Medical Group’s Oncology and Hematology team to provide genetic counseling services.

Hall is board certified in genetic counseling and licensed by the Washington State Department of Sarah A. Hall Health as a genetic counselor. She has a master of science degree in genetic counseling from the Interdisciplinary Program in Genetics at the University of Arizona.

Trios Health is the Kennewick Public Hospital District’s system of care of serving the greater Tri-Cities. Trios Medical Group, comprised of nearly 100 employed physicians and providers, serves as the core of a growing medical staff network of 325-plus providers throughout the Tri-Cities.

Mahler voted state mentor of the year

P. Simon Mahler, Mid-Columbia Tri-Cities SCORE business mentor, was voted the 2016 Washington State Mentor of the Year for District 1013, his third straight year to receive the top honor.

More than 11,000 business experts volunteer as mentors in 320 SCORE chapters serving local communities with entrepreneur education to help grow one million small businesses annually. The Mid-Columbia Tri-Cities SCORE chapter provides resources in 15 counties in Idaho, Oregon and Washington.

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Business community wary of minimum wage increase

BY JOHN STANG

for Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business

What will the passage of Initiative 1433 — raising the minimum wage to $13.50 an hour by 2020 — mean to small businesses in the Tri-Cities?

To Don Karger, owner of Henry’s Restaurant & Catering in West Richland and his eight employees, it could translate to an $11,000 drop in his personal income.

With the passage of I-1433, that’s how much he’s calculated the extra wages would cost his business if he does not raise prices. His income from Henry’s ultimately will take the hit.

His other option? Raising prices and hoping competitors will do the same.

“Does anyone want to take an $11,000 cut in their income next year?” he said.

He said large businesses will be able to deal with a higher minimum wage than small ones. “There will be some businesses that can’t absorb it,” he said.

Karger also criticized the “one-sizefits-all” aspect of a statewide increase in the minimum wage, noting Kennewick is a much cheaper place to live than Puget Sound.

The initiative was passing statewide

Don Karger, who has owned Henry’s Restaurant & Catering for 28 years, said raising the minimum wage will affect his salary.

with 59 percent supporting it on Election Day. Benton (60 percent) and Franklin (59 percent) county voters didn’t support it in Election Day preliminary results. The election is scheduled to be certified by Dec. 8.

Karger expected the initiative to pass before the election, calling it “a feelgood thing.” For the same reason, he

does not expect the Legislature to put brakes on it after two years pass for its first legal opportunity to do so.

“For years, the minimum wage has been a top issue for our members and this initiative only adds to those concerns,” said Lori Mattson, president of the Tri-City Regional Chamber of Commerce. “The cost of living gap between Western and Eastern

Washington is significant and what works in Puget Sound is not necessarily the best solution for communities like the Tri-Cities.”

Such an increase could hurt job retention and economic growth, she said.

Washington has the seventh highest minimum wage among the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

With the passage of I-1433, the state will be No. 2 at $11 an hour in 2017 — still stuck behind Washington, D.C., which has a minimum wage of $11.50 an hour. And there’s Seattle, which will be $11 to $13.50 an hour in 2017, depending on the size of the business.

Zillions of minimum wage numbers are floating around, and we’ve snared a few to give you an idea of how the TriCities will compare.

Washington in a non-I-433 world

The hourly minimum wage is currently $9.47 and was on track to be $9.53 in 2017 and slightly more than $10 in 2018. Washington’s minimum wage increases almost annually based on a complicated formula involving the federal consumer price index. uWAGES, Page 48

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Labor & Employment

Social Security recipients to see modest bump in 2017

BY KRISTINA LORD editor@tcjournal.biz

Social Security recipients will receive a modest increase in their benefits next year after getting no cost-of-living adjustments in 2016.

Benefits for more than 65 million Americans will increase 0.3 percent in 2017, the Social Security Administration announced last month.

The cost-of-living adjustment will begin with benefits payable to Social Security beneficiaries in January.

Increased payments to more than 8 million Supplemental Security Income, or SSI, beneficiaries will begin on Dec. 30.

Social Security benefits increased by 1.7 percent in 2015, 1.5 percent in 2014 and 1.7 percent in 2013.

Benton County residents are receiving some of the highest annual Social Security payments in the state already, according to a recent study by SmartAsset, a personal finance technology company.

Benton County is ranked No. 6 and Franklin County is No. 25 among the state’s 39 counties.

Benton County averages $19,125 in annual Social Security payments with an annual cost of living of $18,144, according to the SmartAsset study.

That’s compared to Franklin County’s $17,775 for annual Social Security payments and $17,997 for the annual cost

of living.

The top county in the state for highest annual Social Security payments is Klickitat County, which boasts an average of $19,660 in annual Social Security payments and an annual cost of living of $17,095, the study said.

SmartAsset also ranked the counties where Social Security payments would go the furthest. “We subtracted the county-level cost of typical living expenses from each county’s net Social Security income,” the study said.

Benton County ranked No. 12 in the state and Franklin County came in at No. 29. Klickitat County was ranked No. 1. King County came in at No. 38.

Social Security’s annual COLA increase is tied to the Consumer Price Index as determined by the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Some other adjustments that take effect in January of each year are based on the increase in average wages.

Based on that increase, the maximum amount of earnings subject to the Social Security tax (taxable maximum) will increase to $127,200 from $118,500.

Of the estimated 173 million workers who will pay Social Security taxes in 2017, about 12 million will pay more because of the increase in the taxable maximum.

Information about Medicare changes for 2017, when announced, will be available at Medicare.gov. For some beneficiaries, their Social Security

Estimated monthly Social Security benefits in 2017 Before 0.3 percent COLA

After 0.3 percent COLA

Difference

All retired workers

$1,355

$1,360

+ $5

Aged couple, both receiving benefits

$2,254

$2,260

+ $6

Widowed mother and two children

$2,686

$2,695

+ $9

Aged widower, alone

$1,296

$1,300

+ $4

Disabled worker, spouse and one or more children

$1,990

$1,996

+ $6

All disabled workers

$1,167

$1,171

+ $4

Source: Social Security Administration

increase may be partially or completely offset by increases in Medicare premiums.

Visit socialsecurity.gov to apply for benefits, open a Social Security account, find publications and get answers to frequently asked questions. Or call toll-

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Case-specific questions can be answered from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday. Generally, there’s a shorter call wait time after Tuesday.

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Tri-City-based company develops tool to find diverse, talented job candidates

BY ELSIE PUIG

for Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business

A new startup based in the Tri-Cities is seeking to disrupt Seattle’s hiring culture.

WholeStory was cofounded by John Roach, vice president of information and communication technology for TiLite in Pasco, Adam Brault, CEO of &yet in Richland, and Erin Anacker, a design entrepreneur based in Seattle.

The web-based professional network and platform couples job experience with personal narrative, specifically around stress-related growth.

WholeStory developed its flagship WholeStory Helix, a proprietary set of tools designed to elicit more in-depth candidate profiles that include character strengths, leadership traits and interpersonal skills.

Candidates answer a series of questions about challenges they’ve faced in life and how moments of adversity have contributed to personal and professional growth.

In essence it acts as a recruiting platform for employers to find talent based on qualities that can’t be easily listed on a resumé or a LinkedIn profile — like grit, perseverance, resilience, empathy and emotional intelligence.

Stories of stress-related growth can come from many places, whether it’s overcoming adverse challenges and hardships like disabilities, poverty, job loss, addiction or abuse, or being able to bounce back after life-changing events, such as a serious accident or illness, incarceration, or even business failure.

“The same thing that makes us a great person in how we respond to our pain it turns out also makes us great professionals, but the standard job search process doesn’t have any means to harness that.

These experiences can be the sources of incredible strength, growth and transformation,” Roach said.

WholeStory begins pilot in Seattle

Although still in its infancy, WholeStory is gaining traction. The product will be piloted with SM Diversity in a Seattle-based boutique contingency recruiting agency that specializes in diversity and inclusion in the technology sector for Fortune 1000 companies and startups.

“I am so in love with this product I want to advocate for it and it has to start with humanizing the hiring process,” said Steven Matley, CEO and founder of SM Diversity. “What WholeStory allows us to do is bring a more nuanced approach to diversity. People should feel comfortable talking about their stressrelated growth and companies should embrace people that bring different perspectives.”

WholeStory hopes to build on the partnership with SM Diversity to understand what works and what doesn’t before scaling to the larger market, Roach said.

Matley said he already has some Seattle tech companies interested in using WholeStory as a candidate sourcing tool.

“The candidate’s WholeStory profile will

be delivered along with the resumé, and we want to follow and track their story and use it as research,” Matley said.

Finding quality candidates

According to a 2013 Gallup report, “State of the American Workplace: Employee Engagement Insights for U.S. Business Leaders,” companies spend more than $125 billion dollars every year to fill open positions with the right candidates. Despite this enormous expenditure, a good match results less than half the time.

Roach said WholeStory works well in mid- to late-career or executive search scenarios when seeking to differentiate between top performing candidates with equivalent skills and education. It also works to identify candidates for jobs that require coherent thinking in the face of uncertainty.

Roach was inspired to launch WholeStory last summer after listening to the stories of people who had been incarcerated.

“I nursed it along and spent a lot of time researching ways to make it happen, but it wasn’t until Adam Brault introduced me to Erin Anacker that things really took off,” he said.

Research into positive psychology touts the value of post-traumatic growth in making people not only stronger, but more creative, authentic, humble, teamoriented, adaptable, dedicated, brave and whole-hearted. Through WholeStory, Roach said he is trying to channel that research into creating a product that would allow users to showcase those skills through the story creation process.

“We’re still in the very early stages and until recently we had been shaping our product and our go-to market strategy. We’ve focused around developing our basic toolset for working with candidates to craft their story, which leads to creation of their profile, which is the primary artifact we used to create connections between businesses and candidates,” he said.

Blind auditions

WholeStory allows users to use pseudonyms to facilitate greater candidate transparency and maintain a safe place for candidates to be honest and open.

This creates a “blind audition” scenario and the anonymity helps reduce implicit bias, Roach said.

“The power to have temporary anonymity allows people to be vulnerable enough to share their whole story right alongside their professional experience and then allows people to want to build teams or collaborate to be able to find them based on not only their job experience, but also their life experience,” he said.

The company hopes to adopt a subscription-based business model, where companies pay a subscription fee to have access to WholeStory’s candidate pool, but it needs to reach a critical mass in its user base before it can do that. For now, WholeStory will focus on building relationships with mission-aligned third party recruiting agencies as an early rev-

Tri-City-based WholeStory recently signed its first client, SM Diversity of Seattle, a recruiting agency that specializes in diversity and inclusion in the technology sector for Fortune 1000 companies and startups. Pictured are WholeStory co-founder Erin Anacker, left, and Steven Matley, CEO and founder of SM Diversity. WholeStory has developed a web-based platform that helps employers find talent based on qualities that can’t be easily listed on a resumé or LinkedIn profile.

enue and growth model.

They’re still working through some of the process details, like when it’s OK to disclose the identity of the candidate and how third-party recruiting agencies share candidate information.

“Diversity and inclusion is not what we’re selling. It’s much more than that,” said Roach, “but those qualities emerged very early on as a byproduct by giving people a tool to tell their story this way.”

“We also like to talk about cognitive diversity. There is value from a business standpoint to create teams that include

people with different ways of thinking and different ways of solving problems,” said Roach.

Although WholeStory won’t become available in the Tri-Cities for some time, Roach said those same insights have transformed his own hiring practices — with success.

“These pivotal types of experiences are something that should be celebrated and sought after,” he said.

To sign up to receive updates on WholeStory visit wholestory.co.

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Labor & Employment

Ag labor force training center to open in Kennewick

BY KRISTINA LORD editor@tcjournal.biz

A training center for agricultural workers is scheduled to open Dec. 1. in Kennewick.

Lacey-based Wafla, formerly known as Washington Farm Labor Association, opened in 2006 and this will be its first training center, said George Zanatta of Kennewick, Wafla’s chief operating officer.

“We are planning to utilize the Kennewick office for training for our ag members — that would range from leadership to supervisor skills for H2A workers — all kinds of trainings related to what

growers need,” Zanatta said.

The H-2A program allows agricultural employers to bring foreign workers to the U.S. to fill temporary positions when there are not enough qualified U.S. workers available.

The center also will serve as the office for the chief operating officer and other senior staff.

The need for such a training center is there, Zanatta said, explaining that Wafla is the largest organization west of the Mississippi based on the number of workers it brings in.

“The challenge has been the ag economy has been growing and the local labor force has been decreasing in size. New

generations aren’t going to agriculture and they’re going somewhere else and not as many legals are coming in as before,” he said.

Last year, the company brought in more than 10,000 workers from Mexico, Zanatta said. It’s also worked with Haiti and Jamaica and is currently working with Honduras.

“Countries are doing this because it’s a good investment. It brings hard currency to their country,” he said.

Next year, he estimates about 11,000 will come.

“We would be working with the supervisors, members and clients about the H-2A program and leaderships skills to be successful with the program,” he said. “We have the ability to do custom trainings for (Human Resources) for pretty much anything that is required —from filling out documents to orientation to safety and uses of ladders, whatever we can train, we will have the facility to do it.”

The training is critical because supervisors and field managers need it, Zanatta

said.

“All around the Tri-Cities is agricultural and we have a lot of workers and companies that are depending on their supervisors and their field managers, and there’s huge numbers of people that have companies that rely on these people and most of these people have been promoted to their positions because … they’re the hardest workers or have been there the longest. They don’t have leadership skills, an understanding of the system or harassment laws … and we’re bringing training to them in their language and nearby so they don’t have to go anywhere else,” Zanatta said.

The Kennewick office will employ three to five people and have space to train about 50 people. Another training center is planned in Yakima.

An open house for Wafla’s new Kennewick office is planned from 3 to 6 p.m. Dec. 1 at 3180 W. Clearwater Ave., Suite I, Kennewick.

For more information, visit wafla.org, call 509-396-7063 or find on Facebook.

Tri-Cities boasts lowest unemployment rate of year

BY TRI-CITIES AREA JOURNAL OF BUSINESS STAFF

The Tri-Cities posted its lowest unemployment rate of the year in September, 5.9 percent, up from 5.5 percent a year ago.

The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 5.6 percent in September with the state adding 20,000 jobs, according to preliminary estimates from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The state’s unemployment rate was 5.7 percent in August, after lingering for eight months at 5.8 percent.

The Tri-Cities’ labor force grew to 134,872 in September, an increase of 467 from the previous month. The area’s labor force grew by 4,581 year over year.

The labor force is the total number of people in the workforce, both employed and unemployed, over age 16.

The state’s private sector added 14,300 jobs and the public sector gained 5,700 jobs, according to the Washington’s Employment Security Department.

“Bigger picture, Washington is continuing to add jobs,” said Paul Turek,

uNETWORKING Ashby Law ranked No. 2 on Law Firm 500 List

Ashby Law in Kennewick was ranked No. 2 on the Law Firm 500 List, which recognizes the 500 fastest growing law firms by revenue in the U.S. The award program is open to U.S. law firms of all sizes and winners are determined solely on their revenue growth over a threeyear period.

Nominees were evaluated by an outside accounting firm and subjected to a review process.

the state’s labor market economist, in a statement. “We’re seeing growth in the labor force while trimming unemployment as employers continue to pull people back off the sidelines and into the job market.”

The national unemployment rate increased to 5 percent in September. The unemployment rate in the Seattle/Bellevue/ Everett area dropped from 4.1 percent in August to 3.9 percent in September.

The Tri-Cities’ greatest job growth occurred in government with 800 new jobs between August and September. Signaling the end of summer, the leisure and hospitality sector lost 200 jobs.

Year over year, 12 of 13 of the state’s major industry sectors added jobs.

Manufacturing was the only sector to report job losses with 4,000.

The state’s three industry sectors with the largest employment gains year-overyear, not seasonally adjusted, were education and health services with 21,100 new jobs; construction with 16,000 new jobs; and professional and business services with 13,400 new jobs.

Vit plant earns DOE excellence award

The Hanford viticulture plant construction site has been recognized by the Department of Energy’s Voluntary Protection Program for the second consecutive year with the Star of Excellence Award for its safety statistics and mentoring efforts in 2015.

The vit plant recorded a lower total recordable case rate for the fourth consecutive year, and its best safety performance ever in 2015.

The Star of Excellence is the highest category of the DOE-VPP annual achievement awards.

LABOR & EMPLOYMENT uNETWORKING HFG Trust planner earns CTFA

T. Michael Tallman, a certified financial planner with HFG Trust in Kennewick, was recently awarded the certified trust and financial adviser, or CTFA, designation from the Institute of Certified Bankers, a subsidiary of T. MIchael Tallman the American Bankers Association.

A CTFA designation is awarded to those who demonstrate excellence in the field of wealth management and trust administration. To qualify for the certification, individuals must have certain levels of experience and education in the trust profession, pass an exam and abide by a code of ethics.

Tallman joined HFG Trust in 2004. In addition to being HFG’s trust officer, he is a financial adviser and chairman of the Trust Administrative Committee.

Pasco School board receives state distinction

The Pasco School District Board of Directors was one of 24 Washington school boards named a 2016 Board of Distinction by the Washington State School Directors’ Association.

Board President Scott Lehrman, Vice President Steve Christensen, and members Sherry Lancon, Amy Phillips and Aaron Richardson will be recognized during the association’s conference Nov. 17 in Spokane.

The annual Boards of Distinction program honors school boards that demonstrate effective use of the Washington School Board standards.

Applicants submitted essays and supporting evidence to demonstrate how they are putting those standards into practice.

Applications were evaluated by an independent review panel.

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Tri-City veterans fare better than most in job hunt

BY JOHN STANG

for Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business

Veterans are finding an easier time finding work in the Columbia Basin.

The statewide jobless rate for veterans is 3.8 percent, while the state jobless figure is 6.9 percent. In 2015, the veterans’ jobless rate for Richland and Kennewick was 3 percent, according to the U.S. Census.

“It is lower than the unemployment for the rest of the nation,” said Janelle Guthrie, spokeswoman for Washington’s Employment Security Department.

Three years ago, significant Hanford layoffs translated to difficulties in finding jobs for veterans competing with engineers and high-tech people who lost jobs, said Nick Erickson, one of two ESD veterans’ specialists at WorkSource Columbia Basin, 815 N. Kellogg St. in Kennewick.

Erickson is a former infantry sergeant first class. Sam Rabideau is a former Navy petty officer who was a crew member on antisubmarine and surveillance aircraft.

Now that the local economy has improved, former officers, senior sergeants and senior petty officers with nuclear, electronics or mechanical backgrounds have no problems finding jobs in the Columbia Basin, Erickson said.

“There’s quite a few employers with jobs,” he said.

Meanwhile, a national shortage of semi-truck drivers has been a help for former enlisted service members.

However, the overnight and multiple-day trips have discouraged some service members who left the military for a more stable home life, Erickson said.

However, some military skills — such as those of an infantry soldier — do not translate easily to comparable civilian jobs. That means veterans used to earning

$40,000 to $50,000 a year in the military may find themselves in a security job that starts out at $12 to $14 an hour, or about $29,000 a year — a major financial shock, he said. That person will have to go back to school, or pay his or her dues over again in climbing the ranks.

A major advantage ex-military people have is that “they have great soft skills” such as self-discipline, Erickson said.

The Kennewick ESD office offers class classes on interviews and resumés, plus help on finding jobs. People in its Veterans Access program on average find a job in eight weeks. The average wage of those successful job seekers is $22 an hour.

Rabideau works with ex-military people who are homeless, have criminal records, are recently discharged from the military or are disabled. He averages 32 clients a month, while averaging 17 placements out of that number.

The Kennewick ESD office is helped by a veterans-oriented federal Work Opportunity Tax Credit program, a new state veterans-oriented business-andoccupation tax credit program and a new YesVets program.

A bipartisan bill introduced in 2015 by Sen. Steve O’Ban, R-Tacoma, provides a credit on a company’s business-andoccupation taxes.

Under that bill, if a business hired an unemployed veteran, it would receive a credit on its B&O taxes of 20 percent of that veteran’s pay up to $1,500. O’Ban’s bill ended up in a GOP budget bill deal-

ing with tax exemptions that passed both chambers and was signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee.

The YesVets program sprang from a 2015 bill introduced by Rep. Gina McCabe, R-Goldendale, which the Legislature unanimously passed. The 2015 law requires that the state’s Department of Veterans Affairs, the Employment Security Department and the Department of Commerce work with local chambers of commerce, economic development groups and businesses to share information on employing veterans.

Originally, YesVets began in February as a pilot program in Goldendale, but interest grew and the program quickly spread to the rest of the state by June, Guthrie said.

In the Columbia Basin, 24 employers participate in the YesVets program and have hired 72 veterans far.

“We have one of the most successful programs in the nation. …We’ve definitely received interest from other states,” Guthrie said.

Energy Northwest recently received kudos from the state Employment Security Department for creating job opportunities for veterans.

Of its 1,089 employees, 300 are veterans, and 35 percent of the company’s new hires in 2016 were veterans. Energy Northwest frequently participates in WorkSource Columbia Basin hiring events and workshops that help veterans.

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Seattle’s minimum wage picture is complicated with three paths to a $15-an-hour target. Its formulas are based on whether a business employs 500 or fewer people, 500 or more people, or 500-plus including providing health insurance. On Jan. 1, Seattle

Business people in Spokane, Pullman and Clarkston know that Idaho is one of those. The next nearest states at the $7.25 level are Utah, Wyoming, North Dakota, Iowa and Oklahoma. The rest are east of the Mississippi River.

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will hit $11 for the small employers, who will reach the $15 mark in 2021.

Big businesses in Seattle will hit $15 in 2017 without health insurance, or will end up at $13.50 in they provide health insurance. The big firms with health insurance will reach the $15 plateau in 2018.

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uNETWORKING Small Business Incentive program awards $30,000

At its October luncheon, the Tri-City Regional Chamber of Commerce awarded 26 members a total of $30,000 through its Small Business Incentive program, funded by Washington River Protection Solutions.

In its sixth year, the program helps local small businesses by awarding grants to purchase key products or services.

Regional chamber members meeting the eligibility requirements applied during July and August.

For a complete list of grant recipients, visit tricityregionalchamber.com.

Dexter named to Waddell & Reed financial planning council

Kim Dexter has been named to Waddell & Reed Inc.’s 2016 Financial Planning Council, one of the highest honors for financial advisers at the firm.

The council comprises the top eight Waddell & Reed financial planning advisers nationwide, a Kim Dexter ranking based on total financial planning activity.

As a member of the council, Dexter will meet periodically with firm management and other advisers, providing insight regarding financial planning-related topics.

This is the second time Dexter has earned this honor. He joined Waddell & Reed in 2010.

CBC’s Schlegel wins service to veterans award

Columbia Basin College Veterans Services Director Jason Schlegel has won the 2016 Washington State Outstanding Service to Veterans award by the Governor’s Veterans Advisory committee and the state department of Veterans Affairs.

The Army veteran was instrumental in starting the Veterans Services office at CBC, which annually serves about 400 veterans seeking college degrees.

INB opens loan office

INB has opened a loan production office in Kennewick.

Nancy Boettcher, senior vice president and commercial/ag banker, and Mark Gray, vice president and commercial/ag banker, will lead the office.

Both have served Tri-City banking customers for many years.

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Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business • November 2016

Five traits that make exceptional employees stand out

BY VERONICA CRAKER

for Better Business Bureau

While working at Better Business Bureau serving the Northwest, I’ve had the opportunity to hear from various types of business owners. I’ve chatted with leaders of large establishments like Expedia to smaller productions like the 1899 House Bed & Breakfast in Spokane. Despite their difference in size or service, almost all business leaders agree that having resourceful and qualified employees is what helps their business to succeed.

Better Business Bureau knows that identifying and recruiting exceptional employees is vital for an organization.

These are the people who help businesses thrive and expand. Unfortunately, employees often become dissatisfied in their work when their talents go under-utilized or unappreciated.

This is why spotting an extraordinary team member is so important for a manager.

Standard interview questions and performance reviews do little to single out an exceptional employee from the rest of the herd. It is best to monitor daily attitudes and motivations of employees. Keep an eye out for these five distinctive behavioral and performance indicators to spot a great employee.

1. Views job description as starting point A great employee considers their job description as a starting point when it comes to taking on the daily challenges that any company might face on a dayto-day basis. Their primary goal is to get the job done when they see that their assistance will help get the project to completion. Once this behavioral pattern begins to assert itself, you

know you have a dedicated team member placing the organization’s goals above the petty complaints of employees who jealously guard their Veronica Craker time behind Better Business the safety of Bureau Northwest their job description.

2. Quirky, independent personalities A quirky and independent personality is not only refreshing in the confines of the typical business environment, but also signals the confidence of the owner because unusual personalities have a knack for pushing the status quo, while shaking up the “group think” that can fester around the boardroom table. Their altered perception helps fuel constructive attitudes throughout every office in the building.

Conversely, the excellent employee knows when to minimize their quirky traits when the job at hand calls for professionalism. In short, they know when it is time to play and when it is time to work.

3. Exhibits diplomacy, tact These thoughtful employees understand that social interaction goes a long way. Free with praise, they offer congratulations to co-workers who have earned it, and are supportive to those in need of bolstering to complete their tasks. Identifying exceptional employees who practice these socially interactive skills is important because these actions serve to elevate the entire work staff and act as a marker of managerial talent.

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5. Asks questions, willing to explore Good employees are not afraid to ask questions and explore options.

Unfortunately, many team members are afraid to express themselves to the group as a whole and even in private. Similarly, exceptional employees look at company policies and procedures with an eye toward improving the system in an effort to make all aspects of the company more efficient.

Identifying and cultivating superior talent should be your first job in the managerial role, so look beyond the pencil and paper evaluations of the human resource department, and keep your eye on the day-to-day behavior that shows the true potential of your employees.

Veronica Craker is the managing editor and writer for the Better Business Bureau Northwest.

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uNETWORKING Humane society manager leaves Kennewick agency

Elaine Allison, operations manager for the Benton Franklin Humane Society, has decided to move on to other opportunities.

During the four-and-a-half years Allison has worked at the Kennewick humane society, she helped to develop a transport partner program, which was “very successful in saving animals that might not have other wise survived,” according to the agency’s new release.

Allison is also credited with taking the Coyote Ridge Dog program to new heights, the release said.

Visit Tri-Cities elects board members

At its annual meeting, Visit Tri-Cities elected five new representatives to serve three year-terms on its board of directors: Kyle Cox, Mid-Columbia Libraries; Rich Cummins, Columbia Basin College; Ron Hue, individual member; Rae Moss, Mission Support Alliance; and Staci West, Bechtel National.

The Visit Tri-Cities board of directors assists in long-term planning and strategies to increase tourism spending in the region.

Academy of Children’s Theatre receives three grants

The Academy of Children’s Theatre recently received grant funding from three local organizations: $2,500 from US Bank to be the official season sponsor for the upcoming 2016-17 season, $2,000 from BNSF Railway for a new outdoor theatre classroom, and $1,000 from Pasco Kennewick Rotary for the same project.

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Loyal regulars buy McKay’s Taphouse in Richland, plan name change

BY ELSIE PUIG

for Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business

When the Chacons saw that their favorite Richland restaurant was for sale, they knew they wanted to buy it.

Joey Chacon, a health care administrator at Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland, and his wife Christina Chacon, a local psychiatric nurse practitioner, expect to take ownership of McKay’s Taphouse in December.

“It’s just a fun atmosphere with a downto-earth vibe. It has good beer and good food. It’s even a place we take our kids to,” said Joey Chacon. “My wife and I would joke that if it ever came up for sale we would buy it, so when it did, I threw my hat in the ring.”

uNETWORKING WSU TC’s Lobdell, Penland elected to state association

Washington State University Tri-Cities’ Keri Lobdell and Shiloh Penland have been elected as east side representative and president-elect, respectively, for the Washington State TRIO Association.

TRIO was created by Congress Keri Lobdell through the Higher Education Act of 1965 to help low-income Americans enter college, graduate and move on to fully participate in America’s economic and social life.

Lobdell began working for Washington State University Tri-Cities TRIO Student Support Services as a retention specialist in October 2014, and previously worked for WSU Tri-Cities as student clubs coordinator in the area of enrollment management and stu-

They plan to rename it Tommy’s Taphouse after Christina Chacon’s father. But Joey Chacon said regulars shouldn’t fret — their favorite food and craft beers will stay the same. They’ll also be adding beer flights — two- to six-inch glasses of beer that allow patrons to taste four different beers at once.

The restaurant will continue to offer more than 50 national, regional and MidColumbia beers on tap. It also offers a wide selection of microbrews from all over the Pacific Northwest.

Customers also can enjoy the same menu of appetizers, entrées, soups and salads, including five different kinds of mac and cheese. There also is a special kids’ menu.

Joey Chacon hired Gilkey Restaurant

Consulting Group of Seattle to perform market research for the restaurant. “We’re looking at the menu and want to look at what the Tri-Cities currently has to offer and looking to bring in fun unique menu options you can’t get anywhere else in the Tri-Cities,” he said.

Tommy’s Taphouse will kick off a new Mug Club. Club members will pay an annual fee, which gets them a personalized mug, exclusive promotions and discounts.

“They’ll also get priority on specialty seasonal beers that often are only done in small batches,” Joey Chacon said.

Joey Chacon says the taphouse also will begin offering promotions to nearby businesses as incentives to come in for lunch and may offer catered lunch services.

Joey Chacon has been working in

health care as a nurse and administrator for 13 years, but last year he graduated with his master’s in business administration from Western Governors University.

“During my MBA, I started getting interested in business ventures outside of health care. The food and restaurant industry was always interesting to me,” he said.

The restaurant’s sale hasn’t been finalized yet. Although the loan to buy it has been approved, Joey Chacon said he is waiting for final appraisal.

Tommy’s Taphouse should be open for business in December.

The restaurant is at 1312 Lee Blvd. in Richland. For more information call 509943-1300. Hours of operation are 11 a.m. to midnight Sunday to Thursday and 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday.

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Lobdell’s new role with TRIO requires her to keep east side TRIO programs informed of actions taken or under consideration by the board of directors, to attend association meetings, stay informed and facilitate legislative visits.

Penland, director of WSU Tri-Cities Student Support Services program, has been elected to TRIO as its presidentelect. She has worked for WSU Tri-Cities since 2007 and with TRIO for more Shiloh Penland than three years.

She has a bachelor of science in psychology and English from WSU, and a master’s in communication and leadership studies from Gonzaga University.

The WSU Tri-Cities TRIO Student Support Services program serves 140 students who are first-generation, low-income or have a documented disability with the sole purpose of providing support to help them reach their college education goals.

Visit Tri-Cities honors two companies at annual meeting

Howell joins Solarity

Country Mercantile was named as the 2016 Tourism Champion of the Year, and the Hampton Inn at Southridge was recognized with the Excellence in Service award at Visit Tri-Cities’ annual meeting on Nov. 2.

Country Mercantile was recognized for its embodiment of tourism and supporting Visit Tri-Cities to promote the region as a premier tourism destination.

Excellence in Service Award nominees were judged on the ability to serve as an example to others, provide exemplary customer service and create a memorable visitor experience.

PNNL wins R&D 100 awards

Two Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory technologies were honored at R&D Magazine’s annual R&D 100 Awards Ceremony, held Nov. 3 near Washington, D.C. Tools that track underground contaminants using Real-Time Four-Dimensional Subsurface Imaging software, designed by PNNL’s Tim Johnson, and speed carbon capture technology development, an effort led by PNNL’s Xin Sun, were named among the 100 most innovative scientific breakthroughs of the year.

These honors bring PNNL’s total awards to 100 since the ceremony’s inception in 1969.

Turner named to state council for the blind

In October, Gov. Jay Inslee appointed Pasco’s Sheila Turner to the Rehabilitation Council for the Blind. Her term ends Sept. 13, 2019.

Scott Howell has joined Solarity Credit Union as its business services relationship manager.

Howell has worked with CEOs and CFOs in Washington for more than nine years and will help Solarity build Scott Howell its business services in the TriCities area.

Solarity is a not-for-profit, member-owned financial cooperative.

Ignite Youth Mentoring named as expert partner

Mentoring Works Washington recently named Ignite Youth Mentoring as expert partner, a designation achieved through a guided evaluation process based on national research and experienced practitioner insight.

The process includes ongoing assistance to develop and implement a 12-month improvement and innovation plan, completion of a quality mentoring assessment path and commitment to follow outlined best practices.

Mentoring Works Washington is one of 28 statewide nonprofits dedicated to expanding the number of youth mentored, building best practices in youth mentoring programs and innovating improvements based on local research.

Of 150 mentoring programs in Washington, five have become an expert partner in the statewide program.

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Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business • November 2016 DRONES, From page 1 Ryan Scott of West Richland’s Firefly Solutions, which does commercial photo and video production, started using drones about four years ago.

“It adds so much to the production value,” said Scott, who specializes in personal video production services, such as weddings. “It adds to a larger body of work—such as establishing a shot of a venue like the Moore Mansion. You only use 15 seconds of videography in a 15-minute movie, but it gives the viewer an idea of what they’re looking at. I’ll take a drone over the river, over the Moore Mansion, and it’s one of those things where the viewer might not know why it’s cool, but it’s something they haven’t seen before or haven’t seen such high production in a personal setting.”

Drones allow Scott to go higher than the crane he owns, which maxes out at 12 feet.

The Federal Aviation Administration limits drones that weigh 55 pounds or less to a maximum of 400 feet in the air and speeds of no more than 100 miles per hour.

This past summer, the FAA released new, comprehensive regulations regarding drone use. Within weeks of the FAA’s rollout, the agency received 12,000 applications for commercial operation licenses. While the FAA considered requiring drone operators to have manned aircraft pilot licenses, the agency opted not to in order to spur business growth and innovation.

“We got ahead of the game,” Monarch said. “When (the FAA) posted that they were going to come out with new regulations, we took the aviation test and were ready to go on day one.”

Along with video production, such as commercials for businesses, UpAngle focuses on topographical mapping services and agricultural imaging, using a fixedwing eBee Ag drone that cost around $20,000.

Monarch said the agricultural side is one of the biggest opportunities for drones right now because it provides growers with a plant health assessment, such as whether a plant or crop is in need of fertilizer or pesticides. In the past, that information has primarily been delivered by planes or satellites.

“The difference with drones compared to plane or satellite is resolution,” said Monarch. “You’re looking at a square per pixel, and satellites are looking on average about 15 meters—or 45 feet—per pixel, and that covers a big section of their field that isn’t essentially the same. With drones, the resolution is just mind blowing. We are typically imaging at 1.6 inches or less per pixel, and the superior resolution lets farmers make more decisions. A comparison would be like if I gave you a smartphone from 2002 and then gave you the brand new iPhone7.”

Better decisions lead to better crop production, which is a hot topic in the agricultural world, Coronado said.

“Based on the current production of food, by 2050, there’s not going to be enough food to feed half of the world’s population due to population growth.

That’s a fact put out there by groups that are forecasting growth, and it really ties into why (drone technology) is huge,” Coronado said. “The drone is the new, exciting missing piece of the puzzle that

provides incredible amounts of valuable data. We provide a low-cost option and a certain level of accuracy to deliver a product growers are looking for.”

UpAngle’s clientele spans from largescale agricultural companies to vineyard owners and everything in between.

The company charges $1.75 per acre for a one-operation flight. Its incentive is contract pricing, which provides imagery four times a year, at $1.25 per acre.

Coronado said most growers are interested in contract pricing to cover pre-seed, postseed and post-spray with final imaging completed right before harvest.

“We think the agricultural side is going to propel us to be a really big name in the Northwest,” Coronado said. “Our client lists are getting bigger, and there’s more and more recognizable names now.”

Like most businesses, there are peak seasons, and both UpAngle and Firefly Solutions concur that winter is not big for the drone business.

Coronado and Monarch conduct most of their business out of their homes, but they plan to take advantage of the down season to secure a central office. The ideal location would allow them to test equipment onsite, which means they need to take into consideration air space restrictions near the Tri-Cities Airport in Pasco.

“We want to establish ourselves as the drone service provider of the region, and of the Northwest,” Monarch said. “And the big picture plan for us would be establishing employees in expanded areas.”

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Justin Coronado and Bryan Monarch, co-owners of UpAngle, display some of the drones their company uses for topographical mapping services and agricultural imaging. (Courtesy UpAngle)

Firefly Solutions of West Richland uses drone techonology to enhance the production value in wedding videos, such as flying over the Moore Mansion.

(Courtesy Firefly Solutions)

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New nonprofit offers free home repairs for those in need

BY JEFF MORROW

for Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business

John Veysey watched with satisfaction as 60 volunteers helped spruce up five houses last month in a Pasco neighborhood near Shoshone and Third streets.

Crystal Carter also was there and she was pleased too.

“There are times in life where everybody needs a hand,” Carter said.

“Together, we create this community we live in.”

The Pasco neighborhood demonstration project was organized by Rebuilding Mid-Columbia, a new nonprofit whose vision is “a safe and healthy home for every person.”

Rebuilding Mid-Columbia, or RMC, is a volunteer organization which makes free home repairs for low-income homeowners who are elderly, disabled or have families with children.

“It’s estimated that here in the Tri-Cities 40,000 people live with the prospect of sub-standard housing.”

- Crystal Carter, executive director of RMC

The group’s work helps preserve affordable housing, allows the elderly to age at home and keeps families with children or family members with disabilities safe in their home.

There are few Tri-City organizations that can help people in need maintain their homes.

“It’s estimated that here in the TriCities 40,000 people live with the prospect of sub-standard housing,” said Carter, executive director of RMC. RMC is a continuation of the work Veysey and Carter have been doing since at least 2012.

Veysey, who is the manager of plant engineering, technical support and maintenance at Areva Inc. in Richland, has helped rebuild and improve homes for years.

“I was involved in Rebuilding Together Savannah (in Georgia) before I came to the Tri-Cities,” he said. “I saw the impact it had on the community there.”

It was Veysey who convinced TriCounty Partners Habitat for Humanity in 2012 to start a similar program in the Tri-Cities, called IMPACT, or Individuals Mobilizing People and Communities Together.

Through IMPACT, about 150 improvement projects were completed in four years.

Veysey said Areva and its employees were involved in a third of the IMPACT projects.

“Seventy-five to 100 of the employees come help at various times,” he said.

But by the beginning of 2016, Veysey and Carter – who ran the IMPACT program for Habitat – were told that Habitat couldn’t continue the program.

Habitat had a backlog of too many homes and projects that demanded too much time.

“Habitat is taking on huge projects,” Carter said. “But they’ve been pretty great at referring people to us.”

In the spring, Veysey and Carter began the process of getting 501(c)3 status for Rebuilding Mid-Columbia.

RMC got the nonprofit status in September.

For the most part, RMC is a continuation of the IMPACT program.

But the group has had to restart the fundraising process.

“My top job is bringing in sponsorships and working with the families,” Carter said.

Veysey said money is the big thing.

“The more important thing right now is getting some donations,” he said. “We plan to do about 30 projects a year. The estimated cost is about $2,000 a project.

But we plan to raise between $80,000 to $100,000 for the 30 projects.”

That means going to charitable organizations and making presentations.

Just like IMPACT did, RMC has two Rebuilding Days – one in May and one in October – that help to spruce up a neighborhood.

But RMC also hosts a program that addresses the urgent needs of families.

Homeowners can qualify for this program if their needs are a matter of safety or mobility, and those needs can’t wait until the next Rebuilding Day. That’s why the week of the demonstration project, RMC had eight other projects going on.

“We have 60 qualified applicants in our program right now, and many of those have urgent needs,” Carter said.

“Ninety-two percent of applicants qualify for urgent need.”

This includes elderly people in wheelchairs or a family with two young boys in wheelchairs who live in homes with no ramp. uNONPROFIT, Page 56

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About 60 volunteers for Rebuilding Mid-Columbia work to make improvements to a Pasco home last month. The new nonprofit makes free home repairs for low-income homeowners who are elderly, disabled or have families with children. (Courtesy Rebuilding Mid-Columbia)

A Rebuilding Mid-Columbia volunteer paints a Pasco home as part of a work party last month. The new nonprofit received its nonprofit status in September. It is seeking volunteers and those in need of assistance as well as raising money for more projects. (Courtesy Rebuilding Mid-Columbia)

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Business Profile

Richland man’s mission is to get veterans their due

BY KRISTINA LORD

editor@tcjournal.biz

A Richland man who’s helped file more than 31,000 claims for VA assistance for veterans and their families is quick to shrug off any praise for his work.

“I ain’t nothing but a secretary with hairy legs,” said Steve Prince, who served in the Marine Corps.

The gruff but kind-hearted 64-yearold works for Vietnam Veterans of America in Pasco helping veterans from World War II to Afghanistan file their paperwork.

It’s a full-time gig. The veterans he’s assisted receive about $3 million a month in VA claims, he said. He’s been filing VA claims for about 21 years.

“He has a tremendous heart to serve veterans who don’t know what to do.”

- Skip Novakovich Prince is quick to point out that “it’s the vet who comes in with a problem” and that he’s just more familiar with the seven pages of instructions on the VA

forms than most.

Veterans must provide power of attorney for Prince to submit claims on their behalf.

Prince has met veterans in airports, prisons, at the Fiery Foods Festival, senior homes and coffee shops.

Some who served in the military suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, and are afraid to walk into Prince’s office because they might feel confined. So Prince visits them elsewhere, said retired Army lieutenant colonel Skip Novakovich, president of the Port of Kennewick Commission.

“He makes sure they know they’re OK and they open up and Steve makes sure they get the benefits they deserve,” Novakovich said. “He beats the service of the VA hands down.”

Prince said veterans share a special connection. “I know what they’ve been through,” he said.

He told one story about an $80,000 check one of his clients — an “old sailor” who was homeless — received that included back pay, a monthly stipend and free medical and dental care.

“I’m continuing to do it because I love my vets. I am one. I lost a lot of friends who were vets,” Prince said.

He’s also lost family.

His brother Rex Prince of Kennewick, a Marine helicopter mechanic, died of heart problems at age 47. A week after his brother died, Prince found out he

Marine Corps veteran Steve Prince of Richland works for Vietnam Veterans of America to assist veterans from all branches to receive Veterans Affairs benefits.

was eligible to receive free heart medication through the VA. His brother didn’t know he qualified for assistance and couldn’t afford medical care.

“He has a tremendous heart for veterans because of his background with his brother, obviously. He has a tremendous heart to serve veterans who don’t know what to do,” said Novakovich, who’s

known Prince for 10 years.

Prince said he simply wants to ensure the government’s guaranteed medical coverage is provided to veterans who qualify.

“When I enlisted, I was told I’d never have to worry about health care. I want to make sure the government delivers on its promise,” he said. uVETERANS, Page 56

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Barracuda Coffee Company expands to Kennewick

BY AUDRA DISTIFENO

for Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business

The owners of Barracuda Coffee Company say their popular Richland shop is more than a place to get a mocha, latte or tea. To them, it’s a place to connect with others and build relationships.

“This has become our ministry and this is how we want to relate to people,” Michelle Shupe said. “We love people and hope people come in to enjoy. We’ll learn their names, their drinks, offer relationships and a little dose of sarcasm.”

It’s been a recipe for success as owners Jake and Michelle Shupe are celebrating the grand opening of their second shop this month at 320 N. Kellogg St. in Kennewick.

In 2009, the couple bought Barracuda Coffee Company on Van Giesen Street in Richland after Jake Shupe attended Bible college and his wife worked a stint in nursing. Both also were involved with youth ministry at a local church.

“We were simply looking to supplement our income,” Jake Shupe said. He’d worked for former owner Bill Pogue for about a year in 2003 and fallen in love with coffee, so the idea appealed to him.

“It was kind of our dream after ministry – coffee while building relationships and working closely with our employees,” Jake Shupe said. “We tell our employees, ‘People first; then great coffee.’”

The original Richland store employs eight full-time employees in addition to the Shupes. The new shop will have six full-time employees, two of whom were promoted from the Richland store.

“We’d talked for years about a partnership with my uncle. He bought the building (on Kellogg), which allows us to do a dine-in. It fits with our model of building relationships,” Jake Shupe said. “You tend to see more places where people can come in and sit down in bigger cities.”

Barracuda Coffee Company now boasts a second location at 320 N. Kellogg St. in Kennewick. Michelle and Jake Shupe hope traffic at their new shop matches that of their Richland store, which regularly serves between 9,000 and 10,000 customers per month.

“There’s kind of a ‘fast food’ culture in Tri-Cities of double drive-throughs. We really wanted a place for people to slow down, enjoy one another and coffee,” Jake Shupe said.

The new shop has 30-plus indoor seats that will allow for just that and the drivethrough will offer efficiency to those needing it.

The 1,200-square-foot Kennewick building boasts a rustic atmosphere with reclaimed wood, metal and glass to provide a warm meeting spot. Finished concrete floors finish off the décor. A bar seating area affords a unique spot for customers to sit.

“Customers can enjoy coffee ‘pourover’ style, fresh off the roaster if they so choose,” Jake Shupe said.

Considerations for choosing the second Tri-City site included being near an exist-

ing business, having a previously-installed drive-through/window, indoor seating, and most importantly, location, location, location.

“This is a main thoroughfare and the amount of traffic here is more than at the Van Giesen location,” Jake Shupe said.

Residents from Panoramic Heights and those heading to surrounding businesses are potential customers, he said.

“We currently capture just under 5 percent of the traffic on Van Giesen. I’d like

to capture 3 percent of the traffic here on Kellogg. I think that’d make us extremely successful,” Jake Shupe said. “Within five years, I’d like to be close to the 5 percent capture rate at the new location, which equates to between 15,000 and 17,000 customers per month.”

During their first year in Kennewick, the Shupes said they would like to match the traffic at the Van Giesen store, which it gauges by the number of sales tickets, or about 300 customers per day. The Richland store regularly serves between 9,000 and 10,000 customers per month.

The coffee company has experienced increased profits every year for the past seven years, except in 2014, which Jake Shupe attributes to Hanford’s forced layoffs and people’s fear and tentativeness to spend disposable income.

“Since opening, we’ve seen growth of 7 to 10 percent every year. It’s been good,” Jake Shupe said. “We’re already on track to meet about 8 percent over last year.”

The entrepreneurial couple would love to expand into west Pasco, but don’t have “any visions of having 10 stores,” said Jake Shupe. “That is, unless those are God’s plans for us.” The Shupes grew up in the Tri-Cities, are raising their children here and plan to keep the business local.

Barracuda offers $1 off drinks priced $3 or more for all students (including Columbia Basin College and Washington State University Tri-Cities) and teachers if school badges are shown. uBARRACUDA, Page 56

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NONPROFIT, From page 53 “People who are prisoners in their own home, to see them get their freedom back is wonderful,” Carter said.

“A person who only has Social Security coming in might have just $750 a month. They have to pay rent, for food and other things. They can’t afford to pay for a ramp to get in and out of their house.”

That’s where Veysey comes in, and why he loves this kind of charity work.

“There are two elements to it,” he said. “First, I love giving back to the community. We’re pretty blessed with this community. Second, because I’m an engineer, I love to organize stuff.”

During last month’s demonstration

project, Veysey was there before the volunteers arrived, setting up the needed supplies at each home. Four of them were getting paint John Veysey jobs. The fifth house was getting a brand new front porch.

Veysey had 24 ladders on his truck, with some scaffolding thrown in. All of the paint was donated.

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“By having five houses together, we can move people from Crystal Carter one house to another easily,” Veysey said. “One of the things I try to do in organizing the project is make sure everyone gets a great experience. The project usually starts at 8 a.m., and they’re done by 3 p.m.

Almost all 60 volunteers (from this project) want to come back. One-day projects are the key to our volunteers.”

And RMC has used many so far this year. There have been 800 donated man-hours to date.

“But we’re always looking for volunteers,” Veysey said.

And sponsors. And people in need.

For anyone wanting to work with Rebuilding Mid-Columbia, or anyone needing help, contact the group at 253753-8324 or find on Facebook to fill out an application.

VETERANS, From page 54 Prince spent four years in the Marines, from 1970-74, providing security for President Richard Nixon at Camp David and in San Clemente, California.

“I liked Nixon a lot as a person. You can’t have any politics. I knew him as a person, not as a president,” Prince said.

Prince worked for 23 years on the Hanford Patrol before a heart attack disqualified him from service.

As he helps veterans navigate the complex VA system, he must deal with his own medical challenges. He has Type 2 diabetes, cataracts, peripheral neuropathy and has had three heart attacks, leaving him with half a working heart. He also has three brain aneurysms that could rupture at any time.

Prince said he doesn’t spend a lot of time thinking about it. “I do the best I can with

the time I have,” he said.

And a good chunk of that time is spent filing VA paperwork.

Prince started doing the work as a volunteer but since has become a paid employee of the Vietnam Veterans of America, which the state VA contracts with.

He says the most important part of his job is listening to vets. He’s also honest with them. If a veteran doesn’t qualify for VA services, he lets them know. “I’ve got vets who need help who flat out don’t qualify and I’ll tell them so,” he said.

To reach Prince, call 509-460-4703 or visit him at the Goodwill Industries building, 3521 W. Court St., in Pasco. His office hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. On Wednesdays, he visits those who are home bound and senior citizens.

BARRACUDA, From page 55 A second facet of the business is its parent company, Charis (the Greek word for “grace”) Coffee, which the Shupes hope to build upon. The Shupes roast and package beans and deliver to customers.

“Basically, it requires more time for us to go to local coffee shops and offer samples of our beans,” Michelle Shupe said of what would be required to see the growth they desire. Their “roaster” has created an exclusive blend for The Reach museum and can do so for others.

“We’d really like to grow that portion of the business. It’s so sustainable,” she said. Coffee beans are sourced from around the world. The current “menu” includes beans from three African countries, seven Latin American farms and a couple Pacific Rim locations.

“Our farms will change. The crops will finish and we’ll pick up another source,” Michelle Shupe said. Steve Stoneking, former owner of Buzz Joy, is the company’s roaster.

“We’re blessed; he actually feels his calling in life is to roast coffee,” Jake

Shupe said. “Because of him, we have the capacity to do custom blends and custom labels for coffee shops, churches and anyone who regularly makes large amounts of coffee.” One of the two roasting machines will be located inside the Kellogg Street store.

The Shupes are very satisfied to have opened Barracuda’s second location in the Tri-Cities.

“We strive to offer a place of sanctuary for people to build relationships with us and each other,” Jake Shupe said. “It’s a nice place to relax. Someone we recently interviewed said, ‘Find people who are gifted with hospitality first,’ and that’s so true. I agree because you can always train people to make coffee. We are peopleoriented first.”

The new location is open from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sunday.

For more information, visit barracudacoffee.com or http://charis.coffee, or call 509-531-2045.

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PUBLIC RECORD uBANKRUPTCIES Bankruptcies are filed under the following chapter headings: Chapter 7 — Straight Bankruptcy: debtor gives up non-exempt property and debt is charged.

Chapter 11 — Allows companies and individuals to restructure debts to repay them.

Chapter 12 — Allows family farmers to restructure finances to avoid liquidation for foreclosure.

Chapter 13 — Plan is devised by the individual to pay a percentage of debt based on ability to pay. All disposable income must be used to pay debts.

Information provided by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Spokane.

CHAPTER 7 Nathan C. Durham, 1849 Sunshine Ave., West Richland.

Ashley S. Ripplinger, 5503 Springfield Drive, Pasco.

Daniel A. Rodriguez, 9004 Maltese Drive, Pasco.

Leigh A. Rosas, 3030 W. Fourth Ave., Apt. D105, Kennewick.

William J. and Patricia K. Mansfield, 203 S. Quince Place, Kennewick.

Chelsea A. Saunders, 4044 W. 10th Ave., Kennewick.

Jeffrey D. and Brenda J. O’Hair, 203215 E. Perkins Road, Kennewick.

Dora A. Champion, PO Box 512, Sunnyside.

Byanka L. Maldonado, 24716 N. Crosby Road, Prosser.

Garth R. and Kandi J. George, PO Box 265, Eltopia.

Samantha N. Haeberlin, 1650 Mowry

Square, Apt. 320, Richland.

Wendy D. Lilly, 8220 W. Gage Blvd., #182, Kennewick.

April L. Hughes, 608 Blue St., Richland.

Kathryn E. Saxton, 3033 Holly Court, West Richland.

Charles E. Hipp, 9711 Norfolk Drive, Pasco.

Jeffrey W. and Sandra A. Davis, 97004 E. Christine Drive, Kennewick.

Elisa C. Stone, 331 S. 41st, West Richland.

Custodio Mendoza and Monica Valencia, Po Box 315, Connell.

Omar Mendoza, PO Box 315, Connell.

Constance P. Gagldari, 2305 Dover St., Richland.

Raymond A. Howard, 425 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Apt. C202, Kennewick.

Jose A. Morales, 1402 Jadwin Ave., Richland.

Jorge A. Villegas and Leticia M. Hernandez, 910 S. 10th Ave., Pasco.

Matthew McCoy, 1113 Pompano Court, Richland.

Teodulo J. and Crystal A. Rosales, 10305 Chapel Hill Blvd., Apt. K1057, Pasco.

Alberto L. Garcia and Maria E. Hernandez, 109 Bartlett Road, Richland.

Melissa D. Dupre, 2105 N. Steptoe St., #91, Kennewick.

Apryl D. Beason, 3003 Queensgate Drive, Apt. 226, Richland.

Kelsey and Nicole Clark, 911 Smith, Richland.

Peter J. Scholtes, 264 Thyme Circle, Richland.

Bradley E. and Kamela N. Stills, PO Box 5058, Benton City.

Jeffrey W. Van De Venter, 1319 McPherson

Ave., Richland.

Steven C. and Rachel G. Wadsworth, 408 Capri St., Benton City.

Virgina Gordon, 606 S. Hugo Ave., Pasco.

Richard L. Lorenzen, 7901 W. Clearwater Ave., #134, Kennewick.

Jocelyn M. Giles, 3956 PO Box 257, Olympia.

Anthony D. Robison, 330 Greenbrook Place, Richland.

Travis J. and Diane Vance, 709 Ellen Ave., Benton City.

CHAPTER 13 Stefan and Jennifer Hansen, 5323 Mariner Lane, Pasco.

Teresa W. Schott, 2033 Rainier Ave., Richland.

Clifford A. and Ruth A. Perkins, PO Box 767, Connell.

Elfigo J. and Jacquelynne M. Sandoval, 721 S. Hartford, Kennewick.

James R. Toole, 2002 W. 35th Ave., Kennewick.

Kaniesta R. and Jose A. Mendoza, 104 N. 68th Ave., West Richland.

Stephen N. Moore, 3711 Desert Plateau Drive, Pasco.

Robert L. and Jennifer L. Riggins, PO Box 6752, Kennewick.

Michael D. Spitzauer, 25407 E. Sunset Meadows Loop, Kennewick.

Veronica L. Kerl, 316 S. Olson St., Kennewick.

Norman O. and Nancy L. Waddell, PO Box 782, Connell.

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Top property values have been rounded to the nearest hundred figure.

FRANKLIN COUNTY Description: 4,409-square-foot, single-family home on 1.19 acres, 12108 Hillcrest Drive, Pasco. Price: $575,000. Buyer: Michael & Allison Ashbaker. Seller: Severance Living Trust.

Description: 960-square-foot, office building on 3.26 acres of commercial land, 2903 N. Commercial Ave., Pasco. Price: $475,000.

Buyer: 3JM Enterprises LLC. Seller: Zenaido & Angelica Martinez.

Description: Single-family home, 6620 Saddlebred Loop, Pasco. Price: $407,500.

Buyer: David & Jennifer Perkins. Seller: New Tradition Homes.

Description: 4,939-square-foot, single-family home on 1 acre of land, 7228 Ricky Road, Pasco. Price: $799,000. Buyer: Kevin & Rebecca Hodges. Seller: Juan & Elvira Meza.

Description: 4,079-square-foot, single-family home, 4704 Shoreline Court, Pasco. Price: $715,000. Buyer: Darrell & Melody Otness.

Seller: Suzanne Johnson.

Description: Single-family home, 11403 Woodsman Drive, Pasco. Price: $548,700.

Buyer: Joseph Sapp (Etux). Seller: Hammerstrom Construction.

Description: 22 residential apartments and associated buildings, 213 N. Almira Ave., Connell. Price: $1,625,000. Buyer: Connell 30 Associates LLC. Seller: Olliffe Property Holdings LLC.

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PUBLIC RECORD, From page 57 Description: 12 lots of undeveloped residential land, Grandview Drive and Brandon Court, Pasco. Price: $720,000. Buyer: Pahlisch Homes Inc. Seller: Big Creek Land Company LLC. Description: 8 lots of undeveloped residential land, Landon Court, Pasco. Price: $444,400. Buyer: New Tradition Homes Inc. Seller: Big Creek Land Company LLC. BENTON COUNTY Description: 8,698-square-foot, commercial building, 109 N. Washington St., Kennewick. Price: $400,000. Buyer: Juan & Norma Palomino. Seller: Michael Johnson.

Description: Multi-family apartments, 3426 W. Seventh Ave., Kennewick. Price: $1,397,000.

Buyer: Aissata Sidibe Properties. Seller: Denali Townhomes LLC. Description: 3,004-square-foot, single-family home on 3.530 acres and 10 acres of

agricultural land, 3720 Corral Creek PRNE, Benton City. Price: $745,000. Buyer: Aaron Barak. Seller: John & Susanne Tixier.

Description: 3,294-square-foot, single-family home on 1.75 acres, 44304 E. Shannon Lane, West Richland. Price: $591,000.

Buyer: Deverne & Catherine Dunnum.

Seller: James & Dianna Carroll.

Description: 3 lots of undeveloped residential land. Price: $850,000. Buyer: P&R Construction LLC. Seller: Teresa Marie Korsvik.

Description: 3,003-square-foot, single-family home on 0.919 acres, 7006 Glenbrook Loop, West Richland. Price: $439,000.

Buyer: Juliet Hope Fitzpatrick. Seller: Christopher & Debra Lucas.

Description: 2,152-square-foot, single-family home on 5.75 acres, 300 E. 47th Place, Kennewick. Price: $560,000. Buyer: John & Rebecca Ripple. Seller: James & Yolanda Lowe.

Description: 4,333-square-foot, single-family home on 2.7 acres, 110302 E 297 PR,

Kennewick. Price: $530,900. Buyer: US Bank National Association. Seller: Quality Loan Service Corp.

Description: 1,991-square-foot, single-family home, 1800 W. 51st Ave., Kennewick.

Price: $440,900. Buyer: Garth & Rachel Everhart. Seller: Septan Homes LLC. Description: 2,475-square-foot, single-family home, 1898 W. 52nd Ave., Kennewick.

Price: $435,500. Buyer: Robert & Deborah Besthorn. Seller: Sandhollow Homes LLC. Description: 2,242-square-foot, single-family home, 602 Chateau Court, Richland.

Price: $405,000. Buyer: Cheryl Bernier.

Seller: John Gilmore.

Description: 2,448-square-foot, single-family home, 674 Big Sky Drive, Richland. Price: $487,500. Buyer: Edgardo Berrios. Seller: Aaron & Jessica Magula.

Description: 3,404-square-foot, office building, 8900 W. Tucannon Ave., Kennwick.

Price: $690,000. Buyer: TNK LLC. Seller: Sisters-Tucannon LLC. Description: 2,889-square-foot, single-fam-

ily home, 2235 Sky Meadow Ave., Richland.

Price: $439,000. Buyer: Greg & Rolanda Jundt. Seller: Don Pratt Construction.

Description: 2,418-square-foot, single-family home, 2275 Sky Meadow Ave., Richland.

Price: $415,000. Buyer: Jacob & Melissa Cragin. Seller: Don Pratt Construction.

Description: 2,693-square-foot, single-family home, 2579 Tiger Lane, Richland. Price: $465,000. Buyer: Thomas & Debra Whitney.

Seller: Ron Asmus Homes.

Description: 8,738-square-foot, commercial building and associated land. Price: $2,052,000. Buyer: R&R Associate LLC. Seller: Sall Enterprises Inc.

uBUILDING PERMITS

Building permit values have been rounded to the nearest hundred figure.

BENTON CITY City of Benton City, Legion Park Water Tank, $25,000 for telecommunications modification. Contractor: owner.

KBHS, 1205 Horne Drive, $5,000 for an antenna. Contractor: owner.

BENTON COUNTY Mastec Network Solutions, 3551 N. 210 PR NE, $25,000 for telecommunication sequipment. Contractor: AT&T Mobility.

FRANKLIN COUNTY Zirkle Fruit, 1408 Martindale Road, $73,600 for a commercial addition. Contractor: Lexar Homes Tri Cities.

Oakdell Egg Farms, 7401 Glade Road, $9,300 for a commercial addition. Contractor: Circle K Enterprises.

Leonard Dietrich, 1721 Dietrich Road, $58,400 for new commercial construction.

Contractor: W McKay Construction LLC. MB Brothers, 4665 Sheffield Road, $306,500 for commercial addition.

Contractor: owner.

Church of God, 23005 Finley Road, $200,966 for commercial remodel. Contractor: owner.

KENNEWICK OMT LLC, 4407 W. 24th Ave., $50,000 for an antenna. Contractor: HPS Construction.

Edward Rose Millennial Group, 10251 Ridgeline Drive, $8,061,900 for multi-family construction, $200,700 for new commercial construction, $337,500 for mechanical and $380,500 for plumbing. Contractor: owner and Three Rivers Mechanical.

Columbia Mall Partners, 1321 N. Columbia Center Blvd., $100,000 for commercial remodel. Contractor: Alegis Construction.

Washington Securities & Investments, 8901 W. Tucannon Ave., $80,000 for tenant improvements, $20,000 for heat pump/ HVAC and $20,000 for plumbing.

Contractors: Signature NW Construction, Bob Rhodes Heating & Air and Tri Cities Plumbing.

Chavallo Complex, 7211 W. Deschutes Ave., $70,000 for tenant improvements and $5,000 for heat pump/HVAC. Contractors: New Environment Corp. and Bruce Heating & Air. Kennewick Quinault LLC, 8125 W. Quinault Ave., $44,800 for tenant improvements. Contractor: Elite Construction.

Port of Kennewick, 435 Clover Island Drive, $72,500 for commercial reroof.

Contractor: Palmer Roofing Co. Lamb-Weston Inc, 8701 W. Gage Blvd., $10,200 for heat pump/HVAC. Contractor: DIVCO. Kennewick Irrigation District, 6600 W. Rio Grande Ave., $15,000 for heat pump/HVAC, $1,373,600 for commercial remodel, $83,500 for heat pump/HVAC and $147,000 for plumbing. Contractors: Apollo Sheet Metal, Nelson + Morris Construction, Campbell & Company and Alden Plumbing LLC. Ronald Burt, 530 W. Kennewick Ave., $25,000 for commercial remodel. Contractor: owner.

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PASCO

Highlands Center, 101 N. Ely St., $10,000 for a sign. Contractor: Quality Signs.

Sunshine Investors, 7801 W. Quinault Ave., $30,000 for commercial remodel.

Contractor: owner.

Gage East LLC, 1922 N. Steptoe St., $40,000 for a sign. Contractor: Quality Signs.

Redeemed Properties, 6343 W. Brinkley Road, $85,000 for tenant improvements.

Contractor: Miranda Management LLC. Kennewick Associates, 131 Vista Way, $5,000 for a sign. Contractor: Quality Signs.

3 Blanks LLC, 6205 W. Okanogan Ave., $7,000 for tenant improvements. Contractor: Blankenship Commercial Building.

LAIC Inc, 6515 W. Clearwater Ave., $15,000 for commercial remodel and $5,000 for plumbing. Contractors: Construction Pros and Tritan Plumbing.

Sun Ridge Properties, 3711 Plaza Way, $325,700 for commercial remodel, $45,000 for heat pump/HVAC and $33,000 for plumbing. Contractors: LPZ Design/Construction, Pancho’s Heating & Cooling and Precision Plumbing.

West Highlands Methodist, 17 S. Union St., $45,000 for new commercial construction. Contractor: owner.

TriCity Investors, 3 W. Columbia Drive, $9,000 for heat pump/HVAC. Contractor: Campbell & Company.

BNSF Railway Co, 212 W. Railroad Ave., $351,300 for commercial remodel.

Contractor: Ray Poland & Sons Inc. IBEW #7, 2626 W. Clearwater Ave., $15,000 for commercial reroof. Contractor: Above the Rest Roofing.

Thomas Snowden, 203 W. Kennewick Ave., $11,000 for commercial reroof.

Contractor: Silver Bow Roofing.

Robert Kennell, 2620 S. Williams Place, $200,000 for tenant improvements and $19,000 for plumbing. Contractors: Chervenell Construction and Riggle Plumbing.

MGSC LLC, 5209 W. Okanogan Place, $6,000 for a sign. Contractor: YESCO LLC. Tri-City Court Club, 1350 N. Grant St., $100,000 for commercial remodel, $9,000 for heat pump/HVAC and $8,800 for plumbing. Contractors: Haugen Consult & Construction, Apollo Sheet Metal and Advanced Plumbing.

Columbia Mall Partners, 1321 N. Columbia Center Blvd., $137,600 for mechanical.

Contractor: AES Mechanical Services.

Tom Maiden, 6713 W. Clearwater Ave., $25,000 for commercial remodel. Contractor: All City Restoration & Remodel.

Stanford’s Recreation, 711 W. Vineyard Drive, $16,700 for heat pump/HVAC. Contractor: Campbell & Company.

MGSC LLC, 5209 W. Okanogan Place, $18,000 for a sign. Contractor: YESCO LLC. Boulder Heights, 3801 S. Zintel Way, $12,000 for a sign. Contractor: Quality Signs.

Kennewick Association Ltd Partnership, 7303 W. Canal Drive, $9,200 for heat pump/ HVAC. Contractor: Bruce Heating & Air. Doty Properties, 18 S Morain St., $5,000 for commercial construction. Contractor: owner.

Starmark Real Estate, 7201 W. Clearwater Ave., $74,400 for commercial reroof.

Contractor: Palmer Roofing Co. Port of Kennewick, 421 E. Columbia Drive, $1,581,800 for new commercial construction, $210,000 for heat pump/HVAC and $120,000 for plumbing. Contractors: Banlin Construction Company, Total Energy Management and Columbia River Plumbing.

Farmers Co-Op, 5003 W. Brinkley Road, $15,000 for miscellaneous expenses.

Contractor: Legacy Telecommunications.

Fortunato Inc, 6500 W. Clearwater Ave., $15,000 for miscellaneous expenses.

Contractor: General Dynamics Info.

Kennewick 3 LLC, 8200 W. Grandridge Blvd., $11,500 for tenant improvements.

Contractor: Prime Development Group.

Columbia Bells LLC, 3623 Plaza Way, $15,000 for a sign. Contractor: Quality Signs.

Schetky Family LLC, 4111 E. B St., $169,800 for new commercial construction: Contractor: Schetky Northwest.

Columbia Basin College, 2600 N. 20th Ave., $460,000 for commercial reroof.

Contractor: TBD. Jay Brantingham, 2710 Travel Plaza Way, $3,038,900 for new commercial construction: Contractor: CRF Metal Works LLC. Autozone Parts Inc, 3733 N. Capitol Ave., $652,00 for new commercial construction: Contractor: Big D’s Construction.

Wine Country Furniture, 2019 W. Court St., $15,000 for siding/windows. Contractor: owner.

Tatitian LLC, 2736 W. Lewis St., $18,300 for tenant improvements. Contractor: Smith McDaniel Inc. CTXK Enterprises, 217 W. Bonneville St., $32,000 for commercial remodel. Contractor: owner.

CSP Pasco LLC, 1322 N. 20th Ave., $7,500 for a sign. Contractor: Cascade Sign.

East Silverton LLC, 515 W. Lewis St., $66,300 for tenant improvements.

Contractor: Mid Columbia Builders.

Washington Insurance, 203 N. Fourth Ave., $9,000 for commercial reroof.

Contractor: Tri City Heat & Air. Bryan Schultz, 3451 Kendall Ave., $866,900 for new commercial construction. Contractor: Bryan’s Butcher Block.

Spritz Inc, 1125 E. Spokane St., $5,000 for siding/windows. Contractor: owner.

Pasco Processing, 5815 Industrial Way, $5,500 for fence/brick/retaining wall.

Contractor: Cascade Fire Protection.

Garam LLC, 6627 Burden Blvd., $17,000 for fence/brick/retaining wall. Contractor: Cascade Fire Protection.

Tri-Cities Community Health, 515 W. Court St., $9,500 for miscellaneous expenses.

Contractor: Delta Heating & Cooling.

Port of Pasco, 1110 Osprey Pointe Blvd #201, $26,100 for tenant improvements.

Contractor: owner.

HDG LP, 2724 W. Sylvester St., $7,500 for new commercial construction. Contractor: JD Landscaping.

Sheet Metal Training, 1718 W. Sylvester St., $24,000 for a sign. Contractor: owner.

Nicolas Zavala, 510 W. Lewis St., $12,000 for commercial remodel. Contractor: owner.

Buffalo Stone LLC, 1206 E. Lytle St., $13,000 for a fire alarm/system. Contractor: Moon Security.

McDonalds Corp, 2202 W. Court St., $20,900 for a fire alarm/system. Contractor: Brimstone Fire Safety.

Garam LLC, 6627 Burden Blvd., $134,100 for tenant improvements. Contractor: TBD. Port of Pasco, 4020 Stearman Ave., $5,500 for tenant improvements. Contractor: Pacific NW Aviation.

Time Corwin Family, 1225 Autoplex Way, $966,700 for new commercial construction.

Contractor: LCR Construction.

Pasco Coke LLC, 1225 Road 34, $2,148,600 for new commercial construction. Contractor: Tom O’Brien Construction Company.

Culbert LLC, 3905 E. A St., $707,400 for new commercial construction. Contractor: Culbert Construction Inc. JGH Investments, 3604 N. Commercial Ave., $6,500 for heat pump/HVAC. Contractor: Brothers Heating & Air. City of Pasco, 505 N. First Ave., $65,000 for a parking lot. Contractor: Ray Poland & Sons.

PROSSER R&L Pizza Inc, 364 Chardonnay Ave., $175,200 for tenant improvements.

Contractor: Sharpe Construction.

Zirkle Fruit Co, 101 Benitz Road, $8,100 for heat pump/HVAC and $7,000 for plumbing.

Contractors: Campbell & Company and Gary’s Plumbing.

Love’s Travel Stop, 680 Wine Country Road, $129,000 for a fire alarm/system.

Contractor: Fire Control Sprinkler Systems.

City of Prosser, 1301 Seventh St., $132,000

for new commercial construction. Contractor: owner.

Catholic Charities, 415 Petra Ave., $7,000,000 for multi-family construction.

Contractor: MC Lundgren.

CBC Student Housing, 2901 N. 20th Ave., $275,000 for utility/road work. Contractor: Chervenell Construction.

McDonalds Corp, 2202 W. Court St., $5,600 for fire alarm/system. Contractor: Brimstone Fire Safety.

Broadmoor RV, $130,000 for a parking lot.

Contractor: W McKay Construction.

Bobby Gilbert, 411 N. Oregon Ave., $258,600 for a commercial addition.

Contractor: W McKay Construction.

CBC Student Housing, 2901 N. 20th Ave., $2,754,800 for multi-family construction.

Contractor: Chervenell Construction.

D&R Shelton LLC, 3408 W. Court St., $31,300 for tenant improvements.

Contractor: Don Pratt Construction.

Gerald Clark, 1225 E. Salt Lake St., $56,700 for tenant improvements. Contractor: Miranda Management.

John Liniger, 1620 E. Salt Lake St., $10,000 for commercial remodel. Contractor: TBD. RICHLAND IBEX Investments LLC, 895 Stevens Drive, $83,900 for tenant improvements.

Contractor: Flatland Construction LLC. WSU Tri-Cities, 2760 Crimson Way, $3,500,000 for new commercial construction. Contractor: Leone & Keeble Inc. Port of Benton, 2531 Stevens Drive, $1,734,000 for new commercial construction. Contractor: Total Energy Management.

Richard and Amy Nall, 147 Reata Road, Building A-E, $1,834,400 for new commercial construction. Contractor: CRF Metal Works LLC. WRP Washington, 1811 George Washington Way, $61,000 for tenant improvements. Contractor: Top Drawer Development.

River Walk Village, 404 Bradley Blvd. #100,

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$20,000 for tenant improvements.

Contractor: R Peterman Construction.

Stacie Hamilton, 1950 Keene Road, Building I, $25,000 for tenant improvements.

Contractor: Lenk & Finn LLC. Lamb Weston, 2013 Saint St., $114,000 for commercial reroof. Contractor: Centimark Corporation.

MH Properties LLC, 821 Swift Blvd., $31,700 for tenant improvements.

Contractor: MH Construction Inc. City of Richland, 500 Amon Park Drive, $30,000 for tenant improvements.

Contractor: MP Construction.

Croskrey Brother, 1020 Queensgate Drive, $1,300,000 for new commercial construction. Contractor: Reed Construction Enterprises Inc. Cost Less Carpet, 1928 Fowler St., $5,547,500 for new commercial construction. Contractor: Cost Less Carpet.

Three Hinge LLC, 472 Keene Road, $66,000 for tenant improvements.

Contractor: Horizon Retail Construction.

Michele Abrams, 2323 Henderson Loop, $5,000 for a sign. Contractor: Quality Signs.

River Walk Village, 404 Bradley Blvd., Suite 104, $50,000 for tenant improvements.

Contractor: Vandervert Construction.

Areva, 2101 Horn Rapids Road, $156,100 for commercial reroof. Contractor: MG Wagner Co. WEST RICHLAND Ira Hickman, 4460 Rosencrans, $562,000 for multi-family construction. Contractor: owner.

Ira Hickman, 4500 Rosencrans, $562,000 for multi-family construction. Contractor: owner.

Atlas Tower Holdings, 5100 Foothill Road, $180,000 for new commercial construction.

Contractor: not listed.

GBOA, 4193 W. Van Giesen St., $8,000 and $15,000 for tenant improvements.

Contractors: Discovery Plaster & Storage and owner.

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uBUSINESS LICENSES PASCO Clean Sweep, 4414 NW Commons Drive.

Hutchbug LLC, 4705 Hilltop Drive.

Fiesta Foods, 1720 W. Washington St. Blue Room, 2021 N. Commercial Ave. West Coast Metal Carports, 4708 Capital Ave. Centerline Fabricators, 2405 E. Ainsworth Ave. Flowers Baking Company of Portland, 1430 E. Hillsboro Road A. Ostler Orthodontics, 6825 Burden Blvd., Suite C. Anny’s Cleaning, 916 S. Eighth Ave. # 2.

Postal Express, 1430 E. Hillsboro Road.

In-Tune Shack, 925 S. Maitland Ave. Riverview Family Medicine, 1525 W. Court St. RCW Construction, 4409 W. Octave St. S&M Contracting, 4415 Kubota Lane.

Joint Associates Center for Training, 3330 W. Court St. Northwest Motorsport VIII, 816 N. 28th Ave. The Balancer, 4216 Sedona Drive.

Al’s Automotive Repair, 218 W. Lewis St. Atlas Carriers, 435 N. Hugo Ave. Taqueria El Tacoyote, 1623 W. Lewis St. TNT Construction, 5208 Buchanan Lane.

Professional Window Cleaning Services, 7322 W. Bonnie Ave., # 113, Kennewick.

Setting Solutions, 67208 E. 669 PRNE, Richland.

Financial Consulting Solutions Group, 7525 166th Ave. NE, Ste. D215, Redmond.

Complete Remodeling, 520 N. Green Place, Kennewick.

Noise Control of Washington, 812 N. Madelia, Spokane.

Brimstone Fire Safety Management, 23422 57th Ave. SE, Woodinville.

Cole’s Painting, 6820 51st Ave. E., Tacoma.

Camcal, 1970 Mikwaukee Way, Tacoma.

Best Prices Ever, 3431 W. Court St., #3431.

Keystone Automotive Industries, 640 Grumman St.#84E. Marisol’s Massages, 1207 S. 10th Ave. Island View Construction Co, 205804 E. Finley Road, Kennewick.

All About Walls, 2904 W. Agate St., #1.

Summit Environmental, 10334 N. Taryne, Hayden, Idaho.

Arnold Machinery, 2975 W. 2100 S., West Valley, Utah.

Bradford Hinch Builder, 11825 S. Player Drive, Spokane.

A Stroke of Genius, 1670 Cactus Loop, Richland.

ENW Homes, 2200 Sixth Ave., Ste. 523, Seattle.

Able Clean-Up Technologies, 4117 E. Nebraska Ave., Spokane.

Soy Bella Haircuts, 507 N. Fourth Ave. Building Materials Specialties, 201 SW Spring St., Hillsboro, Oregon.

Northwest Fire Systems, 7815 S. 180th St., Kent.

NG Eagle Concrete, 2906 W. Seventh Ave., Kennewick.

Mid Columbia Builders, 1024 S. Conway St., Kennewick.

TLM Petro Labor Force, 909 N. Alameda St., Compton, California.

G&G Contracting, 1331 W. Pine St., #8, Walla Walla.

Rooftop Anchor, 844 S. 430 W., Ste. 200, Heber City, Utah.

Sure Built Structures, 2312 Hood Ave., Apt. C, Richland.

Tri City Heating and Air, 202122 E. Schuster Road, Kennewick.

Handy Helpers & General Contracting, 1624 Venus Circle, Richland.

Ameresco, 222 Williams Ave. S #100, Renton.

Solutions_TLC, 9005 Sunset Trail.

Small World Learning Center, 4115 W. Henry St. Direct Staffing LLC DBA Evergreen Ag, 812 S. Myrtle Ave.

T-Shirt Factory, 1625 W. A St., Suite F. Salon Monte Carlo, 1827 W. Court St., Suite B. On Point Homes, 4912 Catalonia Drive.

Meadow Gold Dairies, 3904 Stinson Ave. Indie Bros, 17 Jasmine Lane.

Twisted Clothing, 1322 N. 20th Ave. CM Curbing, 2920 W. Ella ST. Sierra’s Landscaping, 6021 W. Sylvester St. Leticia Garcia, 1720 N. 14th Ave. RICHLAND KSB Litigation, P.S., 221 N. Wall St., Spokane.

Tom & Jerry Services, 321 N. 20th Ave., Pasco.

Artful Virgo, 8524 W. Gage Blvd., Kennewick.

Google North America, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California.

Pho Lotus, 1325 George Washington Way. Continuum Optical Solutions, 2005 Trippe St. Zombotronic, 126 Sherman St. Ian Sinclair Attorney at Law, 1880 Fowler St. KT Industrial Hygiene and EHS Consulting Services, 1835 Terminal Drive.

Tara Cullen, 404 Bradley Blvd.

Cloverleaf Partners, 653 Stewart Drive.

Lakeland Restoration Services, 78 E. River Spur, Priest River, Idaho.

Fluor Federal Solutions, 3160 George Washington Way. Nichole A Milne, 10002 W. Court St., Pasco.

Stemregen, 1084 Cayuse Drive.

Pro Force Cleaning Services, 8011 Savary Drive, Pasco.

Pulse Virtual Reality, 2104 Kuhn St. Salestick, 2543 Glenbriar Lane.

Lisa Marie, 5399 W. Van Giesen St., West Richland.

Third Eye Imaging, 1502 Birch St., Zillah.

Big D Consulting, 723 Hanford St. Clean Water Tri-Cities, 2703 S. Yelm St., Kennewick.

Blue Bassinet, 2829 Monarch Lane.

Hair by Monne, 10305 Chapel Hill Blvd., Pasco.

Izzy Tire Service, 516 W. Entiat Ave., Kennewick.

Ijones Smoke Shop, 140 Gage Blvd.

PMP Communications, 1258 Fuji Way. Lularoe Nichole Gricius, 1973 Forest Ave. Pacific Cable Construction, 11321 Highway 99, Unit 10, Everett.

Family Home Care, 22820 E. Appleway Ave., Suite B, Liberty Lake.

Ionized Solutions, 4501 Desert Plateau Drive, Pasco.

Stangeland Wright & Co, 202 N. Quincy St., Kennewick.

Mindful Millwork, 1431 Judson Ave. Avalon Unlimited, 2507 Dawn Hill Court.

All-Siding, 4904 Cleveland Lane, Pasco.

Integrity Plumbing, 2204 N. Road 44, Pasco.

Neeben Enterprises, 1521 Hains Ave. Astute Observations, 325 Seattle Court.

The Acne Prevention Place, 489 Charbonneau Drive.

Janettes In Home Care, 417 Snow Ave. Northwest Wiring Solutions, 3003 Queensgate Drive.

Happy Healthy You, 2505 Valencia Drive.

Haugen Consulting & Construction, 901 S. Keller St. Phillips Craft & Design, 2414 Swift Blvd.

Premier Computer, 1013 Benham St. LBS Electric, 207503 E. Cochran Road, Kennewick.

Biagi Appraisal Services, 1066 Biagi Lane, Walla Walla.

Enlightened Psychiatry, 1305 Mansfield St. WEST RICHLAND Handy Dan, 6204 Desert View Drive.

Rogue Builders, 5834 Juneberry Drive.

Byrd Builders, 2319 S. Highlands Blvd.

Austin Tech Pubs, 4312 Laurel Drive.

Easy Rides, 2375 W. 49th Ave., Kennewick.

Tapteal PTA, 705 N. 62nd Ave. Moreno & Nelson Construction Corp., 2330 Eastgate St., Suite 207, Walla Walla.

Lisa Marie, 5399 W. Van Giesen St. Discovery Plastering & Stone, 416 W. B St., Pasco.

KC’s Biscuit Shop, 21502 S. 2021 PR SE, Kennewick.

TSP Bakeshop, 4850 Paradise Way. B&B Custom Metals, 2700 Salk Ave., Richland.

Best Built Construction, 2170 Cemetery Road, Sunnyside.

Sierra’s Landscaping, 6021 W. Sylvester St., Pasco.

Oxbow Construction, 9270 Emerald Road, Sunnyside.

LBS Electric, 207503 E. Cochran Road, Kennewick.

Huckaby’s Tree Service, 1031 Winslow Ave., Richland.

Family Home Care, 22820 E. Appleway Ave., Suite B, Liberty Lake.

Stangeland Wright & Co, 202 N. Quincy St., Kennewick.

Integrity Plumbing, 2204 N. Road 64, Pasco.

Martin and Collette Bickford, 6307 Westview Loop.

Rock Solid Construction, 8808 Massey Drive, Pasco.

KENNEWICK 509 Builders, 9595 Snake River Road, Pasco.

Bliss Salon and Spa, 3617 Plaza Way, Suite F. Able Clean-Up Technologies, 4117 E. Nebraska Ave., Spokane.

Adams Carpet & Flooring, 5610 W. Seventh Ave., Spokane.

ALC Home Improvements, 319 Robert Ave., Richland.

Pawsitively Amber, 614 Wright Ave., Richland.

Tony’s Construction, 34703 S. Haney Road.

Hair by April, 2411 S. Union St. Arrow Services, 214 S. Eastern Road, Suite 3126, Spokane Valley.

August Thomas Salon, 2411 S. Union St. Avila Therapeutic Massage Clinic, 5219 W. Clearwater Ave. Barco Homes, 101 S. Washington St. Beanippity, 1016 W. 27th Place.

Majestic Healing, 3221 W. Kennewick Ave. Bosch II Construction Company, 823 Zillah West Road, Zillah.

Brenda Rodriguez, 1407 N. Young St. Achieve Center, 7203 W. Deschutes Ave. Central Freight, 1750 Clerf Road, Ellensburg.

Colonial House, 3 W. Third Ave. Curt Faus Corporation, 5755 Willow Lane, Lake Oswego, Oregon.

Battlesports, 5720 Middle Fork St., Pasco.

Dennis Barth, 3201 S. Lyle St. Chandlers’ Painting, 826 S. Hartford St. Washington Judicial Services, 2906 W. Seventh Ave. Eneix Rising Enterprises, 25 N. Mayfield St. Enlows Construction, 314 Rossell Ave, Richland.

Epic Audio, 419 W. Entiat Ave. ET Estate Sales and Liquidation, 422 E. Columbia Drive.

Eugenia’s Cleaning Services, 5491 Columbia River Road, Pasco.

All About Walls, 2904 W. Agate St., Apt. 1, Pasco.

Fur on the Floor, 8 N. Cascade St. G & G Contracting, 1331 W. Pine St., Walla Walla.

GC Chavez Enterprises, 3121 W. Hood Ave. J & D Mini Storage, 1619 S. Washington St. Harper Birth Tub Rentals, 7128 W. Third Place.

High Desert Drywall, 4211 W. Clearwater Ave. Hughs, 2018 S. Jean St. Indian Cuisine Express, 8524 W. Gage Blvd.

Inline Steel Fabricators, 2506 S. 26th Ave., Yakima.

Iyabo Visiting Care, 1005 S. Newport St., # B. J&N Adventures, 3320 S. Quincy Place.

Jackson Contracting Group, 5800 Highway 93 S., Missoula, Montana.

Fox Custom Carpentry, 512 S. Dawes St. A Step Above Flooring, 307 E. Seventh Ave., Waitsburg.

Jshine Cleaning, 35305 S. Finley Road.

Horizon Plumbing, 504 Wisteria St., Richland.

JessLovesBeautyy, 3311 W. Clearwater Ave. Jewelry Design Center Kennewick, 1350 N. Louisiana St. JMG Familia Ventures, 3911 W. 27th Ave. Lifestyle Performance, 100 S. Morain St. Olivera Trucking, 2707 W. Fifth Ave. J & L Stucco, 504 S. Elm Ave., Pasco.

Knutzen Consulting Engineers, 5453 Ridgeline Drive.

Simplyadorbs, 2607 W. 37th Ave. Language, Passport & Travel Solutions, 5306 W. Clearwater Ave. Laura’s Cleaning Services, 624 S. Garfield St. LBS Electric, 207503 E. Cochran Road.

Barajas Jumpers, 732 W. Jay St., Pasco.

House of Brows, 4309 W. 27th Place.

Levy B Construction, 4001 Summitview Ave., Yakima.

Les J Home & Commercial Cleaning Services, 3324 W. 19th Ave., H169.

Riverside Cleaning Services, 913 E. 10th Ave. Magic Jump Rentals, 101 E. 19th Ave. Mahogany Row, 2021 W. 21st Court.

Escareno Floor Covering, 937 W. Ruby St., Pasco.

MD Hopkins, 2408 W. Clearwater Ave. Candle Magick, 107 S. Van Buren Court.

Mayvalex Rita & Teresa, 9014 W. John Day Ave. Impressions Salon, 5009 W. Clearwater Ave. Monica Rae, 8181 W. Fourth Ave. Novel3, 114 W. Kennewick Ave. Lourdes Health Crisis Services, 500 N. Morain St. MC Nail Spa, 2909 S. Quillian St. It’s The Little Things, 1912 Cherry Lane, Pasco.

Precision Construction & Design, 1210 McPherson Ave., Richland.

The General Landscaping, 101 S. Quillian St. A&B Concrete, 1121 N. Road 40, Pasco.

RDB Construction, 86510 E. Haven View PRSE. Red Rail Espresso, 4301 W. 27th Ave. Reidstep Construction and Site Development, 915 S. Arthur Place.

Tri Cities Lawncare & General Contractor, 1216 S. 13th Ave, Pasco.

V & R Transport, 4618 W. Metaline Ave. Ruan Baker Master Esthetics and Permanent Cosmetics, 201 N. Edison St. Shana Stewart, 1407 N. Young St. Spindle Fabrics, 3414 S. Dennis St. Total Case Management and Consulting, 2301 S. 38th Ave., Yakima.

The Bruggeman Agency, 7103 W. Grandridge Blvd.

The Real Consuela, 4110 W. 34th Ave. The Volo Group, 4002 S. Irby St. The Whole Consuela, 4110 W. 34th Ave. Throttle Down Productions, 3922 S. Morain Loop.

Clearwater Bay Apartments, 5225 W. Clearwater Ave. Eastside Graphics Lab, 119 S. Irving St. Tribe Mystic Artistry, 8533 W. Deschutes Ave. Tip’s Thai House, 2909 S. Quillian St. Tri-F, 3209 W. 46th Ave. Tri-Cities Construction and Remodeling, 209 N. Washington ST. Truframe, 14 S. Parkway Ave., Battle Ground.

TC Marketing, 201 N. Edison St. Valary Cronin LMP, 201 N. Edison St. Vong Enterprises, 8530 W. Gage Blvd.

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Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business • November 2016 PUBLIC RECORD, From page 60 Vulcan Global, 2014 W. Sixth Ave. Wade Steel Handyman Services, 741 S. Tacoma Place.

West Rail Construction Co., 504A NE 192nd Ave., Vancouver.

Body Fix Massage & Wellness, 8836 W. Gage Blvd.

Dub Electronics & Security, 82202 Summit View Drive.

509 Geek, 8428 W. Gage Blvd.

Young Asset Management, 1110 N. Center Parkway.

Incognito IT, 3311 W. Clearwater Ave. Silver Plus Company, 3131 W. Hood Ave. Finch’s Transport, 5031 W. Clearwater Ave. Christina Taylor, 4309 W. 27th Place.

Accordion Music Tri Cities, 3231 S. Conway Drive.

Artful Virgo, 8524 W. Gage Blvd.

Thai City Noodles, 1407 N. Young St. Tri-City Granite, 1615 E. Chemical Drive.

KR Services, 508 Boros Court, Richland.

Cinder’s Formal and Costume Closet, 627 The Parkway, Richland.

A & I Construction, 527 W. Bonneville St., Pasco.

Kuma in a Mine, 2001 S. Edison St. Kenneth Cole Counseling, 6917 W. Grandridge Blvd.

Mastermind Practice, 3308 S. Tweedt St. Hair by Grace, 5601 W. Clearwater Ave. Realtor Kay, 8202 W. Quinault Ave. Easy Rides, 2375 W. 49th Ave. Ammar Ali, 5501 W. Hildebrand Blvd.

HGS, 1800 E. Seventh Ave. Maggie’s Cleaning, 213408 E. SR 397.

Elegant Residences Construction, 110302 E. 297 PRSE. Ashley Descamp, 8836 Gage Blvd., Suite 103A. River City Services, 19 W. 10th Ave. TNW Specialties, 19 S. Cascade.

Luna Interpreting Services, 3131 W. Hood Ave. The Original Pancake House, 3801 Plaza

Way. Pro Force Cleaning Services, 8011 Savary Drive, Pasco.

Luxe Interior Decorating and Design Company, 7401 W. Hood Place.

Integrity Construction, 1101 Madison Ave., Yakima.

Your Natural Beauty, 1321 N. Columbia Center Blvd.

Third Eye Imaging, 1501 Birch St., Zillah.

Bruchi’s Cheesesteaks & Subs, 5209 W. Okanogan Ave. Defiant2Death Kustumz, 1926 W. Sixth Ave. Clean Water Tri-Cities, 2703 S. Yelm St. J & H Cleaning Services, 611 S. Waldemar Ave., Pasco.

Men Zone, 8390 W. Gage Blvd.

J&H Construction Services, 611 S. Waldemar Ave., Pasco.

Kissing Grey Photography, 101 Armistead Ave., Richland.

K&H Facility Services, 601 W. Main Ave., Suite 400, Spokane.

SVN Retter & Company, 329 N. Kellogg St. Izzy Tire Service, 516 W. Entiat Ave. A Different Shade, 3500 W. Clearwater Ave., Suite B. Bitan Enterprises, 8606 W. Bruneau Place.

Raycast, 7422 W. Yellowstone Ave. Affinitylync, 3311 W. Clearwater Ave. Jordan Edens Photography, 964 Meadow Hills Drive.

Kadlec Express Care Southridge, 4008 W. 27th Ave. Las Vegas, 7803 W. Deschutes Ave. Rewind Studio, 25 N. Lyle St. All-Siding, 4904 Cleveland Lane, Pasco.

Go Green Mattress Factory, 4607 W. Clearwater Ave. Dina’s Creations, 106 S. Roosevelt Place.

KC’s Biscuit Shop, 21502 S. 2021 PRSE. Testcomm, 2211 E. Sprague Ave., Spokane.

Britton Services, 1800 W. Chrysler Drive, Belvidere, Illinois.

Family Home Care, 22820 E. Appleway Ave., Suite B., Liberty Lake.

Stangeland Wright & Co, 202 N. Qunicy St.

Ionized Solutions, 4501 Desert Plateau Drive., Pasco.

Huckaby’s Tree Service, 1031 Winslow Ave., Richland.

Integrity Plumbing, 2204 N. Road 64, Pasco.

Danard Electric, 18819 38th Ave. E., Tacoma.

Offspec Solutions, 7486 Cole Road NE, Moses Lake.

H&E Equipment Services, 8810 S. 208th St., Kent.

Kitchen Designs by Fred, 6713 W. Clearwater Ave. Fine Line Concrete, 17725 SE Foster Road, Portland, Oregon.

Sierra’s Landscaping, 6021 W. Sylvester St., Pasco.

Washington Urology, 3720 Plaza Way. Warranty Logistics, 830 N. Columbia Center Blvd.

Hicks Striping & Curbing, 3720 Brooklake Road, Salem, Oregon.

B&B Custom Metals, 2700 Salk Ave., Richland.

Thompson Home Inspections, 8403 W. First Ave. Benton Franklin Orthopedic Associates, 3730 Plaza Way. Biagi Appraisal Services, 1066 Biagi Lane, Walla Walla.

Patiocovers Unlimited N.W., 2235 Robertson Drive, Unit A, Richland.

Nico Solutions, 4303 S. Irby Loop.

Petra, 2720 S. Ely St. The Original Pancake House, 3717 Plaza Way.

uJUDGMENTS The state can file lawsuits against people or businesses that do not pay taxes and then get a judgment against property that person or business owns. Judgments are filed in Benton and Franklin Superior Court. The following is from the Franklin County Superior Court Clerk’s Office.

Ainsworth Collision Center Inc, unpaid Department of Revenue taxes, filed Oct. 5.

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JSC Concrete Construction, unpaid Department of Labor and Industries taxes, filed Oct. 5.

Taqueria Mexico LLC, unpaid Department of Labor and Industries taxes, filed Oct. 5.

Enemesio Migel Leal, unpaid Department of Labor and Industries taxes, filed Oct. 5.

Maria del R Morales, unpaid Department of Labor and Industries taxes, filed Oct. 6.

Oscar Mungia, unpaid Department of Revenue taxes, filed Oct. 6.

Manuel Enriquez, Jr., unpaid Department of Revenue taxes, filed Oct. 12.

Nouansavan Truong et al, unpaid Department of Revenue taxes, filed Oct. 14.

Nazario Rodriguez, unpaid Department of Labor and Industries taxes, filed Oct. 19.

Pedro Benitez, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed Oct. 19.

Jose Garza, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed Oct. 19.

Joshua Sanchez, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed Oct. 19.

Juvenal Oseguera, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed Oct. 19.

Rosalinda Ruiz, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed Oct. 19.

Maximino Garcia, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed Oct. 19.

Grecia Rodriguez, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed Oct. 19.

Cory Close, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed Oct. 19.

Angelica Segovia, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed Oct. 19.

Eduardo Arzate, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed Oct. 19.

Amador Rodriguez, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed Oct. 19.

Elias Licon-Moreno, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed Oct. 19.

Meikos Parker, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed Oct. 19.

Francisco J. Contreras, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed Oct. 19.

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PUBLIC RECORD, From page 61 Javier Mora, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed Oct. 19.

Virgina Salas, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed Oct. 19.

Anabel Mendoza, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed Oct. 19.

Michael L. Lightfoot, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed Oct. 19.

Paul M. Albarella, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed Oct. 19.

Hector M. Birrueta, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed Oct. 19.

Travis N. Kearney, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed Oct. 20.

Michelle A. Lopez Rosales, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed Oct. 20.

Ana K. Villanueva, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed Oct. 20.

Christina O. Bedolla, unpaid Employment Security Department taxes, filed Oct. 20.

JCS General Construction, unpaid Department of Labor and Industries taxes, filed Oct. 21.

uLiquor Licenses BENTON COUNTY NEW APPLICATIONS Caterpillar Café, 227 Symons St., Richland, has applied for a direct shipment receiver in Washington only and snack bar license.

MenZone, 1350 Louisiana St., Kennewick, has applied for a change of location snack bar license.

Tip’s Thai House, 2909 S. Quillan St., Suite 182, Kennewick, has applied for a beer/wine restaurant license.

Columbian Club, 2500 Chester Road, Richland, has applied for a private club license.

Benton Teriyaki, 61 Columbia Point Drive, Richland, has applied for a beer/wine res-

taurant license.

Longship Cellars, 9312 W. 10th Ave., #C101, Kennewick, has applied for a change of location domestic winery <250,000 liters license.

Cottage Market, 1825 Wine Country Road, Prosser, has applied for a grocery store beer/wine license.

Los Nietos Restaurant, 222604 E. Game Farm Road, Kennewick, has applied for a direct shipment receiver in Washington only and beer/wine restaurant license.

APPROVED MV Chrysalis, 458C Columbia Point Drive, Richland, has been approved for a spirits/ beer/wine restaurant lounge license.

Total Stop, 813 W. Columbia Drive, Kennewick, has been approved for a grocery store beer/wine license.

Rumor Lounge, 6515 W. Clearwater Ave, Suite 400, Kennewick, has been approved for a spirits/beer/wine restaurant lounge license.

Crazy Crab Pot, 131 Vista Way # A, Kennewick, has been approved for a spirits/ beer/wine restaurant service bar license.

Ros Wine Company, 500 Merlot Drive, Prosser, has been approved for a change of location domestic winery <250,000 liters license.

Love’s Travel Stop #681, 700 Wine Country Road, Prosser, has been approved for a grocery store beer/wine license.

DISCONTINUED Alexandria Nicole Cellars, 2926 Kingsgate Way, Richland, bonded wine warehouse license has been discontinued.

The Brunnell Family Cellar, 87203 W. 134th PR NW, Prosser, domestic winery <250,000 liters license has been discontinued.

Lotus Asian Market & Snack Bar, 1325 George Washington Way, Richland, beer/ wine restaurant license has been discontinued.

FRANKLIN COUNTY NEW APPLICATIONS Vaquero Elegante, 1901 N. Fourth Ave., Pasco, has applied for a direct shipment receiver in Washington only and tavern license.

Black Stallion Night Club, 101 W. Columbia St., Pasco, has applied for a nightclub license.

APPROVED Milestone Events, 5960 Burden Blvd., Pasco, has been approved for a snack bar license.

Red Bento Teriyaki, 1320 N. 20th Ave., Pasco, has been approved for a beer/wine restaurant license.

uMARIJUANA Licenses BENTON COUNTY

Road, Building I, Richland. The studio offers a variety of yoga classes for all skill levels.

Contact: 206-551-4147, gopureyoga.com, Facebook.

Rumor Lounge has opened at 6515 W. Clearwater Ave., Suite 400, Kennewick. The bar serves specialty cocktails and drinks and offers VIP bottle service. Hours: 5 p.m. to close Wednesday and Thursday and 9 p.m. to close Friday and Saturday. Contact: 509783-7867, Facebook.

Torrid has opened in Columbia Center mall near Barnes and Noble. The store offers clothing for women sizes 12 to 28.

Hours: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday.

Contact: 509-783-5379, torrid.com.

Twisted Clothing is now open at 1322 N. 20th Ave., Pasco. The store sells fashionable, name brand clothing at close out prices. Hours: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday.

Contract: 509-547-1162, Facebook.

ADDITIONAL LOCATION

NEW APPLICATIONS Greenleaf Environmental, 41305 E. N. Griffin Road, Grandview, has applied for a change of location marijuana producer tier 2 license.

Kadlec Urgent Care added a new location at 9040 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick.

Hours: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. Contact: 509942-2355, kadlec.org.

MOVED

APPROVED Craft Cannibis, 41305D N. Griffin Road, Grandview, has been approved for a change of tradename marijuana producer tier 3 license.

T in T Elements, 43001 N. Griffin Road, Unit D, Grandview, has been approved for a change of location marijuana producer tier 2 license.

Carla’s Farm, 68214 N. Whan Road, Benton City, has been approved for a marijuana producer tier 1 license.

Wautoma Valley, 511 Wautoma Road, Sunnyside, has been approved for a marijuana producer tier 3 license.

The Franklin County Planning and Building Department has moved to 502 W. Boeing St., Pasco. Contact: 509-545-3521, co.franklin.wa.us/planning.

The Leather Alpaca, previously Sandollar Farms & Alpacas, has moved its retail location to 9 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick. Hours: 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday. Contact: 509-378-5833, theleatheralpaca.com.

Wysocki CPA has moved to 750 Swift Blvd., Suite 14, Richland. Contact: 509-4124434, cwysockicpa.com, carol@cwysockicap.com.

ubusiness UPDATES

CLOSED

NEW BUSINESSES

Finnegan Frost at 696 Gage Blvd., Richland has closed.

Hastings at 1425 George Washington Way, Richland has closed.

Sharehouse Coffee at 2150 Keene Road, Richland has closed.

Discount Dental has opened at 2735 W. Court St., Suite F, Pasco. The business provides low-cost dental services. Contact: discountdentaltc.com.

Kagen Coffee & Crepes is now open at 270 Williams Blvd. The restaurant serves sweet and savory crepes and a variety of coffee drinks. Hours: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Tuesday through Saturday. Contact: Facebook.

Northwest Motorsport has opened at 816 N. 28th Ave., Pasco. The dealership specializes in trucks of all makes and models, SUVs, cars, motorcycles and ATVs. Contact: 509-204-4081, nwmsrocks.com, Facebook.

Pure Yoga is now open at 1950 Keene

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AROUND TOWN

Mission Support Alliance wildlife biologists released a rehabilitated barn owl back into the wild last month. The owl had been discovered by Hanford Site employees in late September on the ground in distress. The owl was sent to the Blue Mountain Wildlife Rehabilitation & Education Center in Pendleton, Oregon. It then was released back on the Hanford Site on Oct. 6. MSA’s Ecological Monitoring program is responsible for monitoring, managing, compliance and determining potential impacts to habitats, plants, birds and animals on the Hanford Site. Hanford is home to numerous species of animals such as elk, jackrabbits and more than 200 different species of birds, including owls and bald eagles. (Courtesy Mission Support Alliance)

Steven Ashby, director of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, speaks during the Oct. 14 dedication of the General Purpose Chemistry Laboratory and groundbreaking for the future PNNL Collaboration Center, a large new meeting facility. The buildings are part of PNNL’s 10-year campus renewal strategy to modernize facilities and infrastructure. (Courtesy PNNL)

Tami Stokes of HiLine Engineering in Richland gets an autograph from retired Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Steve Largent, who is enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Benton and Franklin Counties’ 12th annual fundraiser, Dinner with Friends, on Oct. 20. The event raised more than $185,000. (Courtesy Boys & Girls Clubs of Benton and Franklin Counties)

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James Glynn, small business programs manager for the Army Corps of Engineers’ Walla Walla District, talks with more than 100 business owners and representatives who attended Industry Day on Oct. 13 in Walla Walla. The daylong event provided information about how to do business with the Corps, upcoming contract opportunities, competing for contracts and showcasing capabilities. The district awards contracts for construction projects, architect-engineering studies and supplies and services, which total $90 million to $130 million annually. The district operates and maintains six hydroelectric power facilities, four flood risk-reduction projects and $2.5 billion of infrastructure. (Courtesy Army Corps of Engineers)

Officials celebrated the $2 million Edison Street widening project, which stretched from Canal Drive to Clearwater Avenue, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Oct. 19. Pictured, from left, are: Jackie Aman, city of Kennewick, Skip Novakovich, Port of Kennewick, Rep. Larry Haler, Transportation Improvement Board Director Steve Gorcester, Benton County Commissioner Jim Beaver, Kennewick City Councilman Matt Boehnke , Kennewick Mayor Steve Young, Kennewick City Manager Marie Mosley, Kenewick Public Works Director Cary Roe, Kennewick police Cmdr. Craig Littrell, Kennewick Fire Chief Vince Beasley and Amy Lynch, city of Kennewick. (Courtesy city of Kennewick)

The fourth annual Rising Above Cancer walk Oct. 22 on Badger Mountain raised $5,013 to support local cancer patients in need. More than 100 people came together with balloons in hand for the cause. All money raised benefited the nonprofit 21st Century C.A.R.E. Foundation and will stay in the Tri-City area. The foundation and Northwest Cancer Clinic in Kennewick hosted the event. (Courtesy 21st Century C.A.R.E. Foundation)

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