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Kennewick Business News Roundup

Matt McGee — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:33:55 +0000

We haven’t done of these in a while, so let’s get caught up on some recent Kennewick business news.

New York Richie’s is a new pizza parlor that’s now open at 5011 W. Clearwater Avenue. The restaurant serves New York-style pizza and sandwiches, Philly cheese steaks (as a Philly native, I’ll be able to judge the authenticity), and a couple pasta dishes.
Sandstone Creamery is now open at 104 West First Avenue in Kennewick. The ice cream parlor is a sister business to Sandstone Cafe, an eatery that offers breakfast and lunch.
Rainier Patents now has an office at 7025 W. Grandridge Blvd., Suite A, in Kennewick. The company helps tech sector companies protect their intellectual property.
Meadhow Hills Veterinary Center opened a new clinic at 3711 Plaza Way in South Kennewick a couple months ago. MHVC does great work with all kinds of pets — we’ve been taking our dog to their Richland location for more than a year now.

As always, if you have any Kennewick business news to share with us and our readers, please contact us!

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New Animal Shelter May Be Coming to Kennewick

Matt McGee — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:35:55 +0000

In case you missed the news from last week, it looks like Benton County is looking to build a new animal shelter in Kennewick in the area of Quinault Avenue and Canal Drive. According to the reports, the city and county have already begun the permitting process so the county can build on land it already owns in that area. It sounds like it could be a couple months before final approval is given to start the project.

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Kennewick Real Estate Featured on CNNMoney

Matt McGee — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:25:51 +0000

Cari has written recently about the Tri-Cities real estate market staying strong in 2010, and I’m sure most real estate pros in the area would agree that we’ve survived better than most places across the country.

But it’s also nice to see the local real estate market recognized by outsiders, too. That happened this week when CNNMoney listed Kennewick at #2 in a feature about “Best recovery bets” in the U.S.

Here’s the ironic thing: There’s really nothing to recover from. As the image above shows, next to “Value Lost Since 2006,” our real estate market has actually gained 5.7%. That’s not recovery; it’s consistent growth and strength. Here are some stats that CNNMoney includes in its piece:

The median income for the metro area is more than $61,000 while home prices, at a median of $172,000, and other expenses remain low. The cost of living is about 27% lower than Seattle. That should keep housing markets on their steady uphill climb.

I trust that’s all accurate, or pretty close to it. But if you need more details about how the market’s going, give Cari a call. Her number’s right below here.

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Google Doesn’t Know Where the Convention Center Is

Matt McGee — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 05:45:14 +0000

If you’re new to Kennewick, or just don’t know where the Tri-Cities Convention Center is, don’t rely on Google Maps to help you find it. If you click this link to see West Kennewick and the area around the Toyota Center, you’ll notice that Google has the Convention Center a little too far to the north.

That building isn’t the Convention Center; it’s the old Joe’s Sporting Goods/Wal-Mart building. Odd to see a mistake like that on two well-known buildings, neither of which is exactly new at this point.

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Small Business Marketing Workshop in Kennewick

Matt McGee — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:20:30 +0000

Hey small business owners — sorry for the late notice, but there’s an excellent online marketing workshop happening this Thursday (yes, two days from now) in Kennewick. It’s called Learn About web, and we’ll be sharing actionable ideas and tips on things like web design, SEO, social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.), and local search (Google Maps, Yelp, etc.).

If you’re interested in learning how to get more customers via the Internet, please come out and join us. This isn’t one of those lame, fly-by-night seminars with people coming in from somewhere else promising instant riches. No, all the speakers are local to the Tri-Cities and we know there are no shortcuts to online success. It takes hard work and a plan, and that’s what we’ll helping small business owners do.

You can check out the full schedule and from there, you can sign-up online. Registration is only $99, which is a bargain compared to what you’ll pay for hourly consulting. It’s happening at the Home Builders Association facility on Clearwater Avenue.

Here’s a video we did in which I explain one of the sessions I’ll be giving, about SEO and Local Search:

Hope to see you on Thursday!

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Follow Cari on Facebook

Matt McGee — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:58:27 +0000

Apologies for the somewhat self-promotional post here, but I think this is worth mentioning: If you’re a Facebook user and would like to be able to quickly get in touch with Cari about any real estate questions or needs you may have, you can connect with her at this facebook page:

Cari McGee Real Estate

She’s on Facebook quite a bit more often than she’s blogging here, so that’s the best place to keep up with what’s going on the Kennewick real estate market.

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Kennewick adding a left turn lane at Kamiakin High School

Matt McGee — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:28:54 +0000

Assuming KEPR-TV has their info correct, the city of Kennewick is planning to add a left-turn lane right outside Kamiakin High School — at Edison and Metaline. From Twitter:

We used to live right in that area, back when we first moved to the Tri-Cities. And it was always pretty scary (especially turning from Metaline left onto Edison). But whichever way you’re going, it was always the worst during busy morning/afternoon school transportation hours with all the buses going in and out.

Good move to add a turn lane there. Much needed.

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About That Kennewick Lighthouse

Cari McGee — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:15:48 +0000

There are quite a few things in this world that I don’t like/don’t understand -

why my husband bites his nails
why my son nibbles on paper
why Jo married Professor Bhaer instead of Laurie, like she should have
why people include raspberry in chocolate-based desserts

but the big one, and the subject of this post, is the Kennewick Lighthouse -

They say this is the first lighthouse built in the U.S. since 1962. That’s right, the first in almost half a century. Gee, could it be because there is no reason to build one?

(photo taken earlier this month)

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City of Kennewick launches “Virtual Kennewick” mapping tool

Matt McGee — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:16:29 +0000

Okay, this is kinda geeky … but also pretty cool. The city has recently added a “Virtual Kennewick” mapping tool to the city web site. You can access it here.

The tool presents information from a GIS database, and users can see a variety of city data online — often the kind of stuff you’d have to visit the city offices and spend a lot of time researching in person. You can see community resources (like government offices, theaters, USPS, libraries, etc.), zoning designations across the city, the locations of various city utilities (sewer system, water, etc.), and here’s a screenshot that shows the city’s land use plan (red is Commercial, for example).

The city explains the tool’s benefits this way:

The GIS database is a spatial model of City facilities in the “real” world. Complex data relationships can be presented using geographical representations, or maps. Maps provide a “picture” of those relationships that is easier to understand. Better understanding of the complex data presented in running a City allows for improved decision making, provides more efficient work efforts, and establishes cost savings for the City and it’s constituents.

On top of all that, it’s just kinda fun to check out.

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Shopping in Kennewick? Grab some coupons

Matt McGee — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:46:02 +0000

Hey folks, this is just a heads up about a new page we’ve added on the blog:

Kennewick Coupons

If you’re shopping in Kennewick, or going out to eat, be sure to check that page to see what local merchants are offering deals and discounts. You can move the map around, zoom in, zoom out, you name it. Enjoy!

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