West Richland Real Estate Blog

Enterprise Sign Finally Up

Matt McGee — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:36:30 +0000

I think it’s been a couple months since we first posted about the new readerboard that was planned for Enterprise Middle School. They finished the concrete base and then … nothing. And more nothing. Until I drove by today and saw that the sign is finally up.

It’s a little smaller than I expected, and only the one side is done so far. They need to finish the side that faces west. But still, it’s a nice addition for EMS students and parents.

This is a post from the West Richland Real Estate Blog by Cari and Matt McGee.

Enterprise Sign Finally Up

Getting Ready for School

Matt McGee — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:25:58 +0000

Today was “meet the teachers” day at Wiley Elementary. We took our youngest over this afternoon and it looked like half of West Richland was there! Kids are in school starting tomorrow — please drive safely around all school areas. Well, drive safely everywhere, actually.

This is a post from the West Richland Real Estate Blog by Cari and Matt McGee.

Getting Ready for School

West Richland Survey: We Love It Here

Matt McGee — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:20:10 +0000

West Richlanders don’t just like living in West Richland; we love it. According to the city survey conducted earlier this year, a whopping 91% of West Richlanders rate their neighborhood as a “good” or “excellent” as a place to live.

No matter how you slice it, that’s a pretty amazing stat.

A total of 805 people returned the survey, and 733 of those voted either “good” or “excellent” on this question. Only 12 people — that’s 1.5% — rated their neighborhood “poor” as a place to live. (I’d love to know where those 12 people live.)

The city has posted the survey results (in Powerpoint format, from the presentation made at the August 16 council meeting) on its web site. But in case that link goes away in the future, I’ve also uploaded it here on WestRichlandRealEstateBlog.com for downloading. It’s a pretty big file — about 6.6mb.

I’ll be posting more survey results in the coming days and weeks and would love your thoughts on the survey as we go. Comments are open!

This is a post from the West Richland Real Estate Blog by Cari and Matt McGee.

West Richland Survey: We Love It Here

West Richland Beer & Wine Store Profiled in Paper

Matt McGee — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:06:44 +0000

The Tri-City Herald ran a nice feature in Sunday’s paper on the West Richland Beer and Wine Shop, a unique business that Steve Many opened more than a year ago at 4033 W Van Giesen St. It’s a cool, somewhat short article, but talks about what make’s the store stand out: being unique.

The 63-year-old retired grocery store owner offers microbrews made in California, Oregon and Washington, and bottled beer from Germany, Belgium, Ireland, Jamaica, Thailand and China.

He also regularly carries about 15 of the nearly 30 beers made by Samuel Adams. A big grocery store typically carries five, he said.

He also sells a limited selection of local wines. Most are from wineries that don’t have distributors.

If you missed it, here’s the full article. Nice to see West Richland businesses getting publicity like this.

This is a post from the West Richland Real Estate Blog by Cari and Matt McGee.

West Richland Beer & Wine Store Profiled in Paper

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West Richland Harvest Festival 2010: September 18

Matt McGee — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:47:36 +0000

Mark your calendars now for this year’s Harvest Festival at Flat Top Park. It’s scheduled for September 18th from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm.

There’ll be food, artists’ booths, live music, games and other kids activities — plenty of stuff for the whole family to do. It’s sponsored by the Red Mountain Lions Club, West Richland Chamber of Commerce, and the City of West Richland.

This is a post from the West Richland Real Estate Blog by Cari and Matt McGee.

West Richland Harvest Festival 2010: September 18

City Council to Hear About West Richland Survey

Matt McGee — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 23:46:22 +0000

Remember that citywide survey we were asked to take a couple months back? The one that I thought was pretty difficult? The folks who organized the survey for the city will present a report about the findings at next Monday’s council meeting — August 16 at 7:00 pm in the City Council Chambers. The city says that report will also be available on the city web site, westrichland.org.

After sending out 4,000 surveys, the city says they received 810 back — and they’re very happy with the 20% return rate.

This is a post from the West Richland Real Estate Blog by Cari and Matt McGee.

City Council to Hear About West Richland Survey

Review: Henry’s Restaurant, West Richland

Matt McGee — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:44:07 +0000

My wife has eaten at Henry’s a number of times and always enjoyed it, but for whatever reason, I never tried it until going twice within the past couple weeks while we had visitors in town. We went for breakfast one day with my mom-in-law, and then for lunch a different when a friend from Seattle was visiting. And now I’m wondering … what took me so long to eat at Henry’s!?!

Food: The food was delicious at both meals. The servings are very generous, too. For breakfast, I ordered the eggs/meat/hash brown combo — the same kind of thing you can get at any breakfast restaurant — but I actually couldn’t finish my meal at Henry’s. There was that much food on the plate. The hash browns were a little overdone for my taste, but the meal overall was still delicious.

For lunch, I ordered a bacon cheeseburger and loved it. Really thick bacon on top of a larger burger, nice fresh bun … yummm. The steak fries were good, too, though fairly normal. No special seasonings or anything like you may find at some places. Still, that was fine with me.

Price: Very reasonable prices. Our breakfast for five people was less than $60 (that includes the tip) and lunch was less than $50 (tip included).

Service: At both meals we had a 5-person group, and our meals were served as quickly as you’d want. We had time to chat together before the food arrived, but no one felt like we were waiting too long. The wait staff was quite nice.

Atmosphere: Henry’s is a fairly small place, but you don’t feel cramped or anything like that. I didn’t count, but I’d guess they have 10-12 booths and maybe 4-5 tables. It’s a pretty typical, small-town restaurant atmosphere. Clean, too.

Summary

Henry’s is like a hidden gem. Can’t believe I hadn’t tried it sooner, but now that I have, I’ll be going back and bringing guests regularly. It’s great that West Richland has a restaurant of this quality so we don’t need to drive down near the mall or somewhere else to get a good meal away from home.

This is a post from the West Richland Real Estate Blog by Cari and Matt McGee.

Review: Henry’s Restaurant, West Richland

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West Richland Business News

Matt McGee — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:38:52 +0000

Here’s the latest news we’ve heard as it related to business doings in and around West Richland.

Shelby SuperCars recently announced a partnership with renowned car designer Jason Castriota. He’ll work with the company for a minimum of one year and design Shelby’s next two models. You probably know the Shelby name as the developer of the world’s fastest production car. You can read more about the partnership.
Thai City, a new restaurant, recently had its grand opening in West Richland. It’s located in the Plaza II strip mall on Van Giesen St.

As always, if you know of other West Richland business news we should be sharing, please contact us.

This is a post from the West Richland Real Estate Blog by Cari and Matt McGee.

West Richland Business News

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Enterprise Middle School Getting a Readerboard

Matt McGee — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:01:25 +0000

If you were driving along Paradise Way within the last week, you may have seen some heavy equipment and a few workers on the front lawn outside Enterprise Middle School. My son tells me they’re putting in a readerboard. Looks like the first step is done — this concrete foundation has been finished for a couple days now.

Don’t know how soon they’ll put up the actual readerboard/sign, though. Definitely before school starts, which means they have about 5-6 weeks.

This is a post from the West Richland Real Estate Blog by Cari and Matt McGee.

Enterprise Middle School Getting a Readerboard

Thanks, West Richland: New Tennis Net Is In

Matt McGee — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:27:03 +0000

On June 22nd, I sent an email to Roscoe Slade, the city’s Public Works Director, with a photo of a droopy tennis net at South Highlands Park and a question: Who do I ask about getting the net fixed/raised?

Literally five minutes later, he replied that he would follow-up on getting it fixed.

On July 6, I blogged about the net and showed the droopy photo. I had planned to blog about it much earlier — right after emailing Roscoe — but was out of town for a week, and then we had company for July 4th.

On July 12, Roscoe emailed again, asking me to have a look and see if the net was fixed. It was and is:

My kids have already been out and played on the court, and they reported back with all thumbs up. So, thanks a ton to Roscoe for responding to this resident’s emails and getting the net all fixed up in just about three weeks! Looking forward to getting out there, myself, one of these days.

This is a post from the West Richland Real Estate Blog by Cari and Matt McGee.

Thanks, West Richland: New Tennis Net Is In