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Executive Home on the Green!

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Tri Cities WA has always been aware of sustainable energy, and has major ties to the concepts of earth-friendly projects. Now the city of Richland WA has announced a pilot for curbside recycling.
Next week, Richland is set to begin delivering blue recycling bins and green waste containers to residents who request them- at least to [...]

New partnerships between Washington State University Tri-Cities and local companies and institutions will be a major contributing factor in continuing to diversify the Tri Cities economy and making it a center for research.
As partnerships between WSU Tri Cities and area companies like Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) Battelle are developed promoting research in Battelle’s Bioproducts, [...]

This week we were again reminded, in a huge way, how important Battelle is to the Tri Cities. Not just because they are a big employer here, or the impact they have on research and innovation in key fundamental sciences and technology. Battelle has consistently been a good neighbor for us, funneling large amounts of [...]

When I was a little kid in Richland, we anxiously looked forward to snowfall. Especially if it happened during the school week. Back in my day, a little snow meant two things- School closures and Carmichael Hill.
Now days, even if we get dumped on here, they only give the schools a 2-hour delay. A complete [...]

I love my neighborhood. When my kids and I first moved back to the Tri Cities from Orange County, CA it was such a quick transfer I didn’t have time to find a house to purchase, so I called my mom while still in Cali and asked to her find a house for us to [...]

 
I’d like to share a video that really shows why Richland, Pasco and Kennewick is such a great place to live. I grew up here, my kids have grown up here, and my mom grew up here- see the pattern??
 
We spend as much time as possible on the river during the summer. On the Columbia River the Hanford [...]

Some early history of the Hanford Area and Richland.