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	<title>Tri-City Area and Real Estate Blog</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Meadow Park Estate</title>
		<link>http://www.tricityblog.com/2009/06/28/meadow-park-estate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sid Hodge</dc:creator>
		
	<category>What ever you want to say</category>
	<category>Meadow Parke Estates</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Tri-Cities housing market has picked up quite a bit this year for the most part due to the $8000.00 first time home buyer&#8217;s tax credit. The commercial real estate market is still slow but we are hoping for it to turn around by the end of this year. Meadow Part Estate has two home on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tri-Cities prepares as stimulus funds start flowing through</title>
		<link>http://www.tricityblog.com/2009/06/28/tri-cities-prepares-as-stimulus-funds-start-flowing-through/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jann Young</dc:creator>
		
	<category>What ever you want to say</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Tri-Cities is poised for economic takeoff as ARRA funds start flowing through the area faster than the Columbia River.
Almost $2 billion is earmarked for the Hanford site, with millions more being pumped into other areas, including transportatiopn and technology projects.
&#8220;I&#8217;m pleased that our congressional delegation is bringing

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		<title>June&#8217;s Home Maintenance Checklist</title>
		<link>http://www.tricityblog.com/2009/06/22/junes-home-maintenance-checklist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jann Young</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Real Estate News</category>
	<category>Tri-City News</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Early summer chores should get you outdoors: Look for winter damage, ward off mold and rot, sharpen your tools and patrol your home&#8217;s perimeter for pests and other problems.
With the start of a typical Tri-Cities summer and warmer weather, you can focus most of your maintenance chores outdoors. First, however, attend to a couple of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010 energy conference to draw hundreds to Tri-Cities</title>
		<link>http://www.tricityblog.com/2009/06/18/2010-energy-conference-to-draw-hundreds-to-tri-cities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tricityblog.com/2009/06/18/2010-energy-conference-to-draw-hundreds-to-tri-cities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jann Young</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Tri-City News</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An energy conference in February could bring 800 people to the Tri-Cities and generate about $315,000 in visitor spending, officials with the Tri-Cities Visitor and Convention Bureau said Tuesday.
Climate Solutions, facilitator of the annual Harvesting Clean Energy Conference, decided to hold the event at the Three Rivers Convention Center in Kennewick because of the Tri-Cities&#8217; concentration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tri-Cities job growth continues</title>
		<link>http://www.tricityblog.com/2009/06/18/tri-cities-job-growth-continues/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tricityblog.com/2009/06/18/tri-cities-job-growth-continues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jann Young</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Tri-City News</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Federal stimulus money and a warm spring helped the Tri-Cities show some job growth at a time when other Washington communities are losing jobs.
Since May 2008, the Tri-Cities has gained 500 jobs in professional and business services, education and health services, leisure, hospitality and food services, said regional labor economist Dean Schau.
And since April, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vista Field valued at $5.33 million with conditions</title>
		<link>http://www.tricityblog.com/2009/06/15/vista-field-valued-at-533-million-with-conditions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tricityblog.com/2009/06/15/vista-field-valued-at-533-million-with-conditions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jann Young</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Tri-City News</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vista Field, particularly the 70 acres used for the airport operations, is worth about $5.33 million, the Port of Kennewick Commission was told Tuesday.
Gary Chamberlain of Chamberlain and Associates, which did an appraisal of the port-owned property, said that was the estimated value as of April 1.
Having that information may play a role in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Property tax deferral program to help property owners with limited income</title>
		<link>http://www.tricityblog.com/2009/06/12/property-tax-deferral-program-to-help-property-owners-with-limited-income/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tricityblog.com/2009/06/12/property-tax-deferral-program-to-help-property-owners-with-limited-income/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jann Young</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Tri-City News</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Property owners with limited incomes are getting some relief in the form of a tax deferral program, the state Department of Revenue announced Tuesday.
Homeowners making $57,000 or less in 2008 can apply to defer paying their second half property taxes due Oct. 31.
Applicants must have owned the primary residence for at least five years and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tri-City Woman&#8217;s new company wins $4M contract</title>
		<link>http://www.tricityblog.com/2009/06/12/tri-city-womans-new-company-wins-4m-contract/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tricityblog.com/2009/06/12/tri-city-womans-new-company-wins-4m-contract/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jann Young</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Tri-City News</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Awarding subcontract also helps Washington Closure meet minority hiring goals.
Jonetta Everano&#8217;s gamble to start her own company has paid off with a subcontract worth up to $4.2 million with Washington Closure Hanford. Now&#8217;s she&#8217;s busy leasing rigs and hiring union drivers to start hauling Hanford nuclear reservation waste in July.
Everson, who grew up in White [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tri-Cities Calendar of Events:  June 15 through 21st</title>
		<link>http://www.tricityblog.com/2009/06/10/tri-cities-calendar-of-events-june-15-through-21st/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tricityblog.com/2009/06/10/tri-cities-calendar-of-events-june-15-through-21st/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jann Young</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Tri-City News</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[June 15:
Summer Sizzle Grilling Class &#038; Dinner: 6pm - 9pm. StoneRidge Event Center, 5960 Burden Blvd., Pasco
June 16:
Financial Planning Workshop Series: 4:30pm - 6pm, WSU Tri-Cities, E Bldg, R212, 2710 University Dr, Richland.
June 17:
Young Professionals of Tri-Cities Meeting: 5:30pm - 7:30pm, Allied Arts Gallery, 89 Lee Blvd., Richland
Energy from the Vacuum - 10-part series: 7pm [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Campaign promotes buying in Tri-Cities</title>
		<link>http://www.tricityblog.com/2009/06/10/campaign-promotes-buying-in-tri-cities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tricityblog.com/2009/06/10/campaign-promotes-buying-in-tri-cities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jann Young</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Tri-City News</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Tri-City Chamber of Commerce wants to help the Tri-Cities remain vibrant in the face of the national economic slump.
There&#8217;s no better way for Tri-Citians to show they care about their own community than to shop local, said chamber officials.
Tuesday, the chamber launched a new campaign, &#8220;Go Local: Shop Tri-Cties First&#8221; to encourage consumers to [...]]]></description>
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