Tri-City Area and Real Estate Blog

October 2010 marks the move date for the Z Place Salon & Spa in Kennewick to their new home in the Southridge area of town. This move will allow for a expansion of services as well as more room for staff & clients – approximately 3 times as much room! The groundbreaking for the new building will be Thursday June 3rd at 9 am. The owners, Vonda and Doug Smith, plan to have two other spots in the facility to lease out – with a potential for a restaurant and perhaps a clothing store. The new facility will allow clients from Richland, Pasco and West Richland easier access via the highway to this location, without having to travel through traffic to their current location. Southridge is considered to be the new growth area in the Tri-Cities, with a proposed new restaurant and water park in the works as well as current tenants HAPO Credit Union, KGH medical center, and wine tasting rooms. To visit Z Place online, go to www.zplacesalonspa.com

3 senior driving classes are being offered by AARP in the Tri-Cities. The 8-hour refresher classes give senior an opportunity to update their skills and knowledge. Classes are $12 for AARP members and $14 for non-members, and will be held as follows:

June 7th & 8th starting at 8:30 am – Richland Community Center. Call 942-7529 to register.

June 9th & 10th starting at 9am - Pasco Senior Center. Call 545-3459 to register

July 15th & 16th starting at 9am – Kennewick Senior Center. Call 585-4303 to register.

The annual Jimmy Buffett Tribute Party takes place this Sunday, May 30th at the Clover Island Inn in Kennewick, with gates opening at 4 pm, music starting at 5pm with the Tri-City band “Color Blind” as the opening act.  Nobody Famous, a Spokane-based band will be the feature entertainers. Tickets prices for the 21 and over crowd are $15.00.  This has always been a well attended blow out party, so grab your summer garb, your flip flops and party on down to the great music of summer!

Local CEO’s and Community Business Leaders will come together with members of the Young Professionals of Tri-Cities in a charity softball game Thursday May 27th at GESA Stadium in Pasco, with the game being promoted as “The Battle of the Ages”.   Employees from Infinia Corporation and the Tri-City Regional Chamber of Commerce comprise both teams, with a few extra local business leaders making up the “Suits Team”.  The game starts at 6:00 p.m. and tickets are $10 & $15.  The ticket proceeds will benefit the Greater Tri-Cities YMCA and are available at the locations below:

• TRIDEC Office – 7130 W. Grandridge Blvd in Kennewick 
• YMCA – 1234 Columbia Park Trail in Richland, and
• GESA Stadium in Pasco

This writer is a season ticket holder with the Tri-City Fever and have ridden the high’s and low’s this season, but when I found out that the Fever Team is coming together with the US Army to aid the Wounded Warrior Project, I believe this to be the team’s biggest high!!  The game will be held this Saturday May 29 at 7:00 pm as a special Memorial Day event. The Toyota Center box office in Kennewick can be reached at 222-2215 and tickets start at $15.

A silent auction will be held to raise funds for the Wounded Warrior Project and the special camo jerseys the Fever will be wearing for this game are the auction items.  The Wounded Warrior Project holds a special place in this writer’s heart since two of my son’s are military. The work they do in this fund is simply amazing and is such a lift for these brave young men and women. Read more about their mission here: http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/   Come out to enjoy a fun and fast paced Fevers game and do something to show our wounded troops that you care!

Connect to Canyon Lakes on right hand side of this blog (Canyon Lakes Home Owner Association)  read the latest newsletter and Board of Directors meeting.

Canyon Lakes in Kennewick is doing better in Real Estate Sales, after a long sleep. The market has been very slow, and still is but improving.