Tri-City Area and Real Estate Blog

On Tuesday a $500,000 boost came to the Hanford Reach Interpretive Center from the state supplemental budget. This funding came from the Heritage Capital Projects Fund, a program run by the state Historical Society. The Richland Public Facilities District, who is the public agency overlooking the construction of the Center found that another agency had withdrawn its request for funding and decided to request the legislature to redistribute the money to the Reach project.

The Center is a proposed 61,000 square-foot interpretive center which will tell the story of the Hanford Reach National Monument and the surrounding plants and wildlife, geology and historyof the region. The location for the Center has been in flux from the start after objections from area tribes. However, a proposal to place the building at the west end of Columbia Park is under consideration by both the Kennewick and Richland city councils, as they work on the master plan for Columbia Park as a whole.

Source: Herald staff:

Tuesday Sept. 1:

Kennewick Irrigation District, 9 a.m., 12 W. Kennewick Avenue., Kennewick: discuss formation of the Red Mountain South Local Improvement District and receive an update in executive session about the process to interview applicants for the secretary-manager’s job.

Kennewick City Council, 6:30 p.m., 210 W. Sixth Ave.: workshop to hear a financial update on the first quarter of the biennium and a presenation on a proposal for regional facilities in the Tri-Cities that could bring an aquatics center and a performing arts center to the community. A regular meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. to approve a consent calendar and an ordinate establishing policy for reimbursement on infrastructure costs from owners who develop their properties after improvements have been installed.

Richland City Council, 7 p.m., council chambers, city hall, 505 Swift Blvd., library artwork, Bradley Boulevard alignment, Duportail bridge and Lee Boulevard improvements.

Wednesday Sept 2.

Franklin County Commission, 9 a.m., courthouse, 1016 N. Fourth Ave., Pasco: meeting canceled.