2009 June Monthly Newsletter

JUNE 2009

The June Chamber Luncheon:Pasco City Manager,Gary Crutchfield

The

Pasco Farmer’s Market

recently kicked off another summer of fresh produce and unique handcrafts. Through Halloween of thisyear, the open-air market at 4th and Columbia in downtown will

ll up with food and fun every Wednesday and Saturday from

8

AM

to Noon.

According to the chart available at

www.pascofarmersmarket.org

,

most vegetables are already in season, though tomatoes look to

be another month out. Berries and some fruits will come inlater in the summer and apples are due around Labor Day.Non-produce items expected to make an appearance include

owers and plants, handcrafts and specialty foods such as honey,

breads, pastries, spices and so forth.In addition to the impromptu retail, there will be music at themarket this summer. The

Miss Tri-Cities contestants

are sched-

uled for June 13th and various collections of folk, bluegrass, andeven (seriously) belly dancing will make an appearance on other

weekends.This year’s

Grand Old Fourth Celebration

takes

place on...July 3rd, of course. (Yes, and 4th.) As inprevious years the traditional Independence Day pa

-

rade and reworks are complemented by a pancake

breakfast, car shows and other family entertainment.

Coming up this autumn—September 12th and 13th,specically—another Pasco Downtown DevelopmentAssociation project, the 25th

Annual Fiery FoodsFestival,

will happen in and around downtown Pasco.To learn more about the festival, look online at

www.pascoeryfoods.com

.

To nd out more about the Pasco Farmers Market or thisyear’s Fiery Foods Festival, call 545-0738 or visit them onthe world wide web at the addresses listed above. For moreon the Grand Old Fourth, call Pasco’s Recreation ServicesDepartment at 545-3456.

On Monday, June 8th,

the Pasco Chamber

of Commerce will holdit's monthly luncheon

at the Pasco Red LionInn. Pasco City Man

-

ager Gary Crutcheld

is scheduled to speakon progress the cityis making toward its

2009 goals. To RSVP,call 547-9755 or senda note to rsvp@pasco

chamber.org.

Ryan Brault, PresidentPasco Chamber of Commerce

small business awards

Help Grant Nathan’s Wish...

On June 11 from 6-9

PM

,

Wishing Star

will hold a fundraising dinner at the Rich

-

land Red Lion

. The money raised willbe used to grant

Nathan

, a 7-year-oldPasco boy with Cystic Fibrosis, his wish

to go to Disneyland.

Tickets are $50 and can be reservedby calling 375-5475.

...and this year the Tri-Cities

SmallBusiness of the Year

is...

Again this year your Pasco Chamber of

Commerce joined with other members of the

Three Rivers Alliance of Chambers

to present the Tri-Cities’

14th AnnualSmall Business Awards banquet.

Among the nominees were a handful of

Pasco businesses, including international

contractor

Randolph Construction Ser-vices,

last month’s Swirl Into Sunset host

Preston Premium Wines,

professional

services consultant

Harms Engineering,

housing and elder-care provider

Fromthe Heart

and HR management/contrac

-tor

Indian Eyes, LLC.

At the end of the evening this year’s win

-

ner was announced...and it was Pasco

Chamber member

Randolph Construc-tion.

The company—a Silver Award

winner last year—is owned by

KhristinaJudy

and

Lori Cook,

and was already this

year honored as the US Small BusinessAdministration’s Region X Prime Contrac

-

tor of the Year!My congratulations to Randolph Con

-struction and thanks to all of you who

represent small business in Pasco andFranklin County.

Ryan

New Members

Oakdell Organics

has

operations in Pasco; Frank

-lin, ID and Lewiston, UT.

www.oakdell.comRoasters Coffee

is located

at 2525 North 20th Avenue, across

from CBC.

www.roasterscoffee.netBroadmoor Stor-age Solutions

is

located at 9335Sandifur Park

-way.

www.broadmoorsolutions.comKVEW TV

is located at 601 NorthEdison Street in Kennewick.

www.kvewtv.comBogert International

is located at

3606 North Swallow Avenue, Suite300, in Pasco.

www.hmmwvjack.com

Broadmoor Storage

GOLD AWARD

Randolph Construction Services, Inc.

MICROBUSINESS AWARD

Tu Decides

SILVER AWARD

Salon Monroe

BRONZE AWARD

Tri-City Digestive Health Center

Members wishing to contribute to this column can email news to info@pascochamber.org

WORTH MENTIONING

Dustin Lamb

has been hired as thenew

Pasco High School

Football

Coach. Coach

Steve Graff—

who

won three state titles in 12 years atPasco High—will be the football

coach at the new

Chiawana High

which opens this Fall.

Kurt Solheim

has joined

URockRadio

as an Account Executive.

Arlene Jones

, a long-time employee

of the Pasco School District, has

been selected as the new principalat

Tri-City Prep

.

Windermere Commercial

has

changed its management afliation

to NAI Global and its name to

NAITri-Cities

.

Washington State University

willoffer a wine management majorbeginning this fall semester.

Gesa Credit Union

is building a new

branch in south Kennewick.

New Tradition Homes

was recog-

nized with a 2009 Energy Star Lead

-ership in Housing award from the

U. S.Environmental Protection Agency

for its energy-efcient constructionand environmental protection.

Viper Aircraft Corporation

in Pascohas designed the new Viperjet LXRwith a Pratt & Whitney turbofan en

-gine. The new jet uses less fuel andproduces less emissions without lossof performance.

Bechtel

has named

Ted Feigenbaum

director of the $12.2 Billion

HanfordVit Plant

.

Tyson Fresh Meats

in Pasco was

recognized by the

American MeatInstitute Foundation

for develop

-

ing and implementing EnvironmentManagement Systems to help reducetheir environmental footprint andimprove efciency.

Soroptimist International of Pasco-Kennewick

recently raised $12,000

for the

Please Don’t Quit Founda-tion

. The foundation’s program helpswomen in challenging situations toget back on their feet, personallyand professionally.

real men don’tneed a “stylist”

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Renewing Members

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