Archive | February, 2009
Scenes from the Pasco Home & Garden Show

Scenes from the Pasco Home & Garden Show

by Matt McGee on February 24, 2009 in Pasco Events

The Pasco Home & Garden Show attracted some good crowds this past weekend at the TRAC facility, not to mention a full building of exhibitors and vendors. I took the kids out on Friday afternoon and even then it was pretty crowded. My daughter had fun in the Kidstruction Zone, and both kids enjoyed all [...]

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Pasco Downtown Revitalization Up for Discussion

by Matt McGee on February 22, 2009 in Pasco News

Monday’s Pasco City Council meeting will include some discussion of how the city should move ahead with plans to improve and further develop downtown Pasco. The Herald published an article today that does a nice job explaining what’s at stake with this very unique part of the Tri-Cities, and some of the city’s options:
“…the city [...]

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Drug Bust Near Pasco High

by Cari McGee on February 21, 2009 in Pasco News

My mom was a substitute teacher at the elementary and middle schools I attended in southern California.  She got to know a lot of the kids in my class and listened eagerly to any updates I shared when I got to high school.  One kid my mom always thought a lot of got involved in [...]

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TRAC adds sponsors to facility names

by Matt McGee on February 14, 2009 in Pasco News

Naming rights aren’t just for big sports arenas these days. TRAC will soon be home to the Pepsi Pavilion, and possibly the Ranch & Home Arena, too.
Franklin County commissioners have already okayed a contract to sell naming rights to what will become the Pepsi Pavilion, and they’re planning to sign a deal with Ranch [...]

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Pasco Van Heusen outlet having a HUGE sale

by Matt McGee on February 7, 2009 in Pasco Life

If you’re shopping for clothes this weekend, get yourself over to the Van Heusen store at the Broadmoor Outlet Mall. I was there today, and everything is 50% off right up front … and then most items have an additional 20-50% discount added on top.
I bought a pair of jeans — regularly $48, then [...]

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GESA Stadium to get a new scoreboard

by Matt McGee on February 6, 2009 in Pasco News

The improvements continue at GESA Stadium: On Monday night, the Pasco City Council approved the purchase of a new scoreboard to add some big league atmosphere to the stadium.
Here are details from the Dust Devils news release:
The new scoreboard will feature a LED message board that will be able to display pre-produced video and [...]

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Pasco Housing Starts Down in 2008

by Matt McGee on February 3, 2009 in Pasco Real Estate

As has been the case across the area, Pasco real estate development slowed down a bit in 2008. The documents are available on the city’s web site, but here are the relevant numbers where Single-Family Dwellings are concerned:
2007
Permits Issued: 518
Valuation: $100,797,598
2008
Permits Issued: 398
Valuation: $77,858,825
That’s a 23% drop in both permits and valuation from year to [...]

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