Pasco Real Estate Blog

Pasco Airport Gets Stimulus Money

Speaking of stimulus money, the Herald is reporting that the Pasco Airport is in line to get $8.7 million of federal stimulus money. The funds will be used for two projects: reconstructing the airport’s primary runway replacing the asphalt “apron” (where planes park) with a concrete surface on the north side of the airport Airport [...]

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Stimulus Money Coming to Pasco

Before everyone and his brother had a cell phone, when you wanted to reach people during the day, you’d call them at work. Usually, you’d need to leave a message with a coworker or the receptionist and then the person you were trying to contact would call you back later. So, when I worked retail [...]

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Councilman Garrison to seek re-election

Pasco Councilman Mike Garrison has announced his intention to seek re-election in this year’s elections. Garrison was elected way back in November, 1987, and has served as mayor during his 20+ years on the council. Garrison told the Herald, “We’ve made a lot of strides in the city of Pasco the last 15 years or [...]

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Sacajawea State Park on chopping block?

The Herald ran a story this week about the WA State Parks Commission possibly shutting down Sacajawea State Park in Pasco to help meet mandatory budget cuts caused by the state’s poor fiscal management in recent years. The Parks Commission web site only lists 13 parks in Washington that are being considered for transfer, and [...]

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Pasco Downtown Revitalization Up for Discussion

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 [...]

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Drug Bust Near Pasco High

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

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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GESA Stadium to get a new scoreboard

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 [...]

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