OLYMPIA -- The Tri-Cities Research District will get $250,000 from the state Department of Commerce's Innovation Partnership Zone grants, a news release from the department announced Tuesday.
The money will help to support the extension of broadband infrastructure through the district, designated an innovation partnership zone in 2007.
It will help support small- and medium-sized businesses and make the district a more attractive location for technology companies.
The IPZ program is an economic development model that encourages collaboration to advance innovation.
Other grant recipients include Bothell Biomedical Device IPZ and Walla Walla IPZ, which got $500,000 each, and Aerospace Convergence Zone in Snohomish County, which got $250,000.
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Pasco to install 32 crosswalk beacons
at elementary schools
Pasco to install 32 crosswalk beacons
at elementary schools
Students crossing Pasco's streets have the protection of signs, special crosswalks painted on the roadway and crossing guards.
By the end of October, they will have flashing beacon lights too.
Pasco, in cooperation with the Pasco School District, requested and received a $120,000 grant from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission's Safe Route to School Program.
Umatilla schools get safe routes grant
Umatilla schools get safe routes grant
The Umatilla School District has received a $390,000 "Safe Routes to School" grant from the Oregon Department of Education to create safer conditions for students walking or biking to two local schools.
The grant will be used to build a bus lane at McNary Heights Elementary to relieve congestion and to provide safer lighting for students using the footbridge near Clara Brownell Middle School.
Designs for the projects will begin within the next two months and construction will begin this time next year.
Walla Walla re-opens Reser Road after project
Walla Walla re-opens Reser Road after project
WALLA WALLA -- The $2.2 million project to improve Reser Road from Howard to Fern streets is nearing completion, so the road south of Walla Walla High was scheduled to re-open Friday for public use.
Culbert Construction began construction Aug. 9. The Pasco company finished on budget and on schedule, said Aaron Grimm, Walla Walla County project engineer.
The Reser Road project included widening, sidewalks, improved school zone safety signage, a new Yellowhawk Creek bridge, bike lanes, additional parking, a new crosswalk at Costello Street and street lighting at the three main intersections.
Grandview puts car tab cash to work
Grandview puts car tab cash to work
GRANDVIEW -- With a new grant and plans for more renovated streets, Grandview is on pace to be the first in the Yakima Valley to spend its $20 car-tab fee revenue.
Grandview officials learned last week they received a $200,000 grant to resurface a five-block stretch of Second and Elm streets. The grant from the state Transportation Improvement Board requires a contribution of $10,000 from city coffers.
Officials will pay for that with projected income from the recently passed $20 car-tab fee, which they will begin collecting in February as residents renew their vehicle registrations.
Benton Franklin Health Board able to keep jobs intact with '12 budget
Benton Franklin Health Board able to keep jobs intact with '12 budget
The Benton Franklin Health Board adopted a balanced budget this week that avoids layoffs and allows employees a 2 percent cost-of-living raise in 2012.
The budget also resolves a question raised in November whether Benton and Franklin counties base their contributions to the district's operations on their respective populations or a straight percentage.
The issue emerged when Franklin County said it would contribute almost $30,000 less in 2012 than it did in 2011 because it calculated a pro-rated share based on population.
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