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"The Tri-City Industrial Development Council (TRIDEC) is the lead Economic Development Organization for Benton and Franklin Counties. TRIDEC offers businesses interested in expanding to the Tri-Cities area the most comprehensive and business-specific assistance available in the region. For confidential information, please contact us at 1-800-TRI-CITY."

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From The TRIDEC News Archive:

Infinia Corporation Continues To Attract Premier Leadership Expands Its Executive Team, October 2008
Infinia Corporation (http://www.infiniacorp.com/) announced the expansion of its senior management team to include three accomplished executives. Patrick Rooney has joined as Chief Accounting Officer, Gabriel (Gaby) Tashjian has joined as Vice President of Commercial Operations and Managing Director, Asia, Africa and the Middle East, and Howard Monk has joined as Vice President of Operations.

Joint Venture in Washington State To Produce Potato Products - Expansion Management, August 28, 2008
ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston and Ochoa Foods announced that they have entered into a new joint venture.  The two companies will form a 50/50 joint venture to operate Ochoa Foods' current processing plant in Warden, WA.

King Beverage is the new owner of Fluor's Industrial Building in Pasco, WA - August 26, 2008
On Wednesday, August 20, King Beverage inked a deal with Fluor to become the new owner of Fluor's Industrial Building that sits on a 16-acre site in the Pasco Processing Center.  King Beverage also will occupy about a third of the 103,500-square-foot building that has two tenants leasing the other two thirds of the facility: FedEx Ground and the Galt Development Company that owns Ashley Furniture and Sleep City USA.

Tri-Cities' Cost of Living Lowest in Washington State - Tri-City Herald, Tuesday, May 20, 2008
The first quarter report gives the Tri-Cities a 91.1 composite rating, the state's lowest. In contrast, Spokane's index rating was 92.5 and Yakima's 96.7. The index, compiled by the Council for Community and Economic Research, measures relative price levels for consumer goods and services.

Research Collaboration Seeks Blood Test for Aggressive Breast Cancer - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, April 16, 2008
Mammography and biopsies help find breast cancer, but even biopsies won't tell the doctor if the cancer will spread.  Now, a two-year research project hopes to find proteins in blood that could alert doctors to patients harboring not just breast cancer, but the nastiest versions of the disease. The project takes advantage of one of the most comprehensive collections of breast cancer clinical samples, located at the Walter Reed-Windber Clinical Breast Care Project in Washington, D.C. and Windber, Penn., and advanced proteomics technology at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Wash.

State Potato Conference Relocates to the Tri-Cities - Tri-City Herald, Saturday, April 12, 2008
After 47 years in Moses Lake, the Washington State Potato Conference will move to the Tri-Cities for its 2009 conference.  The board voted this week to relocate the 2009 conference, to be held Jan. 26-28, to the Tri-Cities Convention Center in Kennewick.

Tri-Cities: It's Hot Over in the Desert - Washington CEO, Friday, April 11, 2008
The greater Tri-Cities (Benton and Franklin counties) have had the fastest-growing labor markets in the state in the past couple quarters, as well some of the biggest population and wage gains. Is it all for real, or just a mirage?  Unlike previous Tri-Cities booms - this time it's not just Hanford.

Tri-Cities to have Single Home for Business, Tourism Agencies - Tri-City Herald, February 15, 2008
February 14th, marked the ground breaking for the new Tri-Cities Business and Visitor Center in Kennewick.  The Tri-City Development Council (TRIDEC), the Tri-City Visitor & Convention Bureau, and the Tri-City Regional Chamber of Commerce will soon be located under one roof - making it easier for business clients and visitors to gain more information about the Tri-Cities.

Advanced Medical Isotopes Corporation Completes Purchase of the Life Sciences Division From Isonics Corporation
KENNEWICK, Wash., June 18, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Advanced Medical Isotopes Corporation (AMIC) (Other OTC: ADMD.PK - News ) becomes an immediate isotope provider of stable and radioactive isotopes while engaging in the development of advanced production systems and processes for bringing previously unavailable medical isotopes to the marketplace, has completed the purchase of the Life Sciences division of Isonics for $850,000.

INFINIA Corp secures $9.5M in venture financing
KENNEWICK, Wash. -  June 14, 2007 -- INFINIA Corporation, a leading developer of Stirling engine based products and technologies, today announced that the company has received $9.5 million in new venture funding.

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TRIDEC Annual Tri City Regional Economic Outlook Forum
Pasco's TRAC Facility ~ Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 8:00 a.m. - 2:00p.m.
Join TRIDEC and presenting sponsor Kadlec for the 2009 Regional Economic Outlook forecast for the Tri-Cities, Washington region on Wednesday January 28, 2009 at the TRAC Center in Pasco. You will hear from our regional state economist and listen to forecasts on issues such as health care, agribusiness, housing market, DOE outlook, and a report from the Three Rivers Roundtable just to name a few. Our keynote speaker this year is futurist David Zach. Admission to the Forum is $75 for TRIDEC members who RSVP and pay by Jan. 12; $85 for non-members and RSVPs after Jan. 12. Included in the entrance fee is continental breakfast, lunch, all forecast sessions, and all materials handed out at the event. Entrance fee is not prorated. Thank you Kadlec for your premier sponsorship of this event. Additional sponsorship opportunities are still available. If you are interested in sponsoring this event, please contact Kristi Kesler at (509) 735-1000.

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