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Fresh, free range eggs at Tri-Cities Food Co-op!

“Tri-Cities Food Co-op is currently offering products from seventy-five local farms and specialty food producers.”

25th Anniversary of Tumbleweed Music Fest

“The performers, dancers, food trucks, buskers, and weird street performers at TMF are spectacular.”

Celebrate community, diversity, and culture

"We want to celebrate the beauty in diversity and create opportunities to foster cultural awareness."

What is community, and how do I get it?

“If we want to build stronger communities, we must work together where we can.”

Introducing Tres Ríos Community Land Trust

“There’s a new group working to create permanently affordable housing in the Tri.”

Let America be the dream

“So, my fellow Americans, do you believe in freedom and equality?”

Let’s create a better Washington!

“We are lucky to have state and national leaders who understand that climate change, housing affordability, and issues of environmental justice have profound impacts on our communities and environment.”

Racist redlining and other land use inequalities

“The truth is upsetting. The complete lack of education about how racist practices have been allowed to continue is maddening. We could have been the America we purport to be—with liberty and justice for all—a long time ago except for one persistent, pervasive, ongoing thing. RACISM.”

‘Are you privileged?’

“In 1974, my parents took issue with a new curriculum being rolled out to my public school in Glastonbury, CT. So they decided to enroll me in Cathedral of St. Joseph’s School in Hartford, CT. It was my fifth-grade year, and it shaped my life immensely.”

Black Lives Matter in urban planning

Participating in urban planning is a great way to fight for equity and inclusion.

The Manhattan Project and all that jazz

Kickstarter campaign for a Richland native’s Hanford-inspired jazz album: “A musical experience exploring the mysterious, eerie, and fascinating story of the Manhattan Project and its consequences.”

Another view on dam decisions: Support salmon and Native peoples

As a longtime Tri-Citizen, environmental educator and climate activist, I want to point out that there are other aspects to the issue of dam breaching that are missing from local conversations.

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