๐Ÿฅ› Weekend glass more than half full

๐ŸŽ‰ Weekend Guide

Friday

๐Ÿ‰ Farmer's Market at The Parkway ๐Ÿšดโ€โ™€๏ธ Coffee Outside at Wheelhouse ๐ŸŽจ Straight-Line Art Workshop at The Glass Punty ๐ŸŽจ ESD 123 Regional Teacher Art Exhibit ๐Ÿ‡ Mobile Petting Zoo at Sunny Hill Market ๐Ÿ’ Flower Truck Pop-Up at The Local ๐ŸŽจ T Shirt Quilt Class ๐Ÿ“š Mid-Columbia Libraries Giant Book Sale ๐Ÿด Wine Tasting Trail Ride ๐Ÿ‘ถ Babies Music Class โ›ณ๏ธ Pink & Blue Golf Scramble at Canyon Lakes ๐Ÿง˜โ€โ™€๏ธ Afternoon Yoga on the Patio ๐ŸŽจ Early Release Open Studio at Yellow Dog ๐Ÿœ Kindra's Wok'N Roll at White Bluffs Brewing ๐ŸŽจ Paint the Cable Bridge ๐ŸŽจ Paint Sparkling Aspen at Yellow Dog ๐ŸŽจ Maleficant Melted Wax Class at Kat Millicent

Friday night

๐ŸŽธ Jesse Quandt at Goose Ridge ๐ŸŽฒ Throne of Eldraine Magic: The Gathering Pre-Release at AU ๐ŸŽธ Cindy & Sally at The Emerald ๐Ÿง˜โ€โ™€๏ธ Septemberโ€™s New Moon Club at Lotus of the Moon ๐ŸŽฒ Family Game Night at The Arc of Tri-Cities ๐Ÿท Summer Dinner Cruise at Water2Wine ๐ŸŒŒ LIGO Tour And Star Party ๐ŸŽธ Diego Romero at Tagaris ๐ŸŽธ Knutzen Brothers at RF McDougall's ๐ŸŽธ David Ortiz at Lazy River Taphouse ๐ŸŽธ The Bondsmen At 3 Eyed Fish ๐ŸŽธ Edge of Blue at At Michele's ๐ŸŽธ Fat Fox at The Pasco Eagles ๐ŸŽธ Outsiders at the Branding Iron

Saturday

๐Ÿ‰ Pasco Farmersโ€™ Market ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ Long Run Group at Roasters Coffee ๐Ÿ†“ Free Stuff Swap ๐Ÿ’ Flower Truck Pop-Up at Kagen's ๐ŸŽจ Line Drawing in Glass at Barnard Griffin ๐Ÿถ The Fast & The Furriest ๐ŸŒฝ Middleton's Fall Festival ๐Ÿ•น A Nightmare in T.C. gaming night ๐Ÿšถโ€โ™€๏ธ Tri-Cities Walk to Defeat ALS ๐ŸŽจ Wet Felting class ๐Ÿ“š Fall Leaves story & craft at the Bookworm ๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ Pirate Hunt in Kennewick โ›บ๏ธ Gourmet camp cooking workshop ๐Ÿง˜โ€โ™€๏ธ Your Body Talks at Lotus of the Moon ๐ŸŒฝ Charity Cornhole Tournament ๐ŸŽจ Picture Framing 101 at Confluent ๐Ÿง˜โ€โ™€๏ธ Meditation with Ravadi at The Emerald โ›ณ๏ธ Oorah Classic at Canyon Lakes ๐ŸŽฒ Lgbtq+ Tabletop Social at Adventures Underground ๐ŸŽธ Larry Murante at Goose Ridge Restorative Yoga ๐ŸŽจ Sea Turtle art (6+) at Clover Island

Saturday night

๐ŸŽธ Acoustic Covers by TRIDEC's David Chavey-Reynaud at Bartholomew Winery ๐ŸŽธ Metal Madness Series at 4th Base Pizza & Wingz ๐ŸŽธ Jeff Peterson at The Emerald โ›ธ Sage Crest Roller Skating Party ๐Ÿ›  Steampunk Pinup Public Photo Shoot at Pasco Auto Wrecking ๐ŸŽˆ Night Glow at Prosser Balloon Rally ๐Ÿคผโ€โ™€๏ธ Lucha Libre at Gesa Stadium ๐Ÿฝ Dinner In The Dark at Red Lion ๐ŸŽธ Jack Jones at Mezzo Thai ๐ŸŽธ Bent on Blues at The Chicken Shack ๐ŸŽธ Scott Clay at D's Wicked Cider ๐ŸŽธ Wabi Sabi at Tagaris ๐ŸŽธ Nerve Centr at Espo's ๐ŸŽธ Nuff Sed at At Michele's ๐ŸŽธ Marco Antonio Solis at Toyota Center ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ Juicy with London Adour at Out & About Outsiders at the Branding Iron

Sunday

๐Ÿšดโ€โ™€๏ธ Women's Advocate Beginner Mountain Bike Ride at Chamna Natural Preserve ๐Ÿท Champagne Brunch Cruise at Water2Wine ๐ŸงŸโ€โ™€๏ธ Zombie Mystery Party at Pasco Eagles ๐ŸŽจ Intro to Wire Wrapping Class at Lotus of the Moon ๐Ÿ‘ธ Tea With Tiana & Cinderella at The Royal Princess Room ๐Ÿ”Š A day at the park round 2 with some sick beats ๐Ÿฅ˜ Cooking Class: Wine & Food Pairing at Monterosso's ๐Ÿ’ธ Financial Peace University Class

โœจ The links

Feds say not enough traffic to justify Red Mountain Interchange Shoreline reconveyance effort targets 2020 bill, has begun including tribes in the process WRPS and Tri-Cities Regional Chamber awards grants to more than 30 small businesses The sound wall for Richlandโ€™s Duportail bridge has a nod to the region's landscape Cascades should get the first fall snow this weekend Tri-Cities Diversity Summit coming October 16 Tri-City business podcasts offer advice, wisdom Former Kennewick fire chief speaks out about alleged termination City officials: Kennewick Fire Chief Vince Beasley is out

๐Ÿ‘‡ From this week

Walla Walla Indian Cuisine is transforming Famous Daveโ€™s into Maharajah Local students again invited to submit an app for a Congressional App Challenge More construction starts today on George Washington Way Pasco farm will become 600 waterfront homes and condos Pasco discussing creating mixed use waterfront development district Kennewick council gets an ethics policy Pascoโ€™s red light robots gave out 857 tickets in their first month

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๐Ÿ‘ˆ Links from last week

New ice cream shop coming to Richland's Howard Amon Park TC Futures Center opening this week, aiming to give young people โ€œa second or third opportunity to connect to what success looks like for themโ€ Dia de los Muertos Run registration open Kennewick Schools will make up strike days 148 acre housing development coming to West Richland Cari McGee shares her favorite houses from this yearโ€™s Tri-Cities Parade of Homes

๐Ÿ‘ˆ More from last week

Yakima County has a Homeless Coalition with 5 year plan goals (Benton County and Franklin County do not appear to have anything like this.)

Meet the first-generation college student who led the way to creating WSUโ€™s MOSAIC Center RSD could save $350k after former superintendent pick MacTavish lands a job in Oregon school district Richland parks & rec fall activity and recreation guide has over 40 pages of activities, events, classes, and entertainment

PSD seeking input on plans to include 6th graders in middle school and draft plans to change school boundaries

Sage Brewery coming to Pascoโ€™s Chapel Hill

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