More Growth In Southridge

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By Holly Zuluaga

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A new tasting room is just one of the latest businesses to open, with more possible neighbors on the way. This is the newest neighbor in Southridge.

Story Published: Feb 22, 2010 at 8:35 AM PST

More Growth In Southridge
KENNEWICK--A new tasting room is just one of the latest businesses to open, with more possible neighbors on the way.

This is the newest neighbor in Southridge.

Canyon's Edge Winery just opened up a tasting room and soon a restaurant.

This is an expansion from their Prosser location
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“It's a different market, Tri-cities, Prosser is somewhat a tourist destination and we wanted to expand into the Tri-cities area as it being close to where we're at,” Brian Groth with Canyon’s Edge Winery said.

The draw to Southridge is the promise of more growth.

There are already two other tasting rooms next door.

“It creates a draw. You can drive to one place and walk amongst all the wineries there instead of having to drive between here and there,” Brian Groth said.

A year ago Anelare was all alone.

Now the whole building is full, and it's not just about the wine.
Southridge Village owns over 200 acres and there are plans in the works.

“We survived the economic downturn and people are really excited, so currently we have contracts for a million, 4 million and 700,000 in process of people that want to be out here and be part of the growth and the development of this area,” Dean Maldonado with Southridge Village said.

Places like Comfort Suites, Taco Bell, A new salon, and a new regional chain restaurant will go in soon.

“We really feel it's the
Southridge Village says it's great for our local economy because the growth is putting locals to work.

“If you take a look at the buildings built here there's over 10 million dollars worth of buildings and every dime has gone into the Tri-Cities,” Dean Maldonado said.

With more work to come, Southridge Village says it's worth banking on.
Canyon's Edge Winery is also moving their Prosser location to Vintner Village to be a part of the large wine traffic.