# richland (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover richland. Page: Feed: --- ## [Richland city council's lack of differentiation is how we get waterfront drive thrus](https://adamavenir.com/blog/2025/districts-keeping-richland-one-is-how-we-get-waterfront-drive-thrus/) _2025-10-30 · Adam Avenir dot com_ Why districts? For me, the most pragmatic and shrewdly capitalistic case looks like this. Central Richland has some of the very best bones in the whole northwest, almost entirely uncapitalized on its potential. Every other city in the region would kill for what Richland has naturally: a downtown immediately adjacent to waterfront. Kennewick? Cut off from the Columbia by 240 and industrial… ## [Can't drum up momentum against districts? Mayor Richardson thinks aura farming is the answer](https://adamavenir.com/blog/2025/mayor-richardson-thinks-aura-farming-is-the-answer/) _2025-10-13 · Adam Avenir dot com_ Background # Richland has an administrative item on its ballot to determine whether to move from all at-large voting for council or toward a mix of districts and at-large positions. I'll be transparent—I think districts would have made a difference 10+ years ago when we failed to bring a public market to Richland and most council members were from Meadow Springs and had no vision for downtown…