Richland, Wash. – “Corporations, the federal government, and state agencies all want to do business with minority-owned companies,” Sarah Kessler said in Inc. magazine. “To meet their objectives, private and public sector firms search for minority-owned suppliers through programs that have formal certification processes.”

In May 2016, after undergoing a rigorous process, EAS was certified as a Minority Business Enterprise by the Northwest Mountain Minority Supplier Development Council, a regional affiliate of the National Minority Supplier Development Council. This formal certification provides a gateway for corporations and public agencies to more easily do business with EAS.

Richland, Wash. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District selected EAS to provide natural resource maintenance support at more than 20 Corps-operated recreation areas along the Columbia and Snake rivers, including parks, nature trails, beaches, and boat ramps and basins.

This contract, which begins May 1, encompasses grounds and landscape maintenance, including maintaining hiking trails, irrigating, and vegetation removal, at McNary, Ice Harbor, and Lower Monumental Hydroelectric Projects.

Specific recreation areas EAS will support include the McNary Wildlife Nature Area, Hood Park, Warehouse Beach Recreation Area, Devil’s Bench Boat Ramp, Lewis and Clark Commemorative Trail, and Indian Memorial.

In May 2016, after undergoing a rigorous process, EAS was certified as a Minority Business Enterprise by the Northwest Mountain Minority Supplier Development Council, a regional affiliate of the National Minority Supplier Development Council. This formal certification provides a gateway for corporations and public agencies to more easily do business with EAS.