Editing Richland, Washington (section)

==Government==
The city of Richland is a full-service city providing police services, fire protection, water utility services, solid waste services, electric utilities, parks and recreational facilities and services, maintenance of city streets and public facilities, and full library services featuring a state-of-the-art library operated by the city. The city pursues community and economic development and offers housing assistance.
[[File:Community center1.jpg|thumb|left|Community Center, Richland]]
[[File:Community Center workout rm.JPG|thumb|upright| Exercise class in a multipurpose room of the Community Center]]

The Richland Community Center is adjacent to [[Howard Amon Park]], on the east side of the Columbia River. The building was designed by ARC Architects of Seattle, Washington. Many of its rooms have views of the park and Columbia River, which make it a venue for weddings and receptions, family reunions, birthday parties, business, and community meetings. The rooms are also used for a variety of general education and personal enrichment classes including courses in computer/technology, health & fitness, dance, arts & crafts, dog training, home & gardening, language lessons, and martial arts. The Community Center also serves as a gathering place for group recreation and gaming: cribbage, pinochle, bridge, pool, dominoes, and a host of other social activities are available to the public at large.

More recently, the Richland Community Center has hosted several important civic events including the Green Living Awards<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ci.richland.wa.us/index.aspx?NID=253 |title=Green Living Awards |access-date=October 17, 2013 |archive-date=October 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017102727/http://www.ci.richland.wa.us/index.aspx?NID=253 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the Fall Carnival.<ref>{{cite news |last=Herald |first=Tri-City |title=Community Center to Hold Green |url=http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/09/28/2599482/nd-community-center-to-hold-green.html |newspaper=Tri-City Heral |date=September 28, 2013 |access-date=October 17, 2013 |archive-date=August 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809184806/http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/09/28/2599482/nd-community-center-to-hold-green.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

As of 2016, the city was planning to rebuild its current city hall across Jadwin Avenue into the parking lot of the United States Federal Courthouse. This decision also includes moving the fire station, which is currently across George Washington Way, to the current site of city hall. The current city hall would be sold to eligible businesses.<ref>{{cite news |last=City website |first=Richland |title=Swift Corridor and Future City Hall |url=https://www.ci.richland.wa.us/departments/swift-corridor-and-future-city-hall |date=April 4, 2016 |access-date=June 24, 2016 |archive-date=August 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822094604/https://www.ci.richland.wa.us/departments/swift-corridor-and-future-city-hall |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Police services===
The City of Richland Police Department is composed of approximately 58 commissioned police officers and 15 support staff.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article32109033.html |title=Richland Police Department honors officers |first1=Sara |last1=Schilling |first2=Tri-City |last2=Herald |access-date=February 7, 2017 |archive-date=December 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218012450/https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article32109033.html |url-status=live }}</ref>