Odessa is a small, agriculture based community nestled in beautiful semi-arid Eastern Washington.  It is approximately 70 miles from Spokane and 45 miles from Moses Lake.  Odessa offers a warm, friendly, small-town ambience to it's 1,000 residents. 

Recycling bins are available as well as home pick up for garbage.  A "Tiger Pride" community clean up day is sponsored in conjunction with the school district every year.  Mail is delivered on rural routes or is picked up at the post office with box delivery.  A swimming complex, several baseball and softball fields, a football field, lighted tennis courts, basketball court, volleyball park and horseshoe pits are used seasonally.  A park, children's park and visitor's center are operated by the Town of Odessa.

The Odessa School district #105 offers preschool through high school education, with many extra-curricular activities and sports programs.  Small classes are taught by professional teachers and staff.  Most students attend trade schools, colleges or universities after graduation.

Several restaurants offer a variety of food choices.  The Odessa Drive Inn features delicious fast food such as the famous Tiger burger, chicken strips, sandwiches with fries or salad, coke products and special shakes; banana, root beer, black raspberry to name a few...Yum!  The Crab Creek Coffee Haus features the usual espresso stand fare plus scrumptious sandwiches, wraps, soups and pies.  The Chief Restaurant opened in downtown Odessa and not only has a big screen television for viewing those great sporting events, by also holds a liquor license.  Voise's Sausage by Schumacher sells German sausage treats, jerky and other meats (mail order welcome).  We also have our own locally owned micro-brewery Rocky Coulee Brewing - Open to the public Friday afternoons and nights for tasting or to fill your pig!

Fun and excitement abound!  Our famous Deutschesfest is held the 3rd weekend in September every year.  This four day event includes yard sales, 5K and 10K fun runs, parade, 3X3 basketball, food booths featuring German food, bands, craft fairs, and excitement at the "Biergarten."  Plus, Odessa has two smaller festivals that occur - Spring Fling and Christmas Fest.

You can also "hit it off" at Odessa's beautiful 9 hole golf course.  It features a cozy clubhouse and RV park with 20 full hook-ups.  You can reel in some fine catches at several local lakes that also offer hiking and other outdoor fun such as camping and barbecuing.  For fitness buffs, the Crab Creek Trail is a walking path that traverses from one end of town to the other with beautiful desert scenery all the way.

Need stuff?  Odessa offers a grocery store with video rentals, a drug store with a pharmacy and liquor store, hardware store, auto parts store, farm implement and parts dealers and many other professional services; insurance, legal, accounting.  We also have Quilt Crossing, a fantastic store for all you quilters.  This is a great meeting place for our local quilt club members who also provide classes to young and old, beginners and all other quilters.

If what we've got isn't all that you need, Moses Lake, and industrial and commercially growing city, is the closest city being only 45 minutes away.  A Home Depot, Wal-Mart, Staples, Big 5 Sporting Goods, Gottchalk's, popular chain restaurants, fast food places, and 6-screen movie theatre are located there, only a "hop, skip and jump" away.

Washington State does not have a state income tax.  Odessa property taxes are low.  Both the school and public hospital districts ask for special levy monies, which historically are approved.  For example on a $90,000 house the yearly taxes are approximately $900.  A sewer system installed in 2000 requires monthly payments with a hook up charge for each household.

The Region

Enjoy the quiet, relaxed lifestyle in this primarily farming and retirement community.  Odessa prides itself on making the community perfect for everyone.  Beautiful homes are favorably priced compared to those of larger cities, such as Seattle or Spokane.  There is entertainment year-round.  Hunting is a favorite pastime of many living here, with deer, geese, duck and pheasant hunting abounding.  There is a local trap shooting range and club with competitors qualifying at state and national levels.

Know for the Channeled Scablands, Grand Coulee Dam, beautiful sunsets and lost of recreation, Eastern Washington is the perfect place to live and explore.  Whether it is a day on the lake or a drive through the beautiful countryside, your journey will always be an adventure.  If you want to return to that big city life for a while, Spokane is only 72 miles to the East (about 1.5 hours) and Seattle is 225 miles West (about 4 hours).  In addition, there are the Tri-Cities to the South (approximately 1.5 hours) as well as Moses Lake and Wenatchee to the West, 45 minutes and 1.5 hours, respectively.