Four months after he was named Acting Community and Economic Development (CED) Director, Bill Preston P.E. has been appointed to serve in that capacity on a permanent basis. Preston’s role as the City of Yakima CED Director was effective July 17th. Preston began serving as acting director on March 18th, following his appointment by Interim … Continued

This Wednesday, July 24th, City of Yakima crews will continue a series of traffic signal head upgrades at intersections this summer. Crews will be at the intersection of 3rd Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. As with the other signal upgrades, work will begin at 6:30 am tomorrow and be complete by 12:00 pm. … Continued

Starting Monday, July 22nd, Russell Crane will remove the Buckingham apartment building that sustained significant fire damage earlier this year. As a result, Naches Avenue will be closed 24/7 between East Walnut Street and East Spruce Street from 6:00 am Monday through Friday, July 26th. From July 29th through August 23rd, this section of Naches … Continued

The Yakima City Council held a regular meeting on Tuesday, July 16th. Action taken during the Council meeting included: Click the following to watch on-demand Y-PAC coverage of the July 16th Council meeting – Yakima City Council 07-16-24 (yakimawa.gov) The July 16th Yakima City Council regular meeting airs on Yakima Public Affairs Channel (Y-PAC), Charter … Continued

Work on Phase 3 of North 1st Street revitalization reaches a milestone Wednesday, July 17th, when traffic will be switched over to the recently paved east half of the roadway. This third phase of North 1st Street revitalization includes Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to I Street. Work began in February 2024 and incudes replacing … Continued

The Yakima City Council will hold a regular meeting at 5:30 pm on Tuesday, July 16th, 2024. Agenda items for the July 16th regular meeting include: Click the following link for the entire July 16th meeting agenda packet – Agenda – Default (granicus_production_attachments.s3.amazonaws.com) The meeting will be held via Zoom and in person at Yakima … Continued

The Yakima Arts Commission is seeking applications for the 2024-25 fall/winter Downtown Yakima Windows Alive! project. The deadline is 5:00 pm on Friday, August 30th. The goal is to have the show ready for Friday, October 4th. Windows Alive! enables talented artists and groups of artists to display their works and at the same time … Continued

The City of Yakima Streets Division will begin its annual chip sealing program on Monday, July 15th. This year’s project will be completed in the following order: The project is expected to last about eight weeks and should conclude approximately the first week of September. Crews will be working in the project areas from 6:00 … Continued

A project to replace the existing water main and services along a section of South 2nd Avenue is nearing completion. The existing 12-inch, 100-year-old cast-iron water main is being replaced with a new 12-inch ductile iron water main, including new system valves, fire hydrants and water services.  Replacement will greatly reduce any on-going maintenance or … Continued