Yakima Transit is going to the Fair again this year and invites everyone to ride along with us! Yakima Transit Shuttlebuses will be providing FREE, direct Park and Ride service to the Central Washington State Fair all ten days of the Fair. Shuttlebuses will run continuously from the Park and Ride location at Gateway Center
Downtown development leaders from Rapid City, South Dakota and Missoula, Montana will share stories of how plazas reshaped their downtown cores during a Yakima City Council study session in the afternoon on Tuesday, September 22nd and again at a community meeting that evening. The Council study session will begin at 2:00 pm in the Council
A repaving project will result in the daytime closure of a portion of Spruce Street from Monday, September 21st through Thursday, September 24th. Spruce between Union Street and Fair Avenue will be closed each day from September 21st through September 24th from 6:00 am until 4:30 pm. Pavement along that section of Spruce will be
Articles in the September 2015 City of Yakima Issues Brief include – Dog Paddle Will Be Stroke of Choice During Paws In the Pool – Thank You Letter to Yakima Community for Firefighter Donations – No Fall Leaf Pickup Program in Yakima This Year. Click on the link below to read the September 2015 City of Yakima Issues Brief e-Newsletter.
Installation of a water line will result in the closure of River Road between North 22nd Avenue and Fruitvale Boulevard from Wednesday, September 16th to Friday September 18th. Work on the project will take place from 6:00 am to 3:30 pm every day until completed. Detours around the construction site will be available, but because
The Yakima Air Terminal McAllister Field staff along with its community partners will host a major, full scale exercise on Thursday, September 17th beginning at 12:30 pm. The exercise will simulate a fire that was ignited next to an airplane following by shots being fired. Over 70 volunteer actors and simulators will assist as victims,
Traffic on Englewood Avenue between 34th Avenue and 40th Avenue will be impacted for at least a day while City of Yakima crews try and pinpoint the source of a leak that is affecting the integrity of the roadway. The project will begin at 6:00 am on Wednesday, September 9th. While the project is underway,
The Randall Park Dog Park will be closed for a couple of days while a project is underway to install irrigation lines at the 1.6 acre off-leash park. The Randall Park Dog Park will be closed from 8:00 am on Wednesday, September 9th until 3:00 pm on Thursday, September 10th while new irrigation lines are
Phase 2 of the 2015 Yakima Citizen Survey is now underway and community members are invited to fill out an online version of the annual questionnaire by clicking on a link in the Points of Interest section on the City of Yakima website at http://bit.ly/1ieS8YM. Phase 1 of this year’s survey, which involved the survey
Beginning on Monday, August 31st, the section of Pacific Avenue between 6th Street and 1st Street will be closed to traffic for about one week while a road improvement project is underway. The project is expected to be completed by Friday, September 4th. Throughout the project, Pacific Avenue between 6th Street and 1st Street will
