The process to develop concepts for a potential Downtown Yakima Central Plaza will formally get its start on Thursday, April 17th when members of the plaza design team visit Yakima to meet with a local group formed to implement the Downtown Yakima Master Plan, discuss the process with a City Council committee, tour potential plaza

A project to extend an industrial waste sewer line will result in the closure of an alley next week between Nob Hill Boulevard and Arlington Street. The closure begins on Monday, April 14th and will continue until Wednesday, April 16th.  Following completion of the alley work, activity will shift to Arlington Street where motorists can

In the last month, the Yakima Police Department (“YPD”) has noted a significant increase in auto theft reports. Most of the reports involve vehicles located east of 16th   Avenue which were stolen during overnight hours. Honda models account for about 50% of all vehicles reported stolen in March.  Hondas have an ignition style that

Traffic on a portion of Chestnut Avenue will be impacted by a project to fill potholes and repair roadway cracks from Monday, March 31st through Thursday, April 3rd.  On Tuesday, April 1st, pothole filling and roadway crack repair will also require the closure of a section of 24th Avenue. From March 31st through April 3rd,

Not only are two of the key members of the design team recently chosen by the City Council to develop concepts for a Downtown Yakima Central Plaza highly regarded regionally, nationally, and globally, they are both originally from Yakima and have taken on the project as a way of giving something back to their hometown.

Traffic on Nob Hill Boulevard between 1st Street and 3rd Avenue will be intermittently interrupted from mid morning to early afternoon from Tuesday, March 25th through Thursday, March 27th while Cascade Natural Gas crews install a new gas line to service Shields Bag and Printing. To ensure the highest level of safety during the gas

A project to extend an industrial waste sewer line will result in the closure of a section of 6th Street on March 24th and 25th and a portion of Nob Hill Boulevard from March 26th through April 16th. From Monday, March 24th through Tuesday, March 25th, 6th Street between Nob Hill and Ranch Rite  

In this edition of the City of Yakima Issues Brief e-Newsletter – The Easter Bunny to Share Breakfast at the Harman Center – Pilot Curbside Recycling Project to Launch in Early April – Weather Helps Work Progress on MLK, Jr. Blvd Underpass March 2014 Issues Brief

Tuesday, April 1st marks the scheduled start of the irrigation season for the vast majority of residential and business customers in Yakima.  That’s the day that the systems operated by the City of Yakima’s Water/Irrigation Division are scheduled to begin delivering water. All City of Yakima irrigation systems should be fully operational by mid April.