Triumph Actuation Systems Employees Help Spruce Up Randall Park

More than 100 employees from Triumph Actuation Systems – Yakima are expected to blanket Randall Park on Wednesday, September 30th to plant about 400 small trees and shrubs and 30 larger trees. Triumph Actuation systems Yakima has awarded the Yakima Parks and Recreation Division with a grant that will cover the cost of the shrubs … Continued

Sunfair Parade Kicks Off Fair Season in Yakima

For the 54th year in a row, the Yakima Sunfair Parade will follow its familiar route of more than one-and-a-half miles through Downtown Yakima on Saturday, September 26th. The parade is expected to include more than 500 participants as it makes its way down Yakima Avenue from 16th Avenue to Naches Avenue. Presented by platinum … Continued

Study Session and Community Meeting to Focus on The Power of a Plaza

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 … Continued

Paving Project Will Impact Traffic on a Portion of Spruce Street

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 … Continued

September 2015 City of Yakima Issues Brief e-Newsletter

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. … Continued

Yakima City Council Meeting Review

The Yakima City Council held its most recent regular agenda business meeting on Tuesday, September 15th, 2015. Action taken by the Council on September 15th included: –    Approving changes to the Yakima Airport Safety Overlay Ordinance –    Updating licensing requirements for mobile food vendors –    Approving annexation of nearly 120-acres of land near the … Continued

Utility Work to Close a Portion of River Road

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 … Continued

Yakima City Council Meeting Preview

The Yakima City Council holds its next regular agenda business meeting on Tuesday, September 15th, 2015. The meeting begins at 6:00 pm at Yakima City Hall. Items on the September 15th agenda include:  Holding a public hearing on proposed changes to the Yakima Airport Safety Overlay Ordinance  Updating licensing requirements for mobile food vendors  Conducting … Continued