In 2013, the Yakima Arts Commission, an advisory group appointed by the Yakima City Council, developed an idea to harness the creativity of Central Washington artists to help invigorate windows of empty downtown storefronts by displaying their work as part of a new project called, “Windows Alive!”. Based on similar projects that have proven successful
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Yakima City Council Study Session Preview
The Yakima City Council holds a study session on Tuesday, September 29th, 2015. The meeting begins at 10:00 am at Yakima City Hall Items on the September 29th study session include: Yakima public market and business Incubator feasibility study Proposed agreements for the design, construction and operation of an aquatics center at Chesterly Park Additional
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
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
Trolley Track Repair Will Impact Traffic on Portion of Yakima Avenue
Traffic on Yakima Avenue near the Yakima Avenue and 6th Avenue intersection will be impacted for most of the day on September 24th while City of Yakima Street Division crews make repairs to trolley tracks. The project will begin at 6:00 am on Thursday, September 24th and should be completed by about 3:00 pm that
Shuttlebus Service to the Fair and Regular Bus Service During Sunfair Parade
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
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
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
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.
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
