{"id":1042,"date":"2013-09-05T08:30:25","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T15:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=1042"},"modified":"2013-09-05T08:34:51","modified_gmt":"2013-09-05T15:34:51","slug":"final-yakima-downtown-master-plan-workshop-set-september-9th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/final-yakima-downtown-master-plan-workshop-set-september-9th\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Yakima Downtown Master Plan Workshop Set for September 9th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The third and final public workshop to discuss the future of Downtown Yakima is set for <b>Monday,\u00a0 September 9<sup>th<\/sup><\/b> in room \u201cE\u201d at the Yakima Convention Center.\u00a0 The meeting, which will begin at <b>6:30 pm<\/b>, will provide community members with another opportunity to give input on the development of a comprehensive master plan for downtown.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year the City hired two consulting firms to help develop strategies for downtown.\u00a0 Crandall Arambula, a Portland, Oregon-based urban design, architecture, and planning firm that specializes in downtown revitalization, is heading up the downtown master planning process.\u00a0 Thomas Consultants, an international retail strategy company headquarter in Vancouver, B.C., is responsible for crafting a retail recruitment plan.<\/p>\n<p>Based on public input from two previous workshops, the City\u2019s consultants have developed concepts related to downtown circulation and urban design.\u00a0 At the September 9<sup>th<\/sup> workshop, community members will have a chance to review and comment on key elements including creation of a Yakima Plaza and Front Street public market, traffic calming on Yakima Avenue, creating a retail (Main Street) plan, and determining future parking needs in the downtown area.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone who attends the September 9<sup>th<\/sup> workshop will have the opportunity to vote on the various concepts using a response sheet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPublic participation in the workshops will play a key part developing a successful approach that will lead to redevelopment and make Downtown Yakima a vibrant destination for both residents and visitors alike,\u201d said City of Yakima Economic Development Manager Sean Hawkins.\u00a0 \u201cThe workshops that we\u2019re holding are providing community members with the chance to share ideas, to ask questions, and to gain a better understanding of where Downtown Yakima might be headed&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The final master plan, along with a strategy for implementation, and the retail development strategy are expected to be completed by the end of this year.<\/p>\n<p>Additional information on the Downtown Yakima Master Plan is available at on the City&#8217;s website at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/downtown\/\">www.yakimawa.gov\/downtown\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact:\u00a0 Yakima Economic Development Director Sean Hawkins &#8212; 575-6274<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Communications &amp; Public Affairs Director Randy Beehler \u2013 901-1142<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Downtown-Master-Plan-Workshop-3-pdf-News-Relase.pdf\">Downtown Master Plan Workshop 3 pdf News Release<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The third and final public workshop to discuss the future of Downtown Yakima is set for Monday,\u00a0 September 9th in room \u201cE\u201d at the Yakima Convention Center.\u00a0 The meeting, which will begin at 6:30 pm, will provide community members with another opportunity to give input on the development of a comprehensive master plan for downtown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1042"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1045,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042\/revisions\/1045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}