{"id":11766,"date":"2022-04-21T13:12:20","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T20:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=11766"},"modified":"2022-04-21T14:31:28","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T21:31:28","slug":"playground-build-underway-for-miller-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/playground-build-underway-for-miller-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Playground Build Underway for Miller Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Installation of Miller Park playground equipment. Photos courtesy Yakima Parks & Recreation<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Work began this week to install a new playground at Miller Park, located at 4th<\/sup> Street and E Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cost of the playground equipment and install is $148,000. It is funded through the Washington State Legislative Capital Budget and private donations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new playground is part of a community effort launched in September 2020 to improve Miller Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are so pleased to be able to make improvements to this essential northeast neighborhood park,\u201d said Parks and Recreation Manager Ken Wilkinson. \u201cOur purpose is revitalize Miller Park as the heart of the community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total fund raising for the park is $650,000. The goals are to increase safety, health & recreation opportunities and a community gathering place for education, outreach and collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAlone we can do little, but together we can move mountains,\u201d said Bertha Alicia Garza, a community member who helped begin the drive for improvements to Miller Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next steps to improve Miller Park include adding the picnic shelter, basketball lighting and fencing, adding a restroom, shade structure for the performance area and a walkway through the park. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visit https:\/\/restoremillerpark.org\/<\/a> for more about the Miller Park Improvement Project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donations can be sent to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yakima Valley Community Foundation
Miller Park Improvement Fund
111 University Parkway, Suite 102
Yakima, WA 98901<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miller Park was constructed in 1923 and sits on nearly four acres. It was Yakima\u2019s first designated neighborhood park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click https:\/\/yakimaparks.com\/parks\/miller\/<\/a> for more about Miller Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Work began this week to install a new playground at Miller Park, located at 4th Street and E Street. Cost of the playground equipment and install is $148,000. It is funded through the Washington State Legislative Capital Budget and private donations. The new playground is part of a community effort launched in September 2020 to<\/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-11766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11766","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=11766"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11779,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11766\/revisions\/11779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}