{"id":14798,"date":"2024-10-31T11:05:12","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T18:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=14798"},"modified":"2024-10-31T11:05:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T18:05:13","slug":"community-christmas-tree-sought-for-downtown-yakima-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/community-christmas-tree-sought-for-downtown-yakima-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Christmas Tree Sought for Downtown Yakima"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The City of Yakima and the Downtown Association of Yakima are seeking nominations for this year&#8217;s Community Christmas Tree. Residents are invited to nominate evergreen trees from their property to become the centerpiece of the holiday festivities in downtown Yakima.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eligible trees should be well-shaped evergreens, standing 20 to 25 feet tall, with easy access for removal. The ideal tree will be situated in an area that can accommodate a 25-foot by 45-foot crane and nearby space for a 35-foot trailer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To nominate a tree, contact Cally Price, Assistant to the City Manager, at 509-575-6040.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nominations are open until a final selection is made during the week of Nov. 14. The selected tree will be cut and lifted by crane, not felled, ensuring a safe and efficient removal process. It will then be installed at Millennium Plaza in preparation for a special tree-lighting ceremony scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a nomination is received, a representative from the Downtown Association will contact the property owner to discuss a suitable time to assess the tree and its accessibility. Tree owner whose tree is selected will not incur any costs related to the removal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For further information, please contact the Downtown Association of Yakima at 509-571-1328 or email <a href=\"mailto:events@downtownyakima.com\">events@downtownyakima.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Downtown Association of Yakima is collaborating with the City of Yakima, the Yakima Police Department, and community partners Russel Crane and Carrell Crane to coordinate the tree&#8217;s removal, transport, and installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-d758f463-2a18-4812-b183-f9952890e724\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Community-Tree-Sought-News-Release.pdf\">Community Tree Sought &#8211; News Release<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Community-Tree-Sought-News-Release.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-d758f463-2a18-4812-b183-f9952890e724\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The City of Yakima and the Downtown Association of Yakima are seeking nominations for this year&#8217;s Community Christmas Tree. Residents are invited to nominate evergreen trees from their property to become the centerpiece of the holiday festivities in downtown Yakima. Eligible trees should be well-shaped evergreens, standing 20 to 25 feet tall, with easy access<\/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-14798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14798","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=14798"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14800,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14798\/revisions\/14800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}