{"id":394,"date":"2013-03-27T09:42:36","date_gmt":"2013-03-27T16:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=394"},"modified":"2013-04-05T08:47:54","modified_gmt":"2013-04-05T15:47:54","slug":"second-yakima-community-clean-up-event-this-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/second-yakima-community-clean-up-event-this-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Second Yakima Community Clean Up Event This Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Contact:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yakima Refuse Code Compliance Officer James Scott \u2013 576-6745<\/p>\n<p>Communications &amp; Public Affairs Dir. Randy Beehler \u2013 901-1142<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Results from the 2012 Yakima Citizen Survey clearly revealed an expectation that the City of Yakima should be more proactively involved in improving the overall appearance of the community.\u00a0 As part of its multi-pronged approach to meet that expectation, the City is spearheading a series community clean up events this year.<\/p>\n<p>The first community clean up event on March 9th in the WestValley area yielded nearly five tons of debris.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s clean ups will rotate between each of the Yakima&#8217;s four City Council districts.\u00a0 This Saturday\u2019s event will target District 2, which is primarily south of Tieton Drive between 40th Avenue and 1st Street. \u00a0A free drop off site will be open from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm at the YakimaValleyCommunity College parking lot off 12<sup>th<\/sup> Avenue and West Nob Hill Boulevard.\u00a0 Residents from District 2 can bring unwanted items to the drop off site at any time during those hours.<\/p>\n<p>Additional community clean up days this spring include Saturday, April 13<sup>th<\/sup> in District 3 (primarily the northeast and southeast sections of the city), and Saturday, May 4<sup>th<\/sup> in District 4 (primarily north of Tieton Drive between 40<sup>th<\/sup> Avenue and 1<sup>st<\/sup> Street).<\/p>\n<p>Clean up days scheduled for later in the year include Saturday, September 7<sup>th<\/sup> in District 1, Saturday, September 28<sup>th<\/sup> in District 2, Saturday, October 12<sup>th<\/sup> in District 3, and Saturday, November 2<sup>nd<\/sup> in District 4.<\/p>\n<p>District 2 residents can pick up free bags at the drop off site this Saturday and are urged to separate household refuse from yard debris. \u00a0Recycling bins will also be available to handle paper, cardboard, plastic bottles, and milk jugs.\u00a0 The drop off site will not accept hazardous materials such as paint and chemicals, but will handle old tires for disposal.<\/p>\n<p>The clean up events are designed to give not just individuals the opportunity to get rid of junk around their houses, but to create a chance for volunteers to step forward as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope neighbors will join together to not only clean up their property, but to improve the appearance of nearby alleys, streets, and sidewalks,\u201d said Yakima Refuse Division Code Compliance Officer James Scott. \u201cThe clean up events also provide a wonderful opportunity for community groups to donate time and really make a difference in the way Yakima looks.<\/p>\n<p>Any individuals or groups interested in becoming involved in the Yakima community clean ups should contact Yakima Refuse Code Compliance Officer James Scott at 576-6745.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Community-Clean-Up-Days-_2_-3-30-13.pdf\">Community Clean Up Days _2_ &#8211; 3-30-13<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&#8211; end &#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contact:\u00a0 Yakima Refuse Code Compliance Officer James Scott \u2013 576-6745 Communications &amp; Public Affairs Dir. Randy Beehler \u2013 901-1142 &nbsp; Results from the 2012 Yakima Citizen Survey clearly revealed an expectation that the City of Yakima should be more proactively involved in improving the overall appearance of the community.\u00a0 As part of its multi-pronged approach<\/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-394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394","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=394"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":429,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394\/revisions\/429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}