{"id":9628,"date":"2020-09-22T10:07:11","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T17:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=9628"},"modified":"2020-09-22T10:11:36","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T17:11:36","slug":"support-sought-for-miller-park-improvements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/support-sought-for-miller-park-improvements\/","title":{"rendered":"Support Sought for Miller Park Improvements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Community members, led by Bertha Alicia Garza, have begun an effort to make improvements to Miller Park, located at 4<sup>th<\/sup> Street and E Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cWe are asking the public to help us restore 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<p>With a fundraising target of $400,000 for improvements at Miller Park, the goals are to increase safety, health &amp; recreation opportunities and a community gathering place for education, outreach and collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAlone we can do little, but together we can move mountains,\u201d said Garza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yakima Parks and Recreation shared the Miller Park improvement efforts with the Yakima City Council during its regular meeting on Tuesday, September 1<sup>st<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Proposed park improvements include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>New park pavilion, benches, tables and restrooms.<\/li><li>Resurfacing, striping, updating four basketball courts and improving court lighting.<\/li><li>Constructing walkways and paths<\/li><li>Covering the performance stage area<\/li><li>Adding a community information board<\/li><li>Installing a playground<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe youth and families on the east side deserve to have a safe place they can take pride in and create positive experiences,\u201d said Drew Harris, a member of a committee formed to lead the park improvement and fundraising effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Donations can be sent to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yakima Valley Community Foundation<br>Miller Park Improvement Fund<br>111 University Parkway, Suite 102<br>Yakima, WA 98901<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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<p>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/restoremillerpark.org\/\">https:\/\/restoremillerpark.org\/<\/a> for more about the Miller Park Improvement Project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/yakimaparks.com\/parks\/miller\/\">https:\/\/yakimaparks.com\/parks\/miller\/<\/a> for more about Miller Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Miller-Park-Improvements-News-Release.pdf\">Miller-Park-Improvements-News-Release<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Miller-Park-Improvements-News-Release.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Miller-Park-Brochure.pdf\">Miller-Park-Brochure<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Miller-Park-Brochure.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community members, led by Bertha Alicia Garza, have begun an effort to make improvements to Miller Park, located at 4th Street and E Street. &nbsp;\u201cWe are asking the public to help us restore this essential northeast neighborhood park,\u201d said Parks and Recreation Manager Ken Wilkinson. \u201cOur purpose is revitalize Miller Park as the heart of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":9633,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9628","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=9628"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9632,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9628\/revisions\/9632"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}