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2008 Summer Ender Party
The Committee For Downtown Yakima, the Capitol Theatre and the Seasons all worked together to produce the 2nd Annual Summer Ender Party on August 28th. The event featured live music from the Senate, Bill Frisell and Carrie Rodriguez and street theatre from Austraila's Strange Fruit.
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2008 Downtown Flowers
The flowers of the 2008 season. Grown by the Flower Garden and maintained by the Committee For Downtown Yakima Clean Team
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2007 Brewers Dinner & The Fresh Hop Ale Festival
The First Annual Brewers Dinner was a wonderful success, as was the 5th Annual Fresh Hop Ale Festival.
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2007 Downtown Buildings
In celebration of the many beautiful buildings we have downtown.
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2007 Downtown in Bloom
Beautiful hanging baskets and planters add ambiance to Yakima Avenue.
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2007 Downtown Summer Kick-off Party
On June 2nd our Downtown Park was hopping as families participated in a variety of events, including pitching with the Yakima Bears, dunking the City Council, and playing a variety of games with the YMCA. The 90-plus degree heat made the firehouse, complete with fire hose, a huge hit, and the sidewalks were covered with kids participating in the marble tournament and coloring with chalk.
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2007 Downtown Yakima Clean Sweep
The Yakima Clean Sweep was held on Saturday, May 12 and began with a ceremonial sweep on Yakima Avenue from 2nd Street to 9th Street. After that, teams broke off and handled street cleaning, grafitti removal and weed pulling.
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2007 Dragon Inn Parking Garage & Ross Building
The soon to be renovated Building
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2007 Front St Streetscape Project
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2007 Groundbreaking of Phase II of the Downtown Future's Initiative
The shovels hit the dirt, announcing the sidewalk renovation that is about to commence on Yakima Avenue. This project continues the sidewalk work that began at 9th street and will soon stretch to 7th Avenue.
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2007 Memorial Update
The Memorial at the corner of Naches and Yakima Ave gets some much-needed landscaping thanks to our Ambassadors and the donations of Country Farm and Garden (6 W. Washington Ave).
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"Abundance" Sculpture
The beautiful new sculpture by father-and-son artists Michael and Chad Gray. More than a dozen feet tall, the bronze, glass, steel and basalt structure gleams in the sun.
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Ambassadors
The Downtown Clean & Safe Ambassadors
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Profiles
Beautiful Fountain Inside Garden Girl
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Christmas Comes Downtown
Christmas Time is a perfect time to visit Downtown Yakima. From theatre and musical presentations to carriage rides, visits with Santa and the Christmas Light Parade, the season is full of activity. This album will profile a number of the activities from the 2007 season.
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