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If the project is voted down by the council more than $9 million in donated money will be given back and the main parking lot downtown will not be impacted.

Yakima Mayor Kathy Coffey says during an agenda preview meeting Thursday night council member Dulce Gutierrez

Members of the Yakima Central Plaza Committee presented a check to the Yakima City Council Tuesday for $9.6 million in private donations to be coupled with $3 million in public money to build the plaza downtown. Committee members say all the money is pledged thru contracts that guarantee the private money for the city...

Yakima will have a plaza downtown in the near future. That's because The Yakima Central Plaza committee has announced that it has reached $9 million in private funding contracts for the construction of the Yakima Central Plaza, with additional pledges and contracts still coming into the city...

Over the objections of many local residents, the Yakima City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to create a future resolution to possibly make Yakima a sanctuary or welcoming city where all people would feel safe. No date was set for the council to discuss the future resolution...

After several years of planning, designing and debate, the future of Yakima’s proposed downtown central plaza will soon be determined. Change is hard for most people and a vision for all that the plaza is designed to do can be a challenge to convey...

With the city's decision to create a new downtown plaza in Yakima, many people are wondering about the future of Millennium Plaza. Do you think the artwork in Millennium Plaza is an essential part of the downtown identity? Or do you think that it should be moved somewhere else...