The Mill Site Redevelopment Project is a transformational opportunity that will create a community economic development stage on which living-wage jobs, technology, science, and agricultural advances can be explored, accelerated, achieved, and sustained.
• 3,000 –5,000 new job potential
Market Analysis & Fiscal Impact Study –Jones, Lang LaSalle, 2014
• Sustainable Levels of Retail
• Education & Health Care Facilities
• Limited Light Manufacturing
• Greenspace and Outdoor Recreation
The City of Yakima, Yakima County, and the State of Washington will invest more than $100 million on road enhancements to improve access to the from throughout the rest of the Central Washington region.
- 28 acres of the Mill Site used to be home to a municipal landfill
- Extensive environmental analysis indicates potential hazardous materials still remain on the former landfill site
- The former landfill must be cleaned up in order to be redeveloped
- Current estimates place the cost of cleaning up the former landfill at $15 million
Funding Sources
| Secured Source* | Amount |
| Connect Washington (2 bridges, ramps, frontage road) | $ 50,053,000 |
| LIFT (local streets including Bravo Co Blvd) | $ 23,446,000 |
| County Road Fund (strategic connecting roads) | $ 12,752,300 |
| SIED Macro Account (County Strategic connections) | $ 6,646,500 |
| YBIP (Floodprotection, infrastructure) | $ 1,320,000 |
| TIB (Local access enhancements,* not yet secured) | $ 4,400,000 |
| Community Private investment (utilities,infrastructure, *estimate) | $ 2,194,000 |
| TOTAL | $ 100,811,800 |
Funding Gap – City Exploring Potential Options
| The City of Yakima potential purchase of the Mill Site | $28 Million |
| Cleanup of the former landfill property | $15 Million |
| Anticipated Gap | $43 Million |
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The Mill Site Redevelopment Project is a transformational opportunity that will create a community economic development stage on which living-wage jobs, technology, science, and agricultural advances can be explored, accelerated, achieved, and sustained.
The project is a multi-phased partnership between Yakima County, City of Yakima, Washington State Department of Transportation, Washington State Department of Ecology, Washington State Department of Commerce, private property owners and others. One of the foundational portions of the project includes a new arterial street connecting Terrace Heights to Yakima which will relieve existing and future traffic congestion on the Terrace Heights-Yakima Avenue corridor and I-82 Interchange. Construction of this new street requires phased construction, as illustrated in the diagram below.
Additionally, within the City of Yakima, the closure of the Boise-Cascade Mill in 2006 created over 500 unemployed persons. However, once the site is cleaned up, it creates the opportunity for redevelopment of over 200 acres of highly visible vacant land. The property owners have not submitted a plan for the privately owned land. The land is zoned for new development and utilities will be in place with the construction of the new street system.
Potential Impacts of new development on the Cascade Mill Redevelopment site
• 3,000
–5,000 new job potential
• Sustainable Levels of Retail
• Education & Health Care Facilities
• Limited Light Manufacturing
• Greenspace and Outdoor Recreation
Market Analysis & Fiscal Impact Study –Jones, Lang LaSalle, 2014
The City of Yakima, Yakima County, and the State of Washington will invest more than $100 million on road enhancements to improve access to the from throughout the rest of the Central Washington region.
- 28 acres of the Mill Site used to be home to a municipal landfill
- Extensive environmental analysis indicates potential hazardous materials still remain on the former landfill site
- The former landfill must be cleaned up in order to be redeveloped
- Current estimates place the cost of cleaning up the former landfill at $15 million
Funding Sources
| Secured Source* | Amount |
| Connect Washington (2 bridges, ramps, frontage road) | $ 50,053,000 |
| LIFT (local streets including Bravo Co Blvd) | $ 23,446,000 |
| County Road Fund (strategic connecting roads) | $ 12,752,300 |
| SIED Macro Account (County Strategic connections) | $ 6,646,500 |
| YBIP (Floodprotection, infrastructure) | $ 1,320,000 |
| TIB (Local access enhancements,* not yet secured) | $ 4,400,000 |
| Community Private investment (utilities,infrastructure, *estimate) | $ 2,194,000 |
| TOTAL | $ 100,811,800 |