“I wish all our neighborhoods had stuff like this…”
Pear Tree Place in Yakima Gets Kid-inspired Enhancements
On the last weekend of June, Pomegranate Center met residents at Pear Tree Place in Yakima to install four artistic posts in the neighborhood. This project, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, brought local character to this new “clean and sober” development.
Each post includes eight concrete tiles based on drawings from neighborhood children. Planter boxes are built into both sides of the column and a solar light is attached at the top.
At the end of the day, the residents joined Pomegranate Center for a BBQ and an “unveiling” of their new light posts. Kids ran to each post pointing out their drawings while proud parents snapped pictures. One resident said “This is so cool! All the kids here are going to feel such a different kind of ownership about their community now. I wish all our neighborhoods had stuff like this.”
> More pictures of the Pear Tree Place art posts.