City of Yakima
- Janice Deccio
Janice Deccio currently serves as a 4th District City Council member and Mayor for the City of Yakima, a position held since January 2022. Concurrently, Janice has been a Communications and Events Professional at Catholic Charities Serving Central Washington since February 2015. Previous experience includes roles as Director of Marketing at Yakima Regional Medical and Cardiac Center from December 2005 to April 2009, and as Director of Marketing and Public Relations at Comprehensive Mental Health from August 1999 to December 2005. Janice began a career in publishing as an Art Director and Editor at Columbia Publishing from July 1995 to August 1999. Academic credentials include a Master's degree in Health/Health Care Administration/Management from the University of Washington, a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Media/Print Journalism from Central Washington University, and an Associate of Arts in Communication and Media Studies from Yakima Valley College.
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The City of Yakima, population 93,000 and growing, was incorporated in 1886 and is located in sunny central Washington. It encompasses 28.17 square miles in an area of rich volcanic soil. A regional getaway destination, the City is 145 miles southeast of Seattle, 200 miles southwest of Spokane, and 180 miles northeast of Vancouver, Washington. The region hub city is served by rail, highway and air transportation facilities, which have helped develop the City as the commercial and business center of Central Washington. Yakima is the 11th largest city in the State of Washington. The City of Yakima operates as a first class charter city under the Council/Manager form of government. The City provides a full range of municipal services, which include public safety (police, fire, and building safety), public improvements (streets, traffic signals), sanitation (solid waste disposal, sanitary wastewater utility), water and irrigation utilities, transit, community development, parks and recreation, and general administrative services. Tagged by locals as "The Palm Springs of Washington,"​ the city does have a large convention center with several destination amenities such as golf, tennis, orchards, wineries, craft breweries, SunDome and Central Washington Fairgrounds, minor league baseball, and greenbelt activities along the Yakima River.
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