U.S. POSTAGE PAID FIFE, WA PERMIT NO. XX 5411 23rd Street E. Fife, WA 98424 wwwCityofFife.org ECRWSS Postal Customer Road Construction Information, Closure Updates & Videos: CityofFife.org/PW Fife Harvest Festival SAVE THE DATE Make it Yours! Since 2005, the Fife Harvest Festival has grown to become the largest community celebration in Fife with over 5,000 participants. The Harvest Festival hosts all kinds of arts, crafts, foods, performances, and vendors, and is fun for all ages. Get Involved: • Sponsor the Harvest Festival • Become a Vendor • Join the Pint Sized Parade • Be a Volunteer Contact Alia at [email protected] or (253) 896-8657 for information. Community STAY INFORMED COUNCIL MEETINGS: Up Close 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 11 FIFE, WASHINGTON 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 18 AUGUST, 2018 Newsletter provided by the City of Fife Fife City Hall Find Meeting Agendas, Packets & Videos Online: Brookville Gardens Park: Grand Opening CityofFife.org Games, Free Ice Cream, Bounce House Friday, August 24 5-7 p.m. 6512 Valley Avenue East You’re invited to the grand opening STAY INFORMED: celebration of Fife’s newest park Road Improvement Projects – Brookville Gardens. This event It’s no secret that traffic in Fife includes games for all ages, a bounce is challenging. So, what are we house, FREE ice cream and endless doing to make it better? Follow opportunity to enjoy your new park. us on social media or check Bring the family, spend time with your out our website to find out. Remember- the inconvenience neighbors, and help us celebrate this of construction is temporary, long-awaited park! but the improvements will be Yotsuuye Family Farm permanent. The celebration of this project is the culmination of decades of design, Follow Us: wetland mitigation, funding requests and collaboration, said Fife Mayor Facebook @FifeWashington Kim Roscoe. “This new park will be the highlight of green spaces in Fife, Twitter @Fife_Washington offering everything from trails and open spaces to wetlands and rentable Instagram @Fife_Washington picnic shelters,” Mayor Roscoe said. E-mail Alerts: Brookville Gardens Park marks an investment of $8.5 million and the E-mail [email protected] funding and permitting of the park involved a collaboration between to sign up. the City, the Puyallup Tribes, and the state. The park will feature trails, rain gardens, open grassy space, native plants, rehabilitated wetlands, Fife Roads Blog: CityofFife.org/PW a walking bridge, play structure, picnic shelters with BBQs, interpretive/ historical signage, and the most extensive Wapato Creek viewing area in the City. Since the 1950s, the land on which Brookville Gardens Park now sits was farmed by the Yotsuuye family, under the name “Brookville Gardens.” In 2011, the land was sold by the family to the City of Fife and work has been underway since to fund, design and build this amazing park in the heart of the community. Park Amenities • 14 Acres • Green space & rain gardnes • Agriculture-themed play equipment • Trails • Picnic shelters with BBQs • Parking • Restrooms Park & Rental Information: CityofFife.org/Parks.