This place will be a point of pride for the whole community.

Just as important as the music itself are to create community pride, encourage and support the arts in Fulton County and promote tourism.

Yes, the numbers have dropped here, but we still have a very serious problem that I don't want to forget about.

This is about pride. This is about pride in your community, which is something we don't do a lot of in Yakima.

I take pride in what we did for the community with our requests. We always wish we could do more, but any recognition is progress. My main hope is that whatever we accomplished with the park won't distract from the principles behind it. A park is just a place. We need to keep Dr. King's dream alive by continuing to recognize the diversity of the people who live in this area.

We immediately felt the warmth and pride of this community. [I] felt even stronger that if I was given the opportunity by Dr. Geoffroy that it'd be one I felt was the right place and the right time.