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Loving the Sun

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Numbers

"Numbers have life, they are not just symbols on paper"

Sunnyside Population

Population

Sunnyside/Greater Sunnyside

16,800 population in Sunnyside
36,000 within 10 miles

Sunnyside Demographics

Demographics

Hispanic Economic Cluster

87% Hispanic or Latino
92% Hispanic in Sunnyside Schools

Sunnyside Language

Language

Bi-Lingual Workforce

74% speak language
other than English at home
64% of those speak English
with native fluency

Events

"Life is a collage of Events"

July-August

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History

"Weep not for the past, fear not for the future"

  • Ben Snipes portrait

    1856

    Ben Snipes grazes his cattle in Yakima Valley.

    Ben Snipes was the first European to cash in on the nutritious bunch grasses that use to cover the Yakima Valley. Snipes centered his cattle empire near Sunnyside where he grazed his massive herds and drove them north to feed hungry gold miners working in British Columbia.

  • Sunnyside Canal headgate

    1893

    Sunnyside Canal reaches Sunnyside.

    Water engineer Walter Granger formulated plans for the town as early as 1889. His dreams came to life in 1893 when Granger's Sunnyside Canal brought precious water to the arid lands.

  • New town construction

    1902

    Town of Sunnyside incorporated.

    In less than 10 years, Sunnyside's population had exploded to 314 residents, fourteen more than was required to legally incorporate in Washington State. Town druggist, James Henderson, becomes the city's first mayor.

  • Steamroller circa 1917

    1917

    Downtown streets get Paved.

    Irrigation raised water tables to the point where Sunnyside's dirt streets had become impassable rivers of mud. Mayor William Bright "Billy" Cloud made good on election promises to pave the streets of Sunnyside's central business district.

  • William Bridgman tending his vines

    1947

    William Bridgman starts Upland Winery.

    Canadian immigrant W.B. Bridgman plants the first European wine grapes near Sunnyside in 1917. Following the repeal of Prohibition, Bridgman opened Upland Winery on Snipes Mountain, now considered the birth place of Washington Wine.

  • Industrial waste water infrastructure

    1964

    Port of Sunnyside formed.

    The Port of Sunnyside becomes Yakima County's first public port district. Their goal is to leverage the area's inexpensive power and abundant land by building the necessary industrial infrastructure that frequently requires greater investment than private industry can undertake by themselves.

  • El
    Futura
    Comienza
    Ahora

    Destination for New Americans

    Another generation of immigrants is working to revivify the city with the dreams, aspirations, and energy necessary to meet the challenges of a changing world.

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"Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord."