Washington CEO Inc. Bill Wheeler , president of Dowty Aerospace Yakima, is well aware of the underlying reason for the low turnover of engineers and machinists at his factory. It's the quality of life advantage of the Yakima Valley. We're fortunate to be located where the air and water is clean, the view is great and we're close to Boeing. Jack Mitchell, a fly-fishing guide in the scenic Yakima River Canyon, says some of his clients have decided to move their businesses and families to the area after fishing the river. Indeed, the past five years have seen an explosion of development in Yakima County.
Housing is affordable.
There are superior medical facilities. And its educational facilities include Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Perry Technical Institute and Yakima Valley Community College. There's an average of 300 days of sunshine and eight inches of precipitation a year. The Yakima Bears, a farm team for the Los Angeles Dodgers, play baseball at Yakima County Stadium on warm summer nights. Cross-country skiers glide across frozen fields in the winter.