Historic Downtown Prosser
An acquaintance recently purchased a weekend destination experience at a benefit auction in the Seattle area. The destination? Prosser! The experience? A backyard barbecue on Friday night followed by a pre-arranged and chauffeured winery tour on Saturday. Accommodation, restaurant and activity suggestions were made, but arrangements were up to the couple. I received excellent feedbackRead More
Historic Downtown Prosser’s Parade of Ponies will transform our town into a location filled with artist-decorated fiberglass ponies. We’re looking forward to adding art in the community in this unique way. Our goal is to have 8-12 artistically painted ponies in permanent locations throughout the downtown core. We are currently seeking sponsors and artists toRead More
Are you looking to refresh your building façade? A fresh coat of paint can do so much! Did you know that the design committee within Historic Downtown Prosser Association has an Historic Paint Palette? Our goal as the Design committee is to encourage visual improvements through design that is compatible with historic features. The paint paletteRead More
Several local artists created whimsical additions to our downtown for you to find. There are a total of 12 different critters for you to seek within the downtown area and we’ve created a brochure with clues to help guide you on your hunt. You’ll be searching for mice, quail, squirrels, rabbits, frogs, goldfinches and evenRead More
A fantastic partnership has grown between Historic Downtown and the Prosser Farmers Market. We were able to spend a couple Saturdays in May handing out giant pumpkin seeds in preparation for Pumpkin Palooza in October. And we’ll be there regularly throughout the season! We are working together to offer a kids’ activity one Saturday eachRead More
Planter Plants for Attracting Beneficial Insects There’s a lot to consider when picking out plants for your container gardens. Most of us impulse shop, but if the plants aren’t mutually adapted to the same conditions (all for sunny spots, all for moist soil, etc), not all of them will fill out and thrive. Aesthetics isRead More
Looking for a one of a kind gift for that person who has everything? Show your love by adopting a beautiful planter or hanging flower basket in downtown Prosser. Each year HDPA brings stunning flowers to downtown in the planters and hanging baskets. You can be a part of this program. For your $100 donation HDPARead More
On Thursday April 12th we had guest speakers, Nicholas Vann and Michael Houser from the Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (DAHP), come and speak to Prosser property owners and community members about façade improvements. HDPA currently has a façade improvement grant program which offers financial assistance for downtown business and property owners to updateRead More
Come on downtown Saturday, April 21st from 9am-noon. Put on your outside chore clothes, grab those gloves, bring your broom and join us in sprucing up the downtown! We’ll be sweeping, pulling weeds, dusting off cobwebs, wiping down benches and garbages so that our downtown shines just in time for Earth Day and the springRead More
We have 2 special guests arriving to our town; Nicholas Vann and Michael Houser, from the Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation. On Thursday, April 12th from 9-11am they will share a public presentation in the Green Room, next to the Princess Theatre. The workshop will cover the basics of façade design, ways to improve façadesRead More
