The Top 7 Businesses Yakima is Demanding in 2021 With very strong signs that the economy is improving, and vaccinations should be available to everyone by the time summer rolls around, you can be sure that there will be a surge of interest in what Washington State and the Yakima Valley have to offer to those who may have been displaced during the pandemic and are looking to relocate and refresh their lives. For example, as we're celebrating Women's History Month, out comes the news that Washington ranks as one of the top 10 states to be a woman. We surveyed listeners a short time back about what businesses they'd like to see come to Yakima in 2021. Suggestions were many, and it occurred to me that if locals were asking for these well-known and loved stores and restaurants to set up shop here, it stands to reason that those moving here may well feel the same way.