Orchard owners Eliot and Tina Scull are feeling the squeeze of urban development around their nine-acre apple orchard at Fourth Street in East Wenatchee, Washington, and have decided to stop farming the orchard. But rather than sell the land, which would be worth several hundred thousand dollars as a housing site, they’ve offered to donate it to the Eastmont Metropolitan Park District so that it can be developed as a park to serve the area’s growing community. The Sculls envision open space, trees, picnic tables, a walking trail, and an area for Frisbee golf. “Since we’ve owned that orchard, we’ve […]