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WALLA WALLA—The Downtown Walla Walla Foundation (DWWF) is eliminating its business memberships beginning in 2021. These memberships, which historically have cost downtown businesses $195 and whose proceeds contribute approximately 1/16th of the Foundation’s annual budget, will be replaced with a Friends of Downtown Walla Walla fundraising model instead.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, the DWWF has eliminated paywalls for area businesses to have a listing on their site.

“The Downtown Walla Walla Foundation has considered it our purpose, pleasure, and honor to support downtown businesses, b...