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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2012
Vol. CXXIII, No. 234
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF TACOMA Devoted to the Courts, Real Estate, Finance, Industrial Activities, and Publication of Legal Notices
Published Since 1890
Pierce County picks deputy budget director Posted online Mon., Dec. 3 Tracy Guerin has been selected as the deputy director of the Pierce County Budget and Finance Department. Guerin currently serves as the chief of staff of the Department of Social and Health Services. She has also served GUERIN in senior leadership positions at the Departments of Corrections, the Department of Information Services and the Office of the Secretary of State. Guerin has completed the Executive Education program at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and the Strategic Leadership program at Duke University. She holds a bachelor's degree from the Evergreen State College. Guerin is currently the Chair of the Washington State Employees Credit Union Board and will pursue a leadership position on the Board's Investment Committee in 2013. Guerin will formally assume her new position on Feb. 1, 2013. She will report to Budget and Finance Director Gary Robinson.
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City Council to vote on $1.25M for Tacoma bike, pedestrian trail
Posted online Tues., Dec. 4 By Todd Matthews, Editor A plan to create a 13-mile bicycle and pedestrian trail linking Tacoma's South End to Tacoma's North End is expected to receive a financial boost later this month when Tacoma City Council votes on a resolution to accept a $1 million grant from the Washington State Department of Transportation, and spend an additional $250,000 in matching funds for the project. The trail would connect South 96th Street and Park Avenue to North 26th Street and Pearl Street. The city announced it received the award earlier this year. "This project is the top implementation priority identified in Tacoma's Mobility Master Plan, adopted by the City Council on June 15, 2010, and is Tacoma's blueprint for the creation of a system of bicycle and pedestrian improvements citywide which, at full build-out, will make biking and walking safer and more practical transportation options," wrote Tacoma transportation coordinator Diane Wiatr in documents supporting the resolution. Tacoma City Council is tentatively scheduled to vote on the resolution during its meeting on Tues., Dec. 18 at 5 p.m. in City Council Chambers on the first floor of the Tacoma Municipal Building, located at 747 Market Street. Council meetings are streamed live online at tvtacoma. com and broadcast live on TV Tacoma.
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Show your love for Love Tacoma Lane
Posted online Mon., Dec. 3 A grassroots group of local businesses, urban landscapers, and other Tacomans is working together to transform a 108 foot stretch of blighted and neglected roadway in downtown Tacoma into "Love Tacoma Lane." The project kicked off during the annual tree lighting ceremony on Nov. 24 outside Pantages Theater. Since then, volunteers have tied waterproof tags with personalized messages and art to fencing along "Love Tacoma Lane," which is located on St. Helens Avenue near South Sixth. On Saturday, volunteers delivered 10 Christmas trees from 253 Trees in Tollefson Plaza to the site. Everyone is invited to participate by picking up an "I LOVE _____" waterproof tag from a partner organization (Tacoma School of the Arts, The Mix, Corina Bakery, Embellish Salon, Market On Market, Smooth & Juicy, Amocat Cafe, Giraffe, B2 Gallery in the Ledger Square Building, and Tacoma Brewery), filling in the blank line on the tag, tying it to "Love Tacoma Lane," and sharing a photograph of your tag with friends. More information is available online at facebook.com/pages/Tacoma-Urban-Landscaping/227657897365673.