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FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 2013
Vol. CXXIV, No. 154
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF TACOMA Devoted to the Courts, Real Estate, Finance, Industrial Activities, and Publication of Legal Notices
Published Since 1890
Chinese Reconciliation Park awarded $388K heritage grant Posted online Tues., Aug. 6 File Photo By Todd Matthews, Editor The City of Tacoma has been awarded a $388,000 grant from the Washington State Historical Society to help pay for the third phase of the Tacoma Chinese Reconciliation Park project. The money will help pay for park enhancements such as the installation of a perimeter fence with a Chinese motif, interpretive and wayfinding signage, lights for the parking lot, landscaping, and an irrigation system. The grant calls for the City of Tacoma to contribute $60,000 in matching funds, which is included in the current biennial budget, according to Tacoma City Manager T. C. Broadnax’s most recent weekly report to Tacoma City Council. The grant is part of the Washington State Historical Society‘s Heritage Capital Projects Fund program. The City of Tacoma must spend the money on the project by June 30, 2015. The Chinese Reconciliation Park, which overlooks Commencement Bay, opened two years ago. It aims to commemorate the events of Nov. 3, 1885, when a group that included a Tacoma city councilmember, judge, sheriff, and mayor forced more than 200 Chinese from their homes and businesses. The park’s development has been guided by the non-profit Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation. In 2005, more than 100 people gathered for a ceremony to mark the ground-breaking of the $12 million, fouracre park, which is located near Ruston Way and on land owned by the city and formerly occupied by the National Guard. Today, park visitors enjoy a garden, 800-foot-long sea wall, winding foot paths, bridge, public art, interpretive displays, and recreation areas. In October 2010, park organizers and members of city council and the general public marched 2.5 miles from downtown Tacoma to the waterfront park to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the expulsion.
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Tacoma Link Light Rail: A Photo History
File Photos By Tacoma Daily Index Sound Transit is celebrating the 10th anniversary of Tacoma Link light rail service with a contest for riders (see "Rider sweepstakes herald Tacoma Link 10-year anniversary," Tacoma Daily Index, 08/06/13). Service on the 1.6-mile light rail line from Tacoma Dome Station to the Theater District began Aug. 22, 2003. "We really are going back to the future," Tacoma Mayor Bill Baarsma told a crowd of 1,000 people gathered at Tacoma Dome Station during a celebration to unveil the $80.4 million project. Attendees enjoyed live music, fireworks, and refreshments, and received autographed commemorative posters before boarding trains for their first runs through the city. According to Sound Transit officials, more than nine million riders have used the service, which has become an integral part of downtown Tacoma's transportation system. In today's edition of the Tacoma Daily Index, we look back 10 years at some milestone moments and photographs in the history of Tacoma's Link light rail. CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: During summer 2002, three vehicles destined for Tacoma's Link light rail system left the Skoda manufacturing facility in the Czech Republic; in April 2002, workers prepared the Tacoma Link light rail substation before a giant crane hoisted it from a semi-trailer truck and positioned it in place; workers finalized the last weld connecting all the tracks for Tacoma's Link light rail in April 2003; Sound Transit displayed one of the Tacoma Link light rail cars in Seattle; U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Wash) joined Cliff Fournier, 86, of Tenino, Wash., the last living trolley operator from the Tacoma Railway and Power Co., as he rang the bell that officially launched Tacoma Link light rail in August 2003.