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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2013
Vol. CXXIV, No. 184
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$5.6M for Tacoma, Pierce County workforce development training
The Washington State Employment Security Department has distributed $45 million in federal funds to 12 local workforce development councils across Washington. Locally, the Tacoma-Pierce County Workforce Development Council was awarded $5.6 million, about $267,000 less than last year. The funding for fiscal-year July 2013 through June 2014 comes from the federal Department of Labor through the Workforce Investment Act. The workforce development councils use the funds to provide counseling, skill assessments, jobsearch assistance and training to laid-off workers, low-income adults and disadvantaged young people in their geographic areas. These services are delivered through local WorkSource centers and affiliate sites, along with employment services provided by
Employment Security and other partnering agencies. "WorkSource fosters a prosperous economy by helping Washington's businesses to fill their job openings with qualified workers," said Employment Security Commissioner Dale Peinecke. "These federal funds enable job seekers to get the help they need to enter or re-enter the workforce and to move up the career ladder throughout their working years." Workforce Investment Act funds are distributed to the local workforce development areas based on population, unemployment levels and the percentage of low-income people. The total appropriation is about $3.8 million less than last year. More information is available online at go2worksource.com.
Port of Tacoma container volumes show mixed results
Port of Tacoma officials have announced container and intermodal rail volumes continued to show gains year to date in August, up 19 per cent and 21 per cent respectively. Container volumes climbed to more than 1.2 million 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) on the year, with full containerized imports improving 29 per cent and exports 26 per cent. Intermodal rail lifts rose to 322,595 through August, echoing the strong year-to-date container volumes and the continued expansion of the domestic intermodal service.
Downtown Tacoma Park(ing) Day
Photo Courtesy City of Tacoma Downtown On the Go, the City of Tacoma, and Transportation Choices Coalition teamed up Friday to present the fifth annual Park(ing) Day, an event that temporarily transforms onstreet parking stalls into mini-parks in an effort to get people thinking about how downtown public spaces could be created to better enhance our lives. The public was invited to visit locations themselves or join a lunchtime tour of all the Park(ing) Day spaces. Most of the mini-parks were located in the downtown core along Pacific Avenue. Local businesses, design firms, and artists designed and built the spaces. Park(ing) Day is celebrated nationally and serves to draw feet to the streets, creating community and supporting local businesses while people enjoy creatively converted parking spaces. Park(ing) Day began in 2005 when
Despite the gain on the year, Tacoma's monthover-month container volumes fell 7 per cent compared to August 2012. Domestic volumes improved about 3 per cent on the month, but international volumes lagged. Peak shipping season—when retailers prepare for back-to-school and the holiday shopping season—typically ramps up in July, but Tacoma has yet to see the typical bump in import volumes. Growth in container volumes in the transPacific trade is expected to be flat through the rest of the year.
Rebar, an art and design studio, transformed a San Francisco parking stall into a park for two hours. It has now grown to more than 975 parks in 162 cities, 35 countries and six continents.
Tacoma school welcomes iPad Learning Lab donation Posted online Fri., Sept. 20 Photo Courtesy Jennie Reed Elementary School Jennie Reed Elementary School in Tacoma received a technological boost to its educational program thanks to a fund-raising campaign launched earlier this year. On Thursday morning, Jacksons Food Stores and Dairy Famers of Washington donated to the school 10 iPads and a mobile cart that can store, charge, and sync up to 30 iPads, thereby creating an iPad Learning Lab. The donation was part of the "Milk Builds Strong Schools" campaign, which set aside five per cent of Jacksons Food Stores milk sales in Washington State between March 13 and May 28. Jennie Reed Elementary School, which is located at 1802 South 36th Street, was randomly selected to receive the iPad Learning Lab, according to school officials. "This will allow students access to learning materials by bridging home and school technologies," said Jennie Reed Elementary School Principal Darrell Johnston. "Also, iPad educational apps will encourage our students and teachers to view learning tasks in new ways that are more authentic to real world applications of touch screen technologies." "In partnering with the Dairy Farmers of Washington, our goal was to create a campaign that would benefit at least one Washington school," said Jacksons Food Stores CEO John Jackson. "We are delighted to donate this iPad Learning Lab to Jennie Reed Elementary School." Jacksons Food Stores was founded in Idaho in 1975. The company has four locations in Tacoma.