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MONDAY, JULY 7, 2014
Vol. CXXIII, No. 129
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TCC President Transue to retire this year Posted online Tues., July 1 Photo Courtesy Tacoma Community College After serving as Tacoma Community College's President and CEO for 17 years, Dr. Pamela Transue (pictured) announced Tuesday she will retire at the end of this year. "Under Pamela's leadership, Tacoma Community College transformed into a nationally recognized community college," said Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees Chair Chad Wright. "This was made possible because of her exceptional vision and her capability to work well with the trustees, faculty and staff through good times and some of the most difficult times in the history of the community college system. Her imprint will forever be a part of this college. I wish her all the best in her retirement." Before arriving at Tacoma Community College, Transue served as Executive Dean at Portland Community College, and as Special Assistant to the President at the University of Washington. She earned a bachelor's degree at the University of Washington, and a master's degree and a Ph.D at Ohio State University. She also attended the Institute of Educational Management at Harvard. Transue served on a number of local boards during her tenure at Tacoma Community College, including Tacoma Goodwill Industries, Tacoma Pierce County Chamber of Commerce, United Way of Pierce County, the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, the Pierce County Regence/Blue Shield Advisory Board, and Rotary 8. She earned the 2010 CEO of the Year Award for the Pacific Region from the National Association of Community College Trustees, and the 2010 CEO of the Year Award from the State of Washington Trustees Association. Tacoma Community College's Board of Trustees will immediately begin its search for a new president. More information is available online at tacomacc.edu.
Tacoma Municipal Barn
New roof, landmark designation approved Posted online Weds., July 2 Article By Todd Matthews, Editor Photos Courtesy City of Tacoma / Caroline T. Swope Tacoma City Hall is directing money and attention toward the historic municipal barn building downtown. Tacoma City Council has approved a project to replace the roof on the 104-year-old structure, which is listed on the Washington State Heritage Barn Register. According to a legal notice published earlier this year in the Tacoma Daily Index, the City of Tacoma planned to hire a contractor to install a new roof, overhangs, and gutters for the sprawling, City-owned building that occupies a full city block near the corner of South Holgate Street and South 24th Street. The bid process began on Tues., May 13. Three contractors submitted bids before the deadline expired on June 3. A $516,000 contract was awarded to Lakewood, Wash.-based Stetz Construction on Tuesday. Also on Tuesday, Tacoma City Council formally added the building to Tacoma's Register of Historic Places. The former Tacoma Municipal Barn was built in 1910 at a cost of approximately $30,000, according to the nomination prepared by Caroline T. Swope, a preservation consultant at Kingstree Studios, on behalf of Historic Tacoma. "The Municipal Barn embodies the transitional period between horse-dominated transportation and automobiles, and is a rare example of a Craftsman style concrete building," wrote Swope in
the nomination. Tacoma's Landmarks Preservation Commission initially reviewed the nomination in March, and held a public hearing on the nomination in April. City of Tacoma Historic Preservation Officer Reuben McKnight told councilmembers his office and the landmarks commission are aware of the new roof planned for the historic building. "That project actually did start prior to this nomination process," said McKnight on Tuesday. "It will look essentially like it is now, except for better, in some regards, it will be in better condition." To read the Tacoma Daily Index's complete and comprehensive coverage of the Tacoma Municipal Barn, visit our Web site for the following articles: — Tacoma Municipal Barn: Roof replacement, landmark designation decisions ahead (Tacoma Daily Index, June 27, 2014) — Tacoma Municipal Barn could soon be added to historic register (Tacoma Daily Index, June 20, 2014) — 3 contractors bid on Tacoma Municipal Barn roof replacement project (Tacoma Daily Index, June 5, 2014) — New roof planned for century-old Tacoma Municipal Barn (Tacoma Daily Index, May 15, 2014) — Public hearing scheduled for Shops and Stables Building historic nomination (Tacoma Daily Index, April 18, 2014) — Shops and Stables Building nominated to Tacoma's historic register (Tacoma Daily Index, March 21, 2014)