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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2014
Vol. CXXIII, No. 205
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Tacoma earns award for South Downtown development plan Posted online Tues., Oct. 21 Image Courtesy City of Tacoma The City of Tacoma has received top honors from two urban planning groups for its work to manage the future development of an area of downtown Tacoma. The Planning Association of Washington and the Washington Chapter of the American Planning Association have chosen the City of Tacoma to receive the top award for comprehensive planning among large cities and counties for its work to create the South
Work under way to improve Tacoma crosswalks
Downtown Subarea Plan & Environmental Impact Statement, which aims to address future development of an area south of downtown Tacoma that covers approximately 600 acres and includes the University of Washington Tacoma campus, Museum District, Foss Waterway, Brewery District, Hillside District, and Dome District. The annual awards program, now in its 28th year, aims to recognize public and private sector planning efforts, as well as student projects in university planning programs. The awards were announced on Fri., Oct. 17, during the annual American Planning Association Washington Planning Conference in Spokane, Wash. The Planning Association of Washington aims to serve the needs of planning commissioners, elected officials, tribes, special purpose districts, private sector firms, state agencies, students, and interested citizens by providing an inclusive forum for sharing problems and solutions, as well as developing land use planning
Posted online Tues., Oct. 21 File Photo By Todd Matthews, Editor City of Tacoma officials announced Tuesday work is under way to complete $2.5 million in pedestrian crossing improvements citywide. City of Tacoma Public Work Department staff completed 45 crosswalk stripings at 22 sites across Tacoma over the weekend. This work included sites where the existing crosswalk was faded, or where compliant ramps are currently in place and new striping could be added. The City of Tacoma is also working to complete curb ramp improvements at three to five sites that tentatively include South 12th Street and Union Avenue, South 39th Street and Yakima Avenue, and North 26th and Shirley streets. The goal is to get as much work completed before the scheduled winter break that starts on Weds., Nov. 26 and runs through February. Work will resume again on March 2, 2015 and continue into August. The sites were selected by the public during the "Talk the Walk" community outreach effort that took place earlier this year. The City of Ta-
coma plans to spend $2.5 million in one-time funds on these improvements, with $300,000 dispersed to each of the five council districts, and $1 million to downtown Tacoma. More information is available online at cityoftacoma.org/walk. To read the Tacoma Daily Index's complete and comprehensive coverage of the City of Tacoma's Pedestrian Crossing Improvement Project, visit our Web site for the following articles: — Public meetings scheduled to discuss $2.5M Tacoma crosswalk improvement project (Tacoma Daily Index, June 17, 2014) — 3 contractors vie for $2.5M Tacoma Pedestrian Crossings Improvement Project (Tacoma Daily Index, May 13, 2014) — City Hall seeks qualified contractors for $2.5M Pedestrian Crossings Improvement Project (Tacoma Daily Index, April 23, 2014) — **UPDATE** Tacoma Public Works: Crosswalk improvements ahead citywide (Tacoma Daily Index, March 4, 2014)
knowledge. The Washington Chapter of the American Planning Association is an organization of people with an interest in land use, housing, transportation, environmental, economic, and social planning. Members include citizen planners, planning commissioners, planning officials, and professional planners within the State of Washington and elsewhere.
In May, the City of Tacoma received the 2014 Governor’s Smart Communities Award for its work to create the South Downtown Subarea Plan & Environmental Impact Statement. More information about the South Downtown Subarea Plan & Environmental Impact Statement is available online at cityoftacoma.org.