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Vol. CXXIV, No. 12
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Puget Sound Regional Council seeks nominees for VISION 2040 Awards
Posted online Thurs., Jan. 15 The Puget Sound Regional Council is now accepting nominations for its annual VISION 2040 Awards program. The awards recognize businesses, local governments, and non-profit organizations who do creative work to achieve the region's growth, economic, and transportation strategy — otherwise known as VISION 2040 — such as transportation access and mobility improvements, efforts to enhance the natural environment, projects that bring jobs closer to where people live, efforts to focus high quality housing where the infrastructure needed to support it already exists, and improvements to the quality of life in the central Puget Sound region. Tacoma and Pierce County projects previously awarded VISION 2040 honors include the Pierce County Agriculture Program (2014); McCarver Special Housing Program (2013); Pierce Transit Tomorrow (2012); Northwest Ports Clean Air Strategy (2011); City of Tacoma Mobility Master Plan (2011); Orting Valley Farms (2010); City of Tacoma's D Street Overpass (2008); Pierce County's Housing Affordability Task Force – Final Report & Recommendations (2008); Pierce County Agriculture Strategic Plan (2007); Salishan HOPE VI Redevelopment Project (2006); Thea Foss Waterway Revitalization Project (2006); Port of Tacoma Road Grade Separation (2002); Upper Tacoma Design Guidelines (2002); Destination Downtown Tacoma (2001); Bridgeport Way Improvement Project (2000); Union Station Renovation (2000); Foothills Trail (1998); Tacoma Dome Area Plan (1997); and Pierce South Community & 72nd St. Transit Center – honorable mention (1996). Award nomination materials are available online at psrc.org or by contacting Michele Leslie at (206) 587-4819 or mleslie@psrc.org. Nominations will be accepted until March 27, 2015. The Puget Sound Regional Council aims to develop policies and coordinate decisions about regional growth and transportation planning in King, Pierce, Snohomish, and Kitsap counties. The organization is composed of over 80 county, city, port, transit, tribal, and state agencies serving the region. It coordinates the distribution of about $240 million in Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration funds each year. The Puget Sound Regional Council sets priorities and evaluates the most efficient ways to target those funds to support state and local transportation and growth management plans.
Tacoma Community College
E-book release party begins 50th Anniversary celebration Posted online Weds., Jan. 14 File Photos By Todd Matthews, Editor / Courtesy Tacoma Community College Tacoma Community College will begin to celebrate its 50th Anniversary with an e-book release party this month. The e-book, entitled The Open Door: A History of Tacoma Community College, was written by Tacoma Community College Alumnus Dale Coleman. It is a narrative history that shows how students, faculty, staff, and community leaders collaborated to create the college, which opened its doors on Sept. 13, 1965. Coleman is currently pursuing a Master's Degree in Library and Information Science at the University of Washington Information School. He is also a reference specialist in the Tacoma Community College Library. Coleman and his e-book project were featured in the Tacoma Daily Index last Tacoma Community College Library Reference Specialist Dale Coleman (pictured above) has written 'The Open Door: A History of Tacoma Community College,' which is a narrative history to mark the college's 50th anniversary. Coleman displays the picket signs used by former Tacoma Community College history professor Murray Morgan (pictured right) during a faculty strike in the 1970s.
year (see "History Maker: As TCC turns 50, one researcher will tell its story," Tacoma Daily Index, Sept. 18, 2014; and "Tacoma Daily Index Top Stories — September 2014," Tacoma Daily Index, Oct. 1, 2014). The e-book release party will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Thurs., Jan. 22, at Tacoma Community College, located at 6501 S. 19th St., Building 11 Senate Room, in Tacoma. Coleman will read excerpts from The Open Door: A History of Tacoma Community College, which will be available online at tcc50.org after Thurs., Jan. 22.