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Vol. CXXIV, No. 124
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Open house offers early peek at Lincoln Neighborhood Revitalization Project Posted online Fri., June 26 Article By Todd Matthews, Editor Image Courtesy City of Tacoma The City of Tacoma hosted an open house Thursday to discuss the $4 million Lincoln Neighborhood Revitalization Project, which aims to bring major improvements to a busy neighborhood centered at South 38th Street and South Yakima Avenue in Tacoma. "We want to hear from you so that we can successfully implement this beautiful project," City of Tacoma Assistant City Manager Mark Lauzier told neighborhood residents and business owners during the open house held at Jubilee Hamburger Restaurant. "This is really about seeking your input, hearing your ideas, and making this a successful project." Open house attendees viewed conceptual designs and learned more about the proposed project schedule, while a team of City staff solicited feedback from visitors. According to City staff, the streetscape design is 30 per cent complete, and expected to finalized by the end of this year. The project is tentatively scheduled to go out for bid in January 2016, and a contract is expected to be awarded in March 2016. Construction is tentatively scheduled to begin in May 2016 and wrap up in September 2016. "Our goals are safety, improve the infrastructure, and make it a place that people want to come to and meet for dinner, shop, and meet with other people," said City of Tacoma Project Manager Tom Rutherford. As part of the project, the City plans to commission an artist to create gateways to the neighborhood. A committee of local stakeholders is tentatively scheduled to select an artist in September. The artist will then conduct research and engage the community before developing a proposal by early next year. The artwork will be created and installed in line with the final construction schedule for the overall Lincoln Neighborhood Revitalization Project. "I think that's one of the ways to get a flavor for the community—through the gateways," added Rutherford. The City will host a larger open house on Thurs., Aug. 20, between 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., at Lincoln High School, located at 701 S. 37th St., in Tacoma. During that meeting, conceptual designs for the project are expected to be 60 per cent complete. In addition, City staff will join
A conceptual design for crosswalks in Tacoma's Lincoln International Business District. The City of Tacoma plans to spend $4 million to revitalize the neighborhood with streetscape improvements and public art. representatives from the Police Department and the Fire Department to discuss issues beyond neighborhood streetscape improvements, such as public safety initiatives. "When the City Council, back in 2014, said we need the revitalization of the Lincoln Business District to be a priority, in the budget that fall we put our money where our mouth was," said Tacoma City Councilmember Marty Campbell, whose council district includes the Lincoln International Business District. "The entire City Council is supportive of lifting up not only this district, not only this street, but the whole neighborhood. Yes, we are talking about the streetscape today down 38th and Yakima. But we also want to make sure that the neighborhood—many blocks in every direction—are also being looked at. That it's not just a simple, 'Look, we did something good down the main street and we feel good.' It's much bigger than that." The open house this week was the latest activity in a series of events so far this year that have focused on improvements to the neighborhood. In March, the City spent approximately $125,000 to replace 31 ornamental street lights (as well as 20 standard street lights) with similar-looking, eco-friendly light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs (see "LED street lights coming to Tacoma's Lincoln International Business District," Tacoma Daily Index, March 2, 2015). Similarly, a neighborhood group is working with Safe Streets to claim the salvaged, iconic street lights in the hope of eventually auctioning them off to raise money to help pay for a small-scale
neighborhood improvement project (see "Surplus Lincoln District street lamps could fund neighborhood improvement projects," Tacoma Daily Index, May 7, 2015). Last month, Tacoma City Council discussed the Lincoln District Revitalization Project during a study session at Tacoma City Hall (a slide show presentation from the meeting is available online at cityoftacoma. org; an audio recording of the meeting is available online at cityoftacoma.org). To read the Tacoma Daily Index's complete and comprehensive coverage of Tacoma's Lincoln International Business District, visit our Web site for the following articles: — Lincoln District Streetscape Project open house June 25 (Tacoma Daily Index, June 19, 2015) — Tacoma Daily Index Top Stories — May 2015 (Tacoma Daily Index, June 1, 2015) — Surplus Lincoln District street lamps could fund neighborhood improvement projects (Tacoma Daily Index, May 7, 2015) — Tacoma to donate iconic Lincoln District street lamps (Tacoma Daily Index, April 29, 2015) — LED street lights coming to Tacoma's Lincoln International Business District (Tacoma Daily Index, March 2, 2015) — New Alcohol Impact Area to be considered for Lincoln District (Tacoma Daily Index, Jan. 7, 2008) — Lincoln Business District hosting Tet celebration this Saturday (Tacoma Daily Index, Feb. 13, 2002)
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