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MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015
Vol. CXXIV, No. 143
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF TACOMA Devoted to the Courts, Real Estate, Finance, Industrial Activities, and Publication of Legal Notices
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Rising Up
Book signing, reception at Tacoma Historical Society Museum Image Courtesy Tacoma Historical Society The Tacoma Historical Society will host a book signing and reception to celebrate the publication of Rising Up from Tacoma's Twenty-One Disasters & Defeats by Deb Freedman and Tacoma Historical Society staff. The book began as a community service project for the students of Seabury Middle School in 2012. Students selected the topics and completed the initial research, while a grant from the Puyallup Tribe of Indians helped to fund the book's publication. "In working with young people, we've learned that students are intrigued by disasters," said Freedman in a press release. "We felt it was important to introduce some difficult subjects from Tacoma's history. We've also included open-ended discussion questions for parents and teachers." The 50-page book can CONTINUED be purchased for $6.99 ON PAGE 2
Construction continues on Hilltop aquatics facility
Posted online Fri., July 24 Article and Photos By Todd Matthews, Editor Construction is well under way on a $7.6 million project that will create a new aquatics facility at the People's Community Center in Tacoma's Hilltop neighborhood. Metro Parks Tacoma and City of Tacoma officials on May 7 hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the project (see "Hilltop community breaks ground on $7.6M Tacoma aquatics facility," Tacoma Daily Index, May 8, 2015), which includes a swimming pool, three-lane lap pool, passive swim area and bench, indoor spray pad, current channel, vortex, and lily pad walk. In addition, visitors will also notice new restrooms and changing areas, two party rooms, and basketball hoops. The project is being paid for using approximately $5.34 million in City funds, approximately $1.74 million in Metro Parks Tacoma bonds, and a $485,000 grant from the Washington State Department of Commerce. The pool is scheduled to open to the public in fall 2016. The People's Community Center, which was built in 1978 and is located at 1602 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, is owned by the City of Tacoma and operated by Metro Parks Tacoma. The pool was closed in 2008 after an engineer's report cited structural concerns. A stakeholders group that included Metro Parks Tacoma, City of Tacoma, and community representatives
formed to advocate for re-opening the facility and secure funding for the project. To read the Tacoma Daily Index's complete and comprehensive coverage of the People's Community Center swimming pool and aquatics center, visit our Web site for the following articles: — Hilltop community breaks ground on $7.6M Tacoma aquatics facility (Tacoma Daily Index, May 8, 2015) — Groundbreaking ceremony May 7 for Hilltop aquatic facility (Tacoma Daily Index, April 14, 2015) — $6M aquatics facility approved for Hilltop community center (Tacoma Daily Index, April 2, 2015) — Tacoma Bid Watch: Hilltop swimming pool, transient camp clean ups, and South Tacoma Way revamp (Tacoma Daily Index, Feb. 12, 2015) — Tacoma Bid Watch: Foss Waterway Esplanade, ammo recycling, and People's Community Center swimming pool (Tacoma Daily Index, Jan. 13, 2015) — City, Metro Parks envision revamped Peoples Neighborhood Resource Center (Tacoma Daily Index, June 2, 2010)