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The City of Tacoma and its development partners celebrated the groundbreaking of the Center for Urban Waters April 15, 2009.
Water ceremony, concluding the Center for Urban Waters groundbreaking celebration.
From left, Mayor Bill Baarsma, Clare Petrich, Dr. Joel Baker, David Dicks, Jim Waldo and
U.S. Congressman Norm Dicks.
More photos from the groundbreaking celebration are shown in the
event gallery.
Participants included:
- City of Tacoma Mayor Bill Baarsma
- City of Tacoma Councilmember Connie Ladenburg, master of ceremonies
- U.S. Congressman Norm Dicks
- David Dicks, Executive Director of the Puget Sound Partnership
- Dr. Joel E. Baker, Port of Tacoma Chair in Environmental Science and Professor, University of Washington Tacoma
- Jim Waldo, Chair of the Urban Waters Board of Directors
- Clare Petrich, Eastside Foss Business Owner and Port of Tacoma Commissioner
News Release announcing the event
Tacoma celebrates groundbreaking of Center for Urban Waters April 15
The vision of an environmental science research center in Tacoma will take a giant step toward reality when the groundbreaking of the Center for Urban Waters is celebrated Wednesday, April 15, at 10 a.m. The public event will be held on the street adjacent to the building site at 326 E. D St., on the east side of the Thea Foss Waterway. Read more