On  the Waterfront 

Community Strength Making a Difference

April 2014

NEW and Renewing Members --
Thank You!
  
Corporate Level
  
NW Yachtnet
 
Family Level
 
Dawn Lucien

Amber Stream and Lorraine Wilson

John and Karen Trueman
  
Next TWA Meeting
Wed., April 9
11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. 
  
Speaker
Dr. Richard Hobbs
 
Topic
History of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge 
 
  Tacoma Youth Marine Center

Don't Forget To Order Lunch 
  

Boxed lunches ($11) are available for TWA meetings.  You can chose from a variety of sandwiches or

salads, and each includes a cookie, chips and bottle of water.

 

Lunches are provided by The Neighborhood Bistro, a Goodwill company.

 

Order forms are included in the
monthly meeting reminder.

 

 

 

Thank You to ALL of our Corporate and Higher Level Members!
  
 
Enterprising Level
  
  
Columbia Bank Logo 

 

  Marine View Ventures Logo

PT Ruston

  
  
Executive Level  
  
Belina Interiors

dock st marina
  
 

 

 

 

 

  

  
Corporate Level   
  

Bannon, Carlson & Kessel, Inc.

 

Broadway Center for the Performing Arts

 

Brown & Brown Insurance

 

Courtyard Marriot Tacoma Downtown

 

Evergreen Home Loans

 

Foss Harbor Marina

 

Foss Waterway Development Authority

 

Global Marine Insurance

 

Globe Machine Manufacturing

 

Hotel Murano

 

Johnson, Stone & Pagano

 

Marine Floats 

 

National Pipe & Piling

 

NW Yachtnet

 

Point Defiance Marina

 

Rock the Dock

 

Selden's Home Furnishings

 

Tacoma Art Museum

 

Tacoma Design Collaborative

 

Tacoma Yacht Club

 

University of Washington Tacoma/Urban Waters

 

Washington State Historical Society 

  

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

 President

Gregg Reynolds

 

 Vice President

John Trueman

 

Treasurer

 Mike Jameson

 

Secretary
Roger Williams 

 

 Past President

Roger Williams

 

Dean Burke

Joseph Govednik

Scott Knox

 Don Meyer

Tom Rogers

Stan Selden

Ian Wilkinson

 

Advisory Council

Darrel Bowman
Logan Brown

Loren Cohen
Su Dowie
Tom Drohan

Shari Hart

Mandy Lane

Dawn Lucien

Scott Mason

Craig Perry 

Dick Ramsey

Marv Sandberg

Pete Sponek

Mike Wark

CONTACT US

 

PO Box 7931 
Tacoma, WA 98417

 

(253) 777.3301

 

Jayna Marshall 

 

Seaport Re-Opens in May
  

 

 
photo credit: Kevin Scott, Olson Kundig Architects
 

 The Foss Waterway Seaport reopens in May after extensive renovations.

 

Work began in mid-February on the restoration and rebuilding of the west, south, and east walls of the Seaport's Balfour Building. Thanks to a combination of a Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation grant of $750,000 and private donations raised by the Seaport, $1.4 million of work is now underway. 

 

Care has been taken by the architects, Olson Kundig Architects, to ensure that the exterior walls will look very much as they did when the building was first constructed.  The Foss Waterway Seaport is proud to be working with Jones and Roberts Company who constructed the dramatic glass wall on the north end of the building. 

 

For more information about the project, visit www.fosswaterwayseaport.org. 

   

submitted by Wes Wenhardt

 
Reserve Your Seat for the Port of Tacoma Annual Breakfast April 9
  

 

   

submitted by Carola Filmer

  Fundraiser a Great Success 

 

 

 

 
Thanks to all of you we raised $32,450!

 

Tacoma Community Boat Buillders provides positive adult guidance and mentorship to at-risk youth through the hands-on experience of building wooden boats in partnership with Remann Hall Juvenile Detention Center. 

 

 submitted by Paul Birkey
  Environmental Initiatives on CityLine

 

Jason Jordan, the environmental programs director for the Port of Tacoma, was recently

interviewed on TV Tacoma's CityLine to discuss how the port's environmental initiatives help support economic development and job creation.

 

 

Some of the port's work includes:

 

  • Managing stormwater runoff to protect waterways
  • Reducing air emissions through the Northwest Ports Clean Air Strategy
  • Cleaning up contaminated properties and returning them to productive use
  • Creating habitate and providing public access

 

Watch the interview here.

 

 

 

  

submitted by the Carola Filmer

  
Our Voices, Our Waterfront
  
TWA members and others are talking to writer
Sharon Babcock about enduring inspirations,
life lessons, and perspectives from their experiences
on the working waterfront.
 
This month is the 10th installment in the series:
Candy Nigretto, the executive director of the
Tacoma Propeller Club.  



 

 

"I feel our future is in good hands," says Candy Nigretto as she reflects on the young people she meets through her work as executive director of Tacoma Propeller Club, a 250-plus-member organization composed of a comprehensive representation of the marine industry core companies in the greater Puget Sound area.  "I love asking them after they go up onto a crane at the port, 'If you could choose any maritime career, what do you think it would it be?' It gets them thinking."

 

Read entire article

  
  
submitted by Sharon Babcock
  Free Bus Tours of the Port

 

Get a behind-the-scenes look at some of the 43,000 local jobs 

related to the Port of Tacoma on a free guided bus tour. 

 

April 22 at 10 a.m. (Earth Day Theme)

May 15 at 1 p.m.

June 20 at 10 a.m.

July 23 at 10 a.m. (habitat- and public access-themed tour)

Aug. 19 at 10 a.m. (habitat- and public-access themed tour)

Oct. 24 at 1 p.m.

Nov. 21 at 1 p.m.

 

Each tour lasts 75 minutes and leaves from the Fabulich Center in Tacoma.  Space is limited and reservations are required.  Reserve your seat by calling 253.383.9463 or email [email protected].

 

 

submitted by Carola Filmer

  Seaplane Float Back 
for Season

 

  
The seaplane float is back on the water and ready for business after spending the winter in storage.  
 
Located near the entrance to the Foss Waterway, the seaplane float is only a few minutes from the Rock the Dock pub and the Foss Waterway Seaport (to be reopened in the summer of 2014) and a short cab ride to the other museums located at the south end of the waterway.
  
 submitted by Stan Selden