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Cushman Substation: Special City Council committee meeting – April 17, 2017 at 4:30pm

The Tacoma City Council’s Infrastructure, Planning, and Sustainability Committee has scheduled a Special Meeting to discuss the nomination of the Cushman Substation to the city’s Register of Historic Places on Monday, April 17, 2017 at 4:30 p.m. Monday, April 17, 2017 4:30 p.m. Tacoma Municipal Building North Conference Room 16 733 Market Street, Tacoma, WA The NENC submitted a letter… Read more →

UPDATE: Discussion on Cushman Substation historic register nomination postponed

The Friends of Tacoma’s Cushman Substation were notified today that consideration of whether the nomination to place the Cushman Substation on the Tacoma Register of Historic Places be forwarded to the full City Council for approval has been postponed. The City of Tacoma Infrastructure, Planning & Sustainability Committee was set to discuss the item at their April 12, 2017 Meeting, but it… Read more →

April 2017 NENC Meeting Recap

Hello Neighbors! We had a good but very long monthly meeting Monday night. Lots to discuss. Some of the topics centered around the upcoming Opioid Summit, Innovative Grant applications for signage and place making. And another street tree planting event in November. We voted to approve sending three letters. Support of the full Cushman nomination as it goes before the… Read more →