FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 15, 2016
MEDIA CONTACTS
Gwen Schuler, Media and Communications,
gschuler@cityoftacoma.org, (253) 591-5152
Stacy Ellifritt, Media and
Communications, stacy.ellifritt@cityoftacoma.org, (253) 591-2005
Prairie Line Trail Historic
Interpretation Project Begins
Over the next year, the City of Tacoma
will create a historic interpretive plan for the City’s segments of the Prairie
Line Trail and install several interpretive features along the corridor. As
part of the ongoing Prairie Line Trail effort, the City was recently awarded a
$400,000 Washington State 2015-2017 Heritage Capital Projects Fund grant to
fund this project.
The project will draw on historic
resources and community input to develop an interpretive strategy recognizing
the significance and diverse history of the corridor. In addition, the effort
will include early implementation of that strategy through the design and
installation of five to seven interpretive features. The intent is to make the
corridor’s history accessible and engaging to a broad audience through
innovative interpretive strategies including public art, electronic media and
onsite signage or markers.
“We’re very excited to have the
opportunity to tell this important part of Tacoma’s history in a creative and
inclusive way,” said Historic Preservation Coordinator Lauren Hoogkamer.
As the project gets underway, the
community will be invited to give feedback through public meetings, and a call
for artists will be released to help interpret the historical themes. The City
will also convene a stakeholder group to provide guidance and input.
A Community Meeting will be held on
Thursday, July 21, from 5:30 – 7 p.m. at the Washington State History Museum
(1911 Pacific Ave.) during the Third Thursday Art Walk. The public is invited
to come meet the project team, share what the Prairie Line Trail means to them
and participate in discussions about the project.
For more information, visit
cityoftacoma.org/PLT, or contact Associate Planner Elliott Barnett at
Elliott.Barnett@cityoftacoma.org or (253) 591-5389.
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