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Win for WSDOT

The Washington State DOT brought home the People’s Choice Award for a Tacoma-area project – and the $10,000 that goes along with it. The award, presented at the America’s Transportation Awards, recognizes WSDOT for its “Innovative Management” of the Operation I-5 Partnership Project. The Department worked with military, state, and local stakeholders to complete a project designed to improve the flow of traffic around JBLM. Congrats to WSDOT. Now what are they going to do with that $10,000…?

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Margaret Cho

Margaret Cho is known for speaking her mind, and making it funny, and that’s exactly what she’ll be doing next week at the Broadway Center in Tacoma. The world-famous comedienne is bringing her sense of humor along with her sense of justice to Tacoma, and you have the chance to meet her. Buy your tickets now for a pre-show “happy hour;” space is limited, and proceeds go to Support Marriage Equality in Washington State. Or just buy tickets for the show, and enjoy the laughs from your seat.

When: Friday, October 28
Where: The Broadway Center for the Performing Arts
More information: www.broadwaycenter.org

Native American Cultural Center

The old Commencement Bay Coffee space on South 25th and Jefferson Avenue, which has been sitting empty for several months now is getting a new tenant. The space is becoming a Native American cultural center run by the non-profit Native Quest. The center will feature resources including cultural events, an enormous library of Native American books, a cafe serving native food and drinks, and more. We still miss Commencement Bay Coffee, but this sounds like it could be a great resource, for the native community, and for anyone curious to learn more about the cultures of indigenous peoples. For more details see the Tacoma Weekly article on the new Native American cultural center.

Tacoma Non-profit to Bring Broadband to Vancouver

The Northwest Open Access Network (NOANet), a Tacoma-based non-profit, will be installing the network needed to bring broadband access to the community in Vancouver, Washington. NOANet recently received $160 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to support its mission of building underserved communities communities by increasing access to lower cost high-speed telecommunications.

Read more from The Oregonian

Two Tacoma Hospitals Do It Again

If you need medical attention in Pierce County, Tacoma is the place to be. That’s how we’re reading this year’s Consumer Choice Award. The award, based on a survey by the National Research Corporation, named MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital and Franciscan Health System’s St. Joseph Medical Center co-winners. Both hospitals have won the distinction at least a dozen times before, and it’s good to see them take the honor yet again.

What we really want to know, however, is between St. Joe’s and TG, which has the better red Jello to green Jello ratio? Oh, and where you’re more likely to get chocolate pudding than banana. Sometimes it’s the little things.

Check out the Business Examiner article on Tacoma General and St. Joseph.