FeedTacoma Goes Live!
Once upon a time, several bloggers got together and started talking about this little community of ours. One of the ideas that came out of that meeting has reached fruition and is now online. What is it? It’s FeedTacoma.com, a simple and straightforward site that consolidates Tacoma content in a single place. Or, more precisely, it’s a pointer to content on all of our sites. So, if you’re finding Exit133 particularly lackluster on any given day, you can always head to FeedTacoma and discover some other perspectives… there are others.
Link to FeedTacoma
6 comments
R RR Anderson March 22, 2011
The Mayor made a point in her state of the city address to make the city of destiny more appealing to JBLM folks. I believe this project is a step in that direction. Tim Smith is a true Tacoma Action Figure!
M Mirror Dog March 22, 2011
The “Embedded Energy Credit” is a good idea. There’s a tremendous amount of resources in older existing buildings by means of solid quality materials and already-applied-effort that we should be renovating instead of removing. Not to mention, if these sturdy old buildings are removed in a few years the school will invariably need more classroom space after all, and any replacement buildings will be overpriced-cheaply-constructed-lowest-bidder crap that won’t last more than a few decades at most.
J Joel Stillman March 22, 2011
Agree with the comments above… in addition, regardless if there’s a viable use for the buildings right now or not, these are OUR buildings (tax payers bought them) and just because the school isn’t using them at the moment doesn’t mean they can tear them down! How stupendously shortsighted! If they have a million dollars for demolition (though they’re kidding themselves if they think the job can be done for that little considering the lead and asbestos removal sure to be involved) they could put that million dollars toward keeping the buildings kept-up for the day they or us will use them again. Those buildings belong to the community which we’re letting the school use and we expect them to be maintained as well as respecting our local history.
A Andrew Mordhorst March 23, 2011
I agree with all the comments made. I have asked the question, if school funding is limited why not fix the schools that are in use? This would take a legal change or a state of emergancy by state officials to make capital impo[rovment moneys avalable for maintainence.Then this could be repayed to the coffers when the economy is better $1,000,000 dollars to fix not distroy.
G Gary Letzring March 24, 2011
Both buildings represent what little is left of the historic towns of Edison / Excelsior, Now known as South Tacoma. Once it’s own vibrant community with its own zoo, horse track, early golf course and rail yards. What would be left of our history if these are torn down?
The school district could easily do a boundary line adjustment to remove that portion of the property from the school site, they just don’t have any incentive.
Tens of thousands of Tacoma residents went through the halls of these buildings. SAVE OUR HISTORY!!!
S Sunflower Universal Collective founder, RR Anderso March 29, 2011
I would like to donate a strategic stockpile of sunflower seed deterrent to this endeavor. I Should have a special hybrid of Mongolian/Mammoth breed this fall.