Tacoma: A Top Walking City ! (?)
Prevention Magazine has published its list of the top 100 walking cities in the US. Surprise! Tacoma is number 19 above major cities like New York (26), San Francisco (35), Los Angeles (44), Seattle (23), Boston (27), Phoenix (34), Philadelphia (32), Chicago (78), Houston (43), San Antonio (47), Minneapolis (72), and Miami (80).
Portland, Oregon hit the chart at #1 and Boise, Idaho lands at #4. So Pacific Northwest honors definitely aren’t focusing on us quite yet. A few years ago we were the most stressed out city. Now we’re one of the best walking cities. Right. Sure we are. (Thank you J for the tip.)
Link to Prevention Magazine
5 comments
F fredo June 18, 2012
They could rent out the spaces currently occupied by Economic Development and Linda Bremer. Those folks aren’t providing any tangible benefit to the taxpayers.
R RR Anderson June 18, 2012
Are any of those spaces available through the Tacoma Art Space Works program? I would like to open an ‘apolitical’ (wink,wink) cartoon office in the city building.
E Erik B. June 18, 2012
Yes, of course, rent out all of the vacant office space the city has to help balance the budget as any private company could have done. This should have been done years ago.
…and sell of some of the unused, vacant and blighted City of Tacoma property that the city has hoarded from decades of discontinued projects.
These actions could significantly lower the budget gap and the layoffs and loss of service to citizens without raising taxes.
J jesse June 18, 2012
Do they run the risk of renting to organizations with political agenda? I wouldn’t want to put the fox in the hen house per se.
E Erik B. June 18, 2012
@Jesse: good point. The old library building that is being considered to be sold had a committee that reviewed the applicants.
Hopefully, willing renters and buyers can be found who will not turn the properties into more halfway houses.