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Tue. May 8, 2007, 06:43am PDT
Photos ~ An evening with the office at a Rainiers game
SiteCrafting peeled our eyes off the screens and rested our coding fingers for the evening at a Tacoma Rainiers game. We headed out on this stunning Spring Monday about 4pm and started with a little tailgating. Brats were served up nice 'n hot courtesy Mark's tailgate and our little grill. Everyone enjoyed the sunshine, food and conversation before heading into Cheney Stadium for the ballgame.
The park looks really good and there was a satisfactory crowd considering it was a Monday night. The Rainiers went up against the Salt Lake City Bees. The game didn't go so hot for the home team (we lost 4 to 2) but, on the brighter side, it could've been a shutout were it not for some ninth inning efforts. The Fun Squad was out in force hucking t-shirts, Rhubarb was in his/her finest frightening low-budget mascot form, and our own Mike even got up to shake it on the visiting team's dugout for a lively chicken dance.
Thanks to boss Brian for getting us all out there. Not a bad way to start the week. My vote is for every Monday to be a tailgate Monday. Any other votes?
Tue. May 8, 2007, 10:51am PDT
Spanish Steps rehab funding on Council agenda
Tonight's City Council meeting has an item on the docket to help rehab the Spanish Steps near the old Elks Building. There's a grant for nearby $1 million allocated and they're slated to vote to give the go ahead to use it. Flipping to page 12 of the agenda for tonight's meeting you'll notice info for what these moneys will go toward:
"The rehabilitation includes streetlighting, hazardous sidewalk replacement, tactile curb ramps, curb bulb outs, pedestrian furnishings, wayfinding, interpretive displays, and landscaping."
Sounds like a pretty solid upgrade for the area. Too bad there's nothing allocated for a water slide or zip line down the hill. ;) I'm sure they need to take care of re-building the railing that car ran into but it sounds like the plans are inching toward this being a pocket urban park with those furnishings and displays. A quick glance on Google pointed me to a construction timeline from the City that shows planning taking place now, bidding out this summer, with construction underway in the Fall to be complete at the beginning of 2008.
Any upgrade is certain to help further this area and encourage the thoughtful development of the Elks.
Link to tonight's City Council agenda summary (see pg. 2 and 12)
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