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Pacific Norhwest Stand-Down will welcome homeless veterans to the Peoples Community Center, 1602 Martin Luther King Way, Thursday, March 26, from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The event aims to connect the vets to the services they need to become safe and stable once again. Those include housing and employment referrals, medical and dental screenings, meals, clothing, haircuts, and someone to process Veterans' Administration claims.
Partners in the event include Goodwill Industries of Tacoma, MetroParks, Pierce County Veterans' Bureau, the Salvation Army, Employment Security, and the U.S. and Washington State Disabled Veterans Administration.
That's a good lineup of committed players. They ask that homeless or needy veterans, or their family members, step up for the help that's due them. No alcohol, drugs or weapons will be permitted at the Stand-Down.\
For information, call Pierce County Veterans Bureau at (253)798-7449.
It might not be the “Biggest Little City” sign that welcomes visitors to Reno, NV, but Lakewood might get a pair of its own gateways along a busy street.
City staff gave an update on the effort to build a pair of welcome signs along Bridgeport Way Southwest on Monday night.
One gateway would be located at the north end of Bridgeport near Wal-Mart; the other would be the busy intersection at Pacific Highway Southwest.
Lakewood, along with a dedicated group of 10 or so residents named Keep Lakewood Beautiful, has worked to make the enhanced Bridgeport entrances a reality the past several years.
But given the recent downturn in the economy, money for these projects is slim to none. The combined cost for both is around $500,000.
Assistant City Manager David Bugher said the north Bridgeport gateway would be built first because the project has at least some funding. The city collected $95,000 in fees when Wal-Mart on Bridgeport was built five years ago. (Pictured is one rendering courtesy of Edward Chaffee & Associates)
Lakewood has no money for the south Bridgeport gateway, although Bugher is recommending the city use any money leftover from its $6 million realignment of Pacific Highway to pay for it.
I’m working to get more details on what each gateway will look like for the print paper this week, as well as talk to people about what they think of sprucing up two of Lakewood’s entrances.
