The Russell Family Foundation Board has chosen the Puyallup Watershed for a focused watershed-based investment. The goal is to create an extended partnership with organizations, governments and individuals working in the Puyallup Watershed to support leadership, foster citizen engagement and achieve measurable results improving the health of the watershed and its communities.
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The Urban Clean Water Technology Innovation Partnership Zone is a collaboration of business, research, education and local government leaders designed to accelerate development of a globally competitive, research-based urban clean water cluster in Tacoma-Pierce County. More...
UW Tacoma researchers Julie Masura and Jessica Maves recently presented information about microplastics in Canadian waters at the Clayoqout Field Station in the Tofino Botanical Gardens in British Columbia. More...
Under the headline 'Born to be Wild', the Center for Urban Waters was featured on the cover of the 'Green Issue' of Architectural Products magazine, October 2010. More...
| In March 2011, the Center for Urban Waters was one of twenty developments to be selected as finalists in the 2011 Urban Land Institute's (ULI) Awards for Excellence: The Americas competition, widely recognized as the land use industry’s most prestigious recognition program. Although the Center for Urban Waters was not chosen as one of the winners, the nomination itself was an honor. More... | The City of Tacoma’s stormwater management program received a 2011 Operations and Environmental Performance Award from the National Association of Clean Water Agencies for their work to improve the quality of stormwater discharged into the Thea Foss Waterway. More... |
| The City was honored by the Washington State Chapter of NAIOP (Commercial Real Estate Development Association) at the chapter’s annual awards program on November 5, 2010, when the Center for Urban Waters was honored as Public Project of the Year. More... |
