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Chinese Reconciliation Park- Phase 2
- Status
- Funded in 2007
Tacoma will use this grant to build a Chinese picnic shelter and a bridge over a grotto, landscape, install signs, complete utility work, and continue to stabilize and restore the beach in the Chinese Garden and Reconciliation Park, a multi-phased waterfront development on Commencement Bay. The park is dedicated to the reconciliation of the 1885 expulsion of the Chinese from Tacoma. Located at the southeastern end of the 2.5-mile Ruston Way recreation area, the park will provide access to a 200-foot beach for water activities. Phase 2 will include support from private corporations, foundations, the city, and the Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation. The completed Chinese Garden and Reconciliation project is anticipated to attract visitors worldwide. Tacoma will contribute $419,092 in cash, a grant, and cash donations.
Location
From I-5 take 705 to Schuster Parkway. As reach Ruston Way take first left into parking area by railroad tracks. Follow road along the tracks to parking lot for Commencement Park. Project is along the shoreline beginning at Jack Hyde park to the salt marsh.
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Chinese Reconciliation Park- Phase 2
- Tacoma will use this grant to build a Chinese picnic shelter and a bridge over a grotto, landscape, install signs, complete utility work, and continue to stabilize and restore the beach in the Chinese Garden and Reconciliation Park, a multi-phased waterfront development on Commencement Bay. The park is dedicated to the reconciliation of the 1885 expulsion of the Chinese from Tacoma. Located at the southeastern end of the 2.5-mile Ruston Way recreation area, the park will provide access to a 200-foot beach for water activities. Phase 2 will include support from private corporations, foundations, the city, and the Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation. The completed Chinese Garden and Reconciliation project is anticipated to attract visitors worldwide. Tacoma will contribute $419,092 in cash, a grant, and cash donations.
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The Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program (WWRP) is a state grant program that creates and conserves local and state parks, wildlife habitat and working farms. The Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office administers WWRP grants, and the legislature funds the program.
