UWT Class of 2010

I'm glad to see freshmen at UWT. Having a 4-year school in downtown Tacoma can only mean good things for the long run. I have been an advocate for a long time of basing downtown success on 4 pillars: business, housing, tourism, and education. By working to increase all four in downtown Tacoma, the reasons for coming downtown are diversified, and therefore downtown as a whole is vulnerable if one of the pillars should fall on some hard years.

I was honored last summer to be part of UWT's Curriculum Development Committee that helped put together recommendations for how to structure the first few years of under-class education at UWT. It was a great time and I learned a lot about the inner-workings of the school.

So here's hoping it all works out for the Class of 2010! And welcome to downtown. It'll be your home for the next 4 years.