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Firecracker Alley: It s about more than fireworks By
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Every year on Puyallup land, near the Port of Tacoma, tribal members gather to sell fireworks. Itâs an event that draws tribal members together to socialize and make some money. But itâs an annual tradition that may not be around forever.
The delta of the Puyallup River is a place of industry. Itâs home to freight companies, a proposed liquified-natural gas plant, and the Port of Tacoma.
The original Emerald Queen Casino, an old riverboat, is docked down there on Puyallup land. In its abandoned parking lot are rows and rows of brightly colored plywood fireworks stands, with RVs and food trucks nearby.
Allison Needles: New fire station near LNG plant on Tacoma Tideflats could sit empty when completed in 2021
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 12/17/2020 Allison Needles, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Dec. 17 Construction of a new fire station on Tacoma s Tideflats near Puget Sound Energy s liquefied natural gas facility is slated to be completed in early 2021.
There might be no fire engine to fill it.
Tacoma City Council passed an overall $3.7 billion 2021-22 budget in November that takes one engine out of commission due to a change in operations by the Fire Department to offset a deficit stemming from COVID-19 impacts.
Tacoma Fire Department identified Engine 5 to be taken out of service starting April 2021. Engine 5 serves Central Tacoma and the Tideflats and is currently housed in Station 6 at 1015 E. F St.