The City of Tacoma was awarded a Washington State 2015-2017 Heritage Capital Projects Fund grant for the Prairie Line Trail Historic Interpretation Project. The overall Prairie Line Trail project converts one mile of the historic Prairie Line railroad corridor, through downtown Tacoma, into a signature public space integrating a multi-use trail, historic/cultural interpretation, public art, multimedia, and green features. This project will develop an historic interpretation plan for the City’s segments of the Prairie Line Trail corridor, as well as design and implement projects identified and informed by that interpretation plan. The project area lies within the Union Station Conservation District and Union Depot/Warehouse Historic District, the Brewery District, and the Tacoma waterfront.

The Project Team includes City of Tacoma staff from Planning & Development Services and the Historic Preservation Office and the interpretive strategy and historic preservation consultants, Artifacts Consulting, Inc.