Kelly Kearsley has this interview in the Tacoma News Tribune. The photo is by Janet Jensen:
After 10 years as the executive director of the Foss Waterway Development Authority, Don Meyer is resigning and taking on new challenges. He recently was elected to the Port of Tacoma Commission.
The News Tribune sat down with Meyer to discuss his time with the FWDA, his accomplishments and his plans as a port commissioner.
How has the Foss Waterway changed since you joined the FWDA?
When I became executive director, I remember walking along the shoreline where the Museum of Glass is today. If you weren’t a drug user or transient looking for a place to sleep, you weren’t down here. So from that context, I’m still smiling walking down the esplanade thinking about what has happened in 10 years. If I said anything it would be in the basis of being a part of a once-in-the-lifetime opportunity of figuring out how a marginalized downtown is reinventing itself and how the waterfront is key component of that.
