Tacoma City Council is looking to fill two voluntary positions on the 10-member Tacoma Community Redevelopment Authority (TCRA) Board. Both positions require experience in the construction or development industries.

The TCRA Board, among other things, administers loans to a variety of clients including low-income Tacoma families that need help buying or repairing their homes, developers that provide multi-family housing to low-income families, businesses that create jobs or rehabilitate blighted commercial spaces, and non-profit organizations that provide housing assistance and economic development services to the Tacoma community.

TCRA Board members serve two-year terms. To the extent possible, the board shall be comprised of two members with experience as attorneys, two members with experience in banking or financing, two members with experience in the construction or development industry, two members with experience as certified public accountants, and two members with three or more years of experience as licensed real estate brokers or agents.

Applications must be submitted to the City Clerk’s Office by Feb. 14, 2014. Apply on at cityoftacoma.org/cbcapplication or contact Linnea Meredith at (253) 591-5178, City Clerk’s Office, Room 220, Tacoma Municipal Building, 747 Market St., Tacoma, WA 98402. More information about the TCRA Board is available online here or by contacting Jacinda Howard at (253) 591-5221.

To read the Tacoma Daily Index‘s complete and comprehensive coverage of the Tacoma Community Redevelopment Authority (TCRA) Board, click on the following links:

• City Hall News: Broadway Center fundraising, railroad sale and legislative updates (Tacoma Daily Index, January 10, 2014)
• 11 candidates seek 8 spots on Tacoma Community Redevelopment Authority Board (Tacoma Daily Index, January 2, 2014)
• Tacoma awarded $3.86M grant to assist neighborhoods with high foreclosure rates (Tacoma Daily Index, Aug. 28, 2012)
• Fire Safety Loan Program now available for Tacoma business, property owners (Tacoma Daily Index, July 20, 2011)
• Fund-raising continues for Valhalla Hall renovation (Tacoma Daily Index, March 11, 2010)
• Tacoma City Council will vote on Federal ARRA funding for affordable housing, detox center (Tacoma Daily Index, Aug. 14, 2009)
• State awards $12 million deductions for Tacoma projects (Tacoma Daily Index, Sept. 16, 2008)
• Draft HUD 2008-09 consolidated plan, post disaster plan focus of study session (Tacoma Daily Index, March 24, 2008)
• State awards $12 million in Commercial Revitalization Deductions (Tacoma Daily Index, Oct. 15, 2007)
• State rewards Tacoma development projects (Tacoma Daily Index, Dec. 23, 2005)
• City staff reject three proposals for Phoebe House (Tacoma Daily Index, Oct. 5, 2005)
• TV Tacoma wins seven national awards (Tacoma Daily Index, Sept. 28, 2005)
• City reviews draft plan for Affordable Housing funds (Tacoma Daily Index, Aug. 2, 2005)
• City moves to put Phoebe House back in operation (Tacoma Daily Index, June 7, 2005)
• Council to set priorities for housing, community development (Tacoma Daily Index, April 6, 2005)
• State awards two Tacoma projects federal tax credits (Tacoma Daily Index, June 23, 2004)
• TV Tacoma wins most awards at national competition (Tacoma Daily Index, Sept. 24, 2003)
• State awards five Tacoma development projects federal tax grants (Tacoma Daily Index, July 15, 2003)
• Hillside site of two new housing projects (Tacoma Daily Index, Oct. 8, 2002)
• City of Destiny Awards honor volunteers tonight (Tacoma Daily Index, May 14, 2002)