An Architecture Student’s Lesson on Studying Abroad

Florence, Italy. It happens every year around this time. Students expend every last ounce of focus cramming for finals and finishing projects, with thoughts of summer hounding them from all directions, only to be greeted by friends and family with,…

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Projects Take Flight with SCJ’s Drone Program

Drone imagery of our Centralia College TransAlta Commons project Search and rescue missions. Window cleaning. Delivering life-saving medicine to remote areas. These are just some of the ways drones are being used today. Drones have come a long way since…

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Elevating Public Art in Airway Heights

Airway Heights 2015 Festival and Car Show A giant Radio Flyer™ wagon in a Spokane park. A 540-pound metal Triceratops in Wenatchee. A series of fourteen-foot-tall fish trap sculptures made of bronze and basalt at the Port of Kennewick. How…

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SCJ planning team helps small towns win big

Wash. Dept. of Commerce’s Benjamin Serr, Twisp Councilmember Mark Easton, Mayor Pro Tem Hans Smith, Mayor Soo Ing-Moody, SCJ Alliance’s Eric Johnston, Councilmember Alan Caswell and Wash. Dept. of Commerce’s David Anderson Boosting the local economy and getting people where…

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Lewis County Clears Path for Industrial Growth

Changes in the economy and the population of western Washington over the past 20 years have created an opportunity for Lewis County. The wealth of resources the county as to offer, especially to industries that find it hard to operate…

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Put a Lid on It! SCJ Rehabs Historic Sidewalk Tunnels

Adding to the unique charm of Port Townsend’s historic core are century-old tunnel areas under some of the sidewalks. The sidewalk lids were deteriorating and structurally unsound. Recognizing the potential impact of construction to downtown businesses, the city combined needed…

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