More than 100 people turned out for the opening celebration of the Mountain View Community Center Nov. 1.

Community center opens

By Meghan Erkkinen

More than 100 people turned out for the opening celebration of the Mountain View Community Center in Edgewood Nov. 1. The event attracted community members, public officials, members of Mountain View Lutheran Church and others, and featured a variety of speakers.

The community center includes a large open area, a kitchen and offices on the upper floor to be used for church and community events. On the lower floor is the expanded Edgewood Community Food Bank. The project cost more than $900,000 and was funded by church members and grants from charitable foundations.

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www.washingtonhistory.org.Through Dec. 7 – As little as 35 years ago, African American Tacomans were denied jobs, housing and more just because of the color of their skin. This new exhibit shows how local black leadership paralleled the works of the national civil rights movement to make Tacoma equal for all. Also catch a screening of the exhibit’s companion film “Tacoma Civil Rights Project: Remembering Our Past, Reshaping Our Destiny” and a panel discussion Sept. 7, 3-5 p.m. Washington State History Museum. Info: (888) 238-4373 or

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