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1. 1. www.thenewstribune.com

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   Published on: 10/19/2007   Last Visited: 10/21/2007

   "Essentially, what we'll be able to create here is the largest maritime activities center on the West Coast," said Tom Cashman, executive director of the Foss Waterway Seaport.
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   The completed building will also contain space for conference rooms, Cashman said.

2. 2. www.findingthea.com

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   Published on: 5/10/2007   Last Visited: 5/10/2007

   Tom Cashman, Executive Director, Foss Waterway Seaport home of the Working Waterfront Maritime Museum. If you've seen Finding Thea and would like to send us your comments, click here.
   
   Filmmakers & Sponsor World Premiere, Washington State History Museum, September 2006 Donors, Foss family members, and other guests were treated to refreshments and live music by Hale Bill & The Bopps before the screening of Finding Thea at a special reception hosted by Foss Waterway Seaport home to Working Waterfront Maritime Museum. Local historian Michael Sullivan shared stories on the naming of the waterway and Foss Waterway Seaport's Director Tom Cashman presented roses to the two directors, Nancy and Lucy, before the discussion with the filmmakers, which included Cinematographer / Editor Don Sellers.

3. 3. www.wahmee.com

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   Published on: 4/3/2006   Last Visited: 3/26/2007

   "This has sort of evolved," said Tom Cashman, the museum's executive director, during a tour of the museum on Wednesday. "We started as just kind of a hobby center for very dedicated boat builders."
   
   The museum still has that small, quaint feeling: it occupies only one-third of the entire 45,000 square-foot building (the remaining space is leased to a boat storage company), and some of the site's physical structures -- specifically the wharf and esplanade -- resemble a tall ship battered at sea. Add a redevelopment focus on hotels and condominiums along the Thea Foss Waterway, and the future of the museum starts to look tenuous.
   
   Tom Cashman, Executive Director of the Foss Waterway Seaport, is leading a development project designed to transform the Working Waterfront Museum into the Pacific Northwest's premier maritime heritage education and recreation resource center.
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   "Redevelopment pressures along the waterway meant that that whole dream would be gone if we didn't make a decision to take control of our destiny," explained Cashman, who is also the Foss Waterway Seaport's (FWS) executive director (the FWS includes the Working Waterfront Museum).
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   But Cashman argued that Tacoma's history points to the maritime industry. "Not one of those entities has place to tell the story of Tacoma," he added. "Tacoma's history will be told here."
   
   To tell that history, FWS and FWDA agreed to a joint memorandum of understanding that outlines specific public- and private-funding benchmarks for the project -- estimated to cost $21.5 million.
   
   Cashman and FWDA are working toward an initial fundraising goal of $15.5 million ($11.4 million from the private sector, and $4.1 from the public sector) in three phases.
   
   The first phase aims to raise $4.1 million to repair and restore the wharf and esplanade, and $3.7 million to rehabilitate the building's shell, as well as sustain museum operations.
   
   The second phase aims to raise $7.7 million to rehabilitate and develop the dock building -- with a specific focus on exhibitry and tenant improvements, including a 27,000 square-foot museum space, 3,000 square-feet of classrooms for marine biology, a 3,000 square-foot boat shop ("The largest cultural preservation boat shop on Puget Sound," said Cashman), 1,800 square-foot seminar space, a 4,000 square-foot reception and meeting area (called the Port of Tacoma room), as well as a theater, cafe, restrooms and offices. Funds raised will also support operating expenses for five years.
   
   The third phase aims to raise funds for in-water improvements, including one concept that calls for a ferry service from the Tacoma waterfront to Des Moines ("From Des Moines, it's a six-minute bus ride to the airport," Cashman explained).
   
   On Tuesday, Cashman will announce the results of WFS's first phase of fundraising. Though he couldn't share the results quite yet, he was confident. "We have until the end of next year to come up with $4.1 million for the wharf and esplanade," he explained. "We're well on our way to doing that."
   
   Cashman added that Washington State Representative Adam Smith is presently lobbying for funds.
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   During a Port of Tacoma study session on June 9, Cashman, FWS Vice President Luke Curtis outlined some of the fundraising achievements to date, including $2 million from the state legislature, $250,000 in state historical grants, and $1 million in commitments from the FWS board.
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   Cashman showed me around the facility -- including a walk along a float to inspect the wharf and the building's underside. One section of the wharf was a concave snarl of broken planks and pilings. "The biggest factor is the cost involved in rebuilding the wharf," Cashman explained. "The wharf comes under twenty-five percent of the building, and the wharf is in bad shape. We don't think the building could survive as a potential redevelopment site if we had a significant seismic event. That's what makes this urgent. Once that is done and all the engineering and planning work is completed, we're totally confident the building will survive another 100 years."
   
   If Cashman's fundraising goals fall into place, repairs to the wharf would last six months, and improvements to the building could begin next summer. "I think we could be up and running in three years," he said.