Trivia Time What do:
– Bing Crosby, – Dyan Cannon, and – Almond Roca all have in common?
Trivia Time They were all “born” in Tacoma
Coffee Mug “Hall of Fame” • • • • • • •
Sitka Anchorage Fairbanks Kenai-Soldotna Juneau Kodiak Delta Junction
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Ketchikan Valdez Wasilla Girdwood Dutch Harbor Nome
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Barrow Seward Bethel Homer North Pole Petersburg Skagway
Photo from Chamber?
ASCC board visits to Tacoma
Photo from Chamber?
Partner Ports: Anchorage and Tacoma
We Miss the Bird House!
Tacoma: A Proud Past, A Promising Future
It all started with the railroad…
July 14, 1873
July 14, 1873 "We have located the terminus on Commencement Bay."
Ketchikan's 1917 Fourth of July parade The signs also say that Ketchikan - which boasted about 2,000 residents at that time - was shooting for a population of 10,000!
The Pipeline Years
Alaska Pipeline
The Oil Module Years
North to Alaska
ANWR
Trade Highlights • Top international trading partners based on dollar value:
1. China 2. Japan 3. Taiwan 4. South Korea 5. Thailand
Alaska Trade Highlights • Gateway to Alaska • Totem Ocean Trailer Express and Horizon Lines • $3.5 billion in twoway trade • Our third-largest trading partner
NorthWest Company is the parent company of AC
AC (Alaska Commercial) is
Alaska's largest rural retailer.
Cargo Diversity
1906 Ford Model N
1982 DeLorean DMC 12
Natural Gas Pipeline
Northern Sea Route
LeMay Car Museum A Place in Time Video clip 5 minutes