15 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT
TACOMA
Bank of the West recently expanded into Tacoma to support businesses that have helped make the city a growing
center of enterprise, culture, and trade. Here are just a few details we learned about Tacoma that help make it such
a unique and vibrant place to do business.
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Tacoma was nicknamed “City of Destiny”
when it became the western terminus
for the Northern Pacific Railroad in 1873.
The Port of Tacoma is Washington’s
largest port and the nation’s 9th
busiest.
The Tacoma Narrows Bridge is
the fifth longest suspension
bridge in the world.
BUSINESS SNAPSHOT
Tacoma is a leading
producer in satellite imaging, auto-
An estimated 1 in 3 jobs
in Tacoma is tied to
international trade.
30% of businesses
in Tacoma are women-owned
firms (based on most recent
mated fingerprint & radio frequency
ID systems.
There are 15 neighborhood business districts in Tacoma.
Census data).
The 1st and 2nd largest
employers in Tacoma are Fort Lewis
There are over 1,400 farms in
Pierce County, where Tacoma is
located.
There are 2,773 restaurants within
15 miles of Tacoma.
Army Post and McChord Air Force
Base, respectively.
FUN FACTS
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IS THE LARGEST WOOD-DOMED
ARENA IN THE WORLD (1.6 MILLION BOARD FEET).
IRVINE ROBBINS, COFOUNDER OF
BASKIN ROBBINS
®
STARTED SELLING ICE CREAM IN TACOMA IN
1927 PRODUCED FROM SURPLUS MILK FROM
HIS FATHER’S COWS.
SINGER AND ACTOR
BING CROSBY
WAS A TACOMA NATIVE.
THE EXISTENCE OF
SECRET TUNNELS
UNDER TACOMA IS A LONG-STANDING
URBAN MYTH.
Visit Bank of the West’s new Tacoma business center at 1250 Pacific Avenue. (phone: 253-382-3843)
(https://www.bankofthewest.com/tacomaoffers)
Sources:
https://www.tacoma.uw.edu/about-uw-tacoma/random-tacoma-trivia
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/53/5370000.html
http://www.tacomachamber.org/node/63#overlay-context=node/64
http://nreionline.com/public-infrastructure/top-10-busiest-us-ports#slide-2-field_images-531171
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/TNBhistory/default.htm
http://www.city-data.com/us-cities/The-West/Tacoma-Economy.html
http://agr.wa.gov/AgInWa/docs/126-CropMap2015-ForCopier.pdf
http://www.tacomachamber.org/content/learn-more-about-tacoma-pierce-county
http://tacomameansbusiness.com/why-tacoma/downtown-neighborhoods
http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=7379
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