{"id":1292,"date":"2018-02-15T01:38:39","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T01:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mconstruction.wpengine.com\/?p=1292"},"modified":"2018-02-23T22:21:31","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T22:21:31","slug":"how-point-ruston-went-from-one-of-the-most-polluted-places-in-america-to-tacomas-back-yard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcconstruction.com\/?p=1292","title":{"rendered":"How Point Ruston went from one of the most polluted places in America to \u2018Tacoma\u2019s back yard\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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TACOMA, Wash. \u2013 One of the Northwest\u2019s crown jewels sits atop what was once one of the more polluted sites in the United States.<\/h2>\n<\/div>
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Point Ruston is a waterfront village within a larger community that is drawing people from throughout Pierce Couny. The site was a copper smelter dating back to the turn of the 20th Century.<\/p>\n

Loren Cohen, the site\u2019s developer, said he grew up playing the Sim City video games.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHere you have this opportunity with a true blank slate,\u201d Cohen said. \u201cIt\u2019s 100 acres with a mile of waterfront.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just like Sim City. We\u2019re getting to really live our dream down here.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>

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