During the June 22 and July 14 DuPont City Council meetings, the Tourism Board gave an update on its work, there was further debate over the proposed revision to the city’s sign code and a progress report on the War Memorial revealed that everything is on track. Realtors oppose sign code revision During the June [...]
The never-ending question on how to fund DuPont’s proposed skate park was a topic of discussion during both the July 27 and August 10 city council meetings. What seemed like another dead end for the skate park suddenly turned 180 degrees after city council revisited the issue and reversed their votes. At the heart of [...]
The DuPont Planning Agency will host an open house on September 13 to discuss future goals and use of the shorelines based on the Shoreline Management Act and draft DuPont Shoreline Inventory and Characterization Report. The open house will include a presentation by WA Department of Ecology staff regarding the update process, a presentation by [...]
The City of DuPont will host an information meeting regarding the U.S. Amateur on Wednesday, August 11th from 6:30-7:30 PM at DuPont City Hall. The Home Course in DuPont is the assisting course for the 110th U.S. Amateur Championship golf tournament. It will host the stroke-play qualifying rounds on Monday, August 23rd and Tuesday, August 24th. City [...]
UPDATE: During the August 10 DuPont City Council meeting, the agenda was amended and a re-vote took place over the skate park grant. The measure passed 6-0. More details on this story will appear in the September issue of the Home Town Clipper. ————————————————————————————————————————- During the July 27 DuPont City Council meeting, Public Works Director [...]
During the last DuPont City Council meeting in May and first meeting in June, many presentations from higher government were given, a new city attorney was announced and it was revealed that DuPont’s population has more than tripled over the past decade. Fire Chief pushing for Safer Grant At the May 25 meeting, DuPont Fire [...]
The City of DuPont will be holding a Town Hall meeting on Tuesday, August 3 at 7 p.m. to solicit citizen, business, and other stakeholder comments about the current sign code. The town hall meeting will be held at DuPont City Hall. City staff will be working with the Council, City Attorney, and the Planning [...]
It was a day of cultural exchange May 21 as citizens of the People’s Republic of China came to DuPont to visit with City leaders. Eight delegates from Qionghai City of Hainan Province, including the vice-mayor of the Qionghai Municipal Government, made the trip to the City to learn more DuPont and exchange ideas. The [...]
The DuPont City Council will have a worksession on Tuesday June 15 at 6PM in DuPont City Hall to hear reports on the status of historic preservation priorities and to take comments from the public about historic preservation issues. Among the sites being discussed are both the 1833 and the 1843 Fort Sites, the Methodist [...]
The DuPont City Council meeting on April 13 covered widespread concerns over the regulations and permits for signage, the challenges facing the city to keep the budget on track and status of DuPont’s relationship with Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM). Signs, signs everywhere there’s signs The city’s sign ordinance (Chapter 25.115) has been a hot topic [...]
