District 4 Seats Available for Arts Commission and Conservation Futures (24. February 2010, 10:15 by Derek Young) ~ You seat at the table?

Is Tim Farrell your Pierce County Councilmember? Do you want to get more involved? If so, Pierce County District 4 is looking for a few new commissioners.

Pierce County Arts Commission

The Pierce County Arts Commission was formed in 1985 to serve as a volunteer advisory group to Pierce County government. The Commission is comprised of thirteen members appointed for their interest in, and support of, the arts. The District 4 seat is currently vacant.

Commissioners are appointed by the Executive and confirmed by the County Council for three-year terms. Each council district is represented by one commissioner and six commissioners serve at-large.

Meetings of the Arts Commission are held on the first Thursday of each month at 4:30 p.m.

Conservation Futures Citizen Advisory Board

Conservation Futures is a land preservation program for protection of threatened areas of open space, timber lands, wetland, habitat areas, agricultural and farm lands within the boundaries of Pierce County. Conservation Futures funds are used to acquire the land or the rights to future development of the land.

Interested? District 4 needs representation.

For more information, contact Whitney Rhodes at
wrhodes@co.pierce.wa.us