Tacoma Waters
Dean Burke is the Executive Director of the Tacoma South Sound Sports Commission with a mission to see Tacoma and Pierce County as a premier amateur sports market destination in the Western US.
A Tacoma resident, he is an avid outdoor sport enthusiast and active Stand-Up Paddle Board athlete all throughout the waters of the south Salish Sea (Puget Sound). A board member of Citizens for a Healthy Bay, he is also an advocate and champion for clean and healthy waters. On June 8th he hopes to make a 45 mile crossing of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, by paddle board, in the opening stage of the Race to Alaska.
Dean’s presentation will take a look at how Tacoma’s shoreline and overall relationship with the Salish Sea and Commencement Bay has changed over time. And what that change looks like through the lens of sport, both on and off the water as we look at the past, present and future of our great city.