Valu-Mart Store Lincoln Land Co., builder H.S. Wright, contr. -"a new cooperative discount department store". Membership open to organized labor, government employees and the armed forces -opened 04/01/1960, closed 03/17/1973, when Valu-Mart relocated to S 38th & Pine St.
TNT 10/05/1959 p.2 Big store permit OKd
TNT 03/31/1960 B8 Valu-Mart to open in South End Tacoma Labor Advocate 08/26/1960 p.8 (ad,il)
TNT 09/17/1962 p. 29-32 (full page ads) (sketch)
TNT 04/28/1963 B11 (addition)
TNT 06/16/1963 B8 (addition)
TNT 10/08/1963 p. 33-36 Storewide expansion sale (sketch)
TNT 11/08/1964 B9 (permit taken for sign)
TNT 7/18/1965 p.B9 (permit taken for car wash bldg.)
TNT 04/05/1973 Tacoma Valu-Mart celebrates City Directory (1961-1973) ----- Corcoran's Dept. Store Bob Corcoran, operator City Directory (1975) ----- County Shop, Equipment Storage City Directory (1976) ----- Pierce County Annex Bldg. -opened in 1976
TNT 1/27/1976 p.B13 Moving day for county workers (il)
TNT 12/02/1987 Workers ills traced to air system
TNT 12/18/2000 B1 Mold making county workers sick?
TNT 01/03/2001 B1 Air quality in county annex tied to mold
TNT 06/12/2001 B1 Water, fire, falling dust plague Pierce County Annex workers (interior il)
TNT 07/05/2001 A1 Pierce County's historic documents moved for safety
TNT 10/02/2001 B1 Health ills remain at annex
TNT 02/19/2006 A1 Swanky shed for smokers draws criticism (il)