Notes from Newcastle: Celebrate 20 years of community
August 29, 2014
In honor of Newcastle’s 20th anniversary, we asked Councilman John Dulcich, a member of the city’s original council, to write this month’s Notes from Newcastle column.
It has been an honor and a privilege to be involved as a leader in Newcastle over the past 20 years.
John D. Dulcich
Although our city officially incorporated in 1994, Newcastle was actually founded in 1869 as a coal-mining town. The coal carried from Newcastle helped spur early development in the region and was instrumental in making the Port of Seattle the dominant West Coast seaport that it is today. Read more
