Remember to get your tickets for Thursday's Conversations RE: Tacoma lecture! This Thursday is the second lecture where we will examine how outdoor advertising affects our community. Afterward we will get together at a nearby pub to continue the conversation. Learn more at  www.retacoma.com and click here to view the Sept 20 2012 CityLine broadcast. Visual Clutter: How to Get Outdoor Advertising Right 6:30-8pm, Thurs, 11 October; after-event 8pm Locations: Trinity Presbyterian Church, sanctuary, 1615 Sixth Avenue; after-event at Cork, 606 N. State Street (@ Sixth Ave.) What is an effective outdoor advertising strategy at the neighborhood level and within the urban environment?  How do we balance the needs of businesses with the needs of citizens? Why do we love the old neon on S. Tacoma Way and the ghost signs on Pacific Ave. but are less enamored of digital billboards? Can the speed of traffic, vehicular and pedestrian, impact the scale and density of outdoor advertising? Speakers: Paula Rees, Maestri Design Rusty George, principal, Rusty George Creative Trevor Boddy, architecture critic Moderator:     Eric Jacobsen, Congress for a New Urbanism Ticketing Information: Individual pre-paid tickets are $7.50 each through Brown Paper Tickets (service fee applies). Tickets at the door are $10. Students are admitted free with school ID. click for lecture #2 tickets $7.50