Lacey (Washington)

Lacey is a city in Thurston County , Washington , United States . The city is a suburb of Olympia and had 42,393 inhabitants in the 2010 census.

This makes it the 25th largest city in Washington state.

history

Lacey was originally called Woodland after the settlers Isaac and Catherine Wood, who claimed land there in 1853. In 1891 the town of Woodland had enough residents to apply for a post office. The request was denied because there was already a town called Woodland on the Columbia River. The name Lacey probably comes from OC Lacey, the local justice of the peace. The small settlements Woodland and Chambers Prairie merged to form Lacey in the 1950s. The city of Lacey was not officially incorporated into it until 1966. At the time, the main industries were livestock, milk, forest products, and retail. Lacey became a commuter town for Olympia, Fort Lewis, and to some extent Tacoma; In recent years, however, business developments, community groups, and population growth have pushed Lacey into a town in its own right.

Special

Lacey is the twelfth city to be recognized by the US Environmental Protection Agency as an official "Green Power Community" for the use of renewable energy sources. 5 percent of the total energy consumption comes from green electricity sources. [15] The city is striving to implement its initiative for alternative energy, which provides for the use of 100 percent green electricity in all city buildings, parks, utilities as well as 3000 street lights and traffic signals and provides charging stations for electric vehicles to visitors and employees in the town hall Library campus and start of the conversion of the urban fleet to energy-efficient vehicles that run on electricity, hybrid technology and 80/20 biofuel. In 2009, Lacey's Alternative Energy Show received the Award of Excellence for Events, Fairs and Festivals from the Washington Recreation and Park Association. Lacey has received the Tree City, USA award from the National Arbor Day Foundation for 26 years