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Apply to Serve on Tacoma’s Transportation Commission
Despite challenging budget situations for both the City of Tacoma and Pierce and Sound Transit systems, we’ve been hearing some exciting rumblings around transportation issues in Tacoma lately. Tacoma’s Transportation Benefit District will soon see money coming in from a car tab fee - and going
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It’s a Good Week to Enjoy Tacoma’s Parks
Apply to Serve on the City Events & Recognitions Committee
A recent review of City of Tacoma citizen committees, boards, and commissions led to the creation at the May 7 City Council meeting of a new City Events and Recognitions Committee. The new CERC needs nine new members from around Tacoma, representing all five Council Districts and a range of
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How Does the City of Tacoma Measure Up?
Tacoma residents have a new way to check in on what their government is doing for them - a way with lots of quantitative measures and colorful charts. Tacoma 24/7 is designed to provide the City and its residents a way of tracking how well what the City says it will do aligns with what it is
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Bike to a Better Tacoma
Join with fellow bicyclists and City staff members to learn more about hopes, visions and plans for a more bike-able Tacoma. Meet members of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Action Committee and get updates on implementation of the Mobility Master Plan. If you bike to the Hub, grab a free slice
Read moreCaring to a Tee Golf Tournament
7th Annual Catholic Community Services “Caring to a Tee” Golf Tournament. Proceeds to benefit Homeless Services: Hospitality Kitchen, Tacoma Avenue Shelter, Nativity House, and Phoenix Housing Network. Together these programs provide the largest, most comprehensive and compassionate outreach to
Read moreTacoma Runners Saturday 5k
Come on out before all the fair weather runners start! Join us for Tacoma Runners Saturday 5k # 18.You know the routine by now - register, complete your profile, print your barcode, then come out and run.
THE ROUTE
Our primary 5k route is in Point Defiance Park along Five Mile Drive. The
Read moreIndependence Day 5K
What better way to start the day than running one of the fastest 5k courses in the Northwest? This point to point course, starting near
Be sure to stick around for a day and evening full of festivities at the Tacoma
Read moreHilltop Workplace Garden Prompts New Enterprise
We’re suckers for gardens in unused places. A parking pad? Absolutely!
Read more at Tacoma WeeklyShake Shake Shake: Contemplating Comestibles and Desire
The most straightforward review of Shake Shake Shake we’ve read yet. Mmm ... burgers.
Read more at Post DefianceE1 MLK/Hilltop Link Rail “NEW TACOMA” Conspiracy Alert!
If you yell gentrification in a crowded Tacoma room full of hipsters, what happens? RR Anderson. LINK. Gentrification. Sound Transit. Hilltop. All sorts of good Tacoma conspiracy material here.
Read more at FeedTacoma : TacomicPort of Tacoma, EPA reach tentative $4.65M agreement over wetlands issue
The TDI has a summary of the agreement reached between the Port of Tacoma and the EPA over a wee little issue involving invasive snails ...
Read more at Tacoma Daily IndexGoing Beyond Grit
Post Defiance’s Timothy Thomas McNeel explores our nations latest fascination with the word resiliency and looks to how we can apply it here in Tacoma. Can we make it happen?
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