What would you like U.P. to look like in 2044? A city’s comprehensive plan is the blueprint for a community’s growth and changes over a 20-year horizon. The City of University Place is in the midst of updating its Comprehensive Plan, which has a chapter on community character that discusses the vision for the City. […]
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Local Animal Rescue Needs Your Help!
Submitted by Dr. Summer Krook. Washington Ferret Rescue and Shelter’s mission is to care for abandoned, displaced, neglected, and abused ferrets until they are adopted or until they pass away. WFRS is the largest and oldest all-volunteer 501(c)3 ferret rescue in the United States with over 200 ferrets at their commercial shelter location and in […]
Info Sessions regarding Upcoming Changes to the Tacoma Rental Housing Code, Dec. 4
TACOMA, Wash. – Community members are invited to attend one of two virtual information sessions on upcoming changes to the Tacoma Rental Housing Code on December 4, one at noon (click for access details) and another at 5:30 PM (click for access details). These sessions will be recorded and made available online as well, for those who cannot […]
WSDOT publishes first Safety Rest Area Strategic Plan in nearly 15 years
After months of public outreach and research, the Washington State Department of Transportation has finalized the 2023 Safety Rest Area Strategic Plan – the first of its kind in about a decade and a half. This plan addresses the evolving needs and challenges for sustaining 47 state-owned safety rest areas that currently support 24 million annual users. The plan […]
Obituary Notices – December 1, 2023
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: James Mallette Vadheim. Mountain View Funeral Home: Richard Bethard; Allen Dean Bracy; Jon Federici; Joel William Frey; Linda J. Gowin; Linda Jean Gowin; Dennis Leroy Hamermaster; David Lee Jones; Klara Betti Keen; Brian Joseph Paulin; Patricia Ann Thomas; Hoai Quang Tran. Gaffney Funeral Home: Mary Ann Coble; Peggy Schibig-Moultine; […]
JBLM will conduct demolitions and mortar training Dec 1-4
Joint Base Lewis-McChord will conduct day and nighttime demolitions and mortar training from Dec. 1 at 12 a.m. to Dec. 4 at 11:59 p.m. Public queries or comments about noise may be directed to JBLM Public Affairs.
Emergency Preparedness Training Available
A free disaster preparedness class is being hosted at Tacoma Community College and is open to the public and business community on January 31 and February 1, 2024. This course is designed to teach and encourage community members impacted by a disaster to prepare, take preservation actions and perform, as appropriate, light search and rescue response […]
Tacoma Creates Expands Community Vibrancy
TACOMA, Wash. – Tacoma Creates funded 56 organizations whose missions are to advance arts, culture, heritage, and/or science in the 2022-2023 funding cycle. With $4.5 million in funding distributed through a competitive process, those 56 organizations provided more than 1,100 cultural programs and events for the community. This was the third funding cycle for Tacoma Creates, which […]
City Brings Home Top Honors in Television Programming Awards
The City of U.P. Communications team of Linda Seesz and Amanda Kleber, along with Pierce County TV members Dave Kellman and Peter Gudmonson, racked up scores of awards from the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors in the Government Programming category. They received an Award of Excellence and Award of Distinction for this video on the […]