TACOMA, Wash. – The Hylebos Bridge (located off East 11th Street in the Tacoma Tideflats) has reopened to vehicular traffic. Community members with questions can contact Project Supervisor Steve Carstens at scarstens@cityoftacoma.org or (253) 591-5263.
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Harvest Buffet in Tacoma reopened
Harvest Buffet reopened Saturday, Oct. 12 after staff worked to clean and sanitize the restaurant following a suspected norovirus outbreak. The restaurant passed a preopening inspection. We are still working hard to find anyone impacted by this outbreak. If you ate at the restaurant and got sick, contact us at food@tpchd.org, report your illness online, or call […]
New Street Woodage . . . a great sign
The Puyallup Tribal Community and the city of Tacoma will be working together creating some very interesting signs. What a great idea. I just read this information from the Puyallup Tribal Community Newsletter. “Tacoma’s City Council approved the plan during its Oct. 8 meeting. The Twulshootseed street signs will be placed under the existing green […]
Spooky Aquariums
Get ready for some Halloween fun! We’re featuring spooky (and not-so-scary) species from our Pacific Seas Aquarium and Tropical Reef Aquarium. Keep an eye out for these amazing fish and invertebrates on your next visit to the zoo! Skeleton Shrimp (Caprella mendax): These amphipods cling to various substrates, waiting to catch plankton drifting through the water, […]
The First Day of School in a New Town – The Quandary
Gerry was new at school and so had made no friends yet. It was a small school, a good twenty miles from the center of town. It was the last class of the day when fellow student Pamela spoke up to remind everyone to come over after school for some punch, cake and games to […]
2024 AMOCAT Arts Award Winners Announced
TACOMA, Wash. — The Tacoma Arts Commission has announced this year’s AMOCAT Arts Award honorees: Mattice Hoyt (Arts Patron), Black Night Market (Community Outreach by an Organization), Lourdes Jackson (Community Outreach by an Individual), and Anida Yoeu Ali (Community Outreach by an Individual). The AMOCAT Arts Awards honor the people and organizations that positively impact […]
City of Tacoma Partners with Emerald Cities Collaborative for E-Contractor Academy Oct. 22-Nov. 19
TACOMA, Wash. – As part of its ongoing work to address disparities for historically underutilized businesses owned by minority, women, and socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, the City of Tacoma’s Equity in Contracting (EIC) Program has partnered with Emerald Cities Collaborative to launch its first completely in-person E-Contractor Academy. The E-Contractor Academy aims to provide the […]
Puyallup Tribe, City of Tacoma will add Twulshootseed to local street signs
Via Puyallup Tribe of Indians website: PUYALLUP RESERVATION, Tacoma, Wash. — The Puyallup Tribe of Indians and City of Tacoma have worked together to add the Twulshootseed language to existing street signs in Tacoma. These signs can be found on roads within the Puyallup Reservation. There are 27 honorary names being used. Six names will […]
Tacoma Arts Live Receives Wells Fargo Foundation Grant
Tacoma Arts Live, a non-profit arts organization deeply connected to the community and recognized for presenting world-class artists, events, exhibitions, and cultural celebrations, has received a $50,000 grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation in support of its Accelerating Creative Enterprise (ACE) small business incubator. The ACE program incubates and supports emerging BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and […]