Comcast press release. TACOMA, Wash. — Comcast announced today that it has opened a new Xfinity store outside the Tacoma Mall after closing its former retail location at 5935 6th Avenue. To celebrate the new store opening, Comcast will host a grand opening event this Saturday, Dec. 18, which will include balloons, music, and Xfinity branded items […]
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City of Tacoma Launches Restaurant Retrofit Rebate Program
City of Tacoma announcement. TACOMA, Wash. — In an ongoing effort to ease the negative economic impacts of COVID-19 throughout Tacoma, the City of Tacoma’s Community and Economic Development Department has set aside $100,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding for a Restaurant Retrofit Rebate Program. Through the Restaurant Retrofit Rebate Program, grants of […]
Tacoma Creates Reports on Inaugural Year of Funding
City of Tacoma announcement. TACOMA, Wash. — Fifty-seven organizations whose missions are to advance arts, culture, heritage and/or science were funded in the inaugural year of Washington’s first and only cultural access program. Tacoma Creates staff presented the report to the Economic Development Committee of the City Council on December 14. Designed to support and […]
Exercise Your “Right to Pursue Happiness” – Learn How to Square Dance in January
Submitted by Rainier Council Square Dancers. If you are looking for something to do as a couple (or an unattached single) in order to re-ignite your social life, consider Square Dancing. It will revitalize your Pursuit of Happiness and put Fun back in your step! Today’s square dancing is much different than what you may […]
Panzanella Salad History – Easy to Make Dinner
The foodie salad panzanella really translates into bread soup, but that takes some of the shine and melody off the vine. It began as a combination of day-old soup and onions. A cheap meal for the peasants of Tuscany over five hundred years ago. Once tomatoes became a staple food off the vine after it […]
Tacoma Community College Foundation Scholarship Application Opens Jan. 1
Tacoma Community College announcement. Who: Anyone who plans to attend Tacoma Community College for the 2022-23 school year, including current high school students should apply for a TCC Foundation Scholarship. The application period runs from January 1 through March 31, 2022. Fill out one application to be considered for more than 300 TCC Foundation Scholarships! The […]
Follow the Yellow Brick Road – Wizard of Oz Review – TLT
It seems like I’ve been waiting for years for the TLT version of The Wizard of Oz . . . oh, that’s right . . . I have been waiting for years. Just so you know where I stand about the production by Tacoma Little Theatre, I love it. Not only does it bring back […]
Animal Shelter Asks Community to Give Hope to Long-Time Shelter Residents
Submitted by Humane Society for Tacoma & Pierce County. TACOMA, WA – From Dec. 13-31, the Humane Society for Tacoma & Pierce County is hosting their first-ever “Hope for the Howlidays”, an event to help long-time shelter pets know they haven’t been forgotten. During this event, the community can choose a shelter pet to sponsor […]
Sound Credit Union Opens New Alderwood Branch
Sound Credit Union press release. TACOMA-based Sound Credit Union (Sound) is pleased to announce the opening of its new full-service Alderwood branch located at 2502 196th St. SW. in Lynnwood, Wash. The new branch is approximately one mile away from Sound’s previous Lynnwood location near the Alderwood Mall, which closed on Friday, Dec. 10. The […]