The Chambers Clover Creek Watershed Council will hold its annual Issues Forum, Preserving the future: Strategies and opportunities for land conservation, on November 15, 2023 at Cross Park in Frederickson. Doors open at 2:00 p.m. and the forum will begin at 2:30 p.m. Cross Park is located at 4420 Military Road East, Tacoma, WA. Before…
Category: Pierce County
New Tribune opinion piece a political farce
By Marianne Lincoln, Editor Another opinion, or three. For my entire lifetime, I have lived in unincorporated Pierce County. Everyone here I know has always been cynical of the opinions of the New Tribune because they always seem to back up the opinions of the County or city of Tacoma officials and disregard the information…
Four bumps in the road
If you have travelled Waller Road or Military Road in the past several months, you may have noticed the orange “bump” signs that have been there awhile. Contractors have worked on the intersection and then seemingly abandoned it, leaving the drop offs to make the crossings uncomfortable at best, or damaging our vehicle undercarriages at…
Executive Priority inappropriate on Tiny Home Village Project
By Cindy Beckett This will be heard at the Parkland -Spanaway-Midland Advisory Commission public meeting date is November 15, 2023, at 6:30 p.m., location not yet determined. I would really like to know all these jobs he has created for these homeless! Where might we find that list? The executive is trying to still push through…
Session with your Councilmember District #6
Updated with photos from the event below. From County Councilmember Jani Hitchen: I wanted to let you know that I will be hosting two opportunities for community members to come and meet with me to discuss budget priorities and issues pertaining to Council District 6. Drop in to discuss budget priorities, ask questions or learn…
Weigh in on South Hill Incorporation Study by Oct. 8
By Councilman Dave Morell Dear Neighbors, There’s some potentially big news for District 1. At Monday’s Community Development Committee, we received a presentation from the County’s Planning and Public Works Department on a study the County began in 2023 that explores the fiscal effects of South Hill as a stand-alone city or an area of annexation. This is an informational…
2018, Pam Roach predicted Tiny Home problems
This is a story I found from the News Tribune in 2018 about the County Council voting to allow tiny home villages. It has some parallels to todays predicament with the Spanaway location. Perhaps, since this was all under the same County Executive, the plan was always to put the alcohol, drug and mental issues…
More Tiny Home county changes Sept. 25, Oct. 3
It appears the Pierce County Council is just finessing the effective dates on this proposal. In all honesty, they are awaiting the decision of the Growth Management Hearings Board. That hearing is December 6, 2023. Watch for changes after that decision announcement. Here are the hearing dates for this latest change. The Pierce County Council…
Vanishing water – bits from other stewards
To whom it may concern: My name is Diane Dumond. I lived on carp lake for 15 years. I was a stream team volunteer taking water samples from the lake for 17 years. I have worked in the field of water testing for over 40 years. There seems to be a question as to whether…
Fighting the City Hall that isn’t there
Unincorporated Pierce County has always been a difficult government to navigate. Now that planning and government has become computerized, the virtual environment is even more challenging to follow. Here is a brief, but hopefully helpful, list for navigating unincorporated Pierce County governance. If you are in another County, the system is going to be a…
To the last drop
Editorial: Marianne Lincoln When you elect a developer, to the position of County Executive, what do you get? First, it was the “City of Pierce” proposal to take the unincorporated part of mid-Pierce County and turn it into a high-density rectangular race-track of high-rise housing, 2016. The communities affected were so ticked off they formed…
Community input needed for aging and disability services plan
Pierce County Human Services Aging and Disability Resources (ADR) invites the community to attend a public meeting to comment on the Draft 2024-2027 Area Plan, including the 2024 proposed budget. A survey was conducted this spring, providing feedback from hundreds of residents on the future of programs and services for the aging and disability communities…
Pierce Prairie Post 