With music, gifted trees, and snacks of Trail Mix (What else?), Pierce County celebrated the new Parkland Community trail Ribbon Cutting. The event began with a trail walking tour near Spire Rock at Sprinker Recreation center at 9:30 in the morning. This portion was hosted by ForeverGreen Trails and Executive Director Larry Leveen. When the…
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Oct 6 – Thor Heyerdahl Lecture at PLU
The annual Thor Heyerdahl lecture is scheduled for Tuesday, October 6th (Heyerdahl’s birthday!) at the Scandinavian Cultural Center (SCC) starting at 7pm, doors open at 6:30pm. PLU’s Dr. Don Ryan, who worked directly with Thor Heyerdahl, is arranging the program and will share stories and personal insights about that remarkable and inspirational man who was a pioneer…
Fall Events at Parkland Community Center
The Parkland Community Center is located in the Historic Parkland Schoolat 214 121st Street South on Pacific Avenue in Parkland. Come out to any or all of these events to help support your community! You can also go to their website and make a donation to help finish the purchase of the building from PLU.
Touch a Truck – Sept 12
Does your child have a love for trucks and large vehicles? Then check out Pierce County’s Touch A Truck free family-friendly event where the young and young at heart love to climb, run around, sit in, and even honk the horns of trucks and large vehicles seen throughout the county. The event takes place from…
Clover Creek Restoration Alliance asking the hard questions
News from your local watershed activists, Clover Creek Restoration Alliance, CCRA. Hello supporters of a healthy watershed, This week we are seeking volunteers to help us restore the Bresemann Forest along Spanaway Creek, invite you to the 2nd Chambers-Clover Watershed Festival, October 10, and have an update from our first court date defending Sequalitchew Creek….
NOLA Cuisine meets Healthy Living!
Great news, Parkland-Spanaway! Velvet’s Big Easy is now a Blue Zones Approved Restaurant! We will be hosting a celebration and ribbon-cutting ceremony on September 10th and want you to join us! During this event, she will be revealing her new menu items that blend healthy ingredients with Southern comfort. The official announcement already has 30,000+…
Parks, a glaring need for urban areas
Not only is the urban unincorporated area south of Tacoma and Puyallup short of roads, it is also short on parks. Kids and families in urban areas need places to hang out for safe activities. Backyards are now too small for even a large dog to have space to pee. The general Parkland vicinity now…
As Northwest as it gets, it even flows that way
By Marianne Lincoln This week is for chasing water. I am leading the Chambers Clover Creek Watershed Council on a trip to Graham. This is the far eastern edge of a watershed that takes up the center of Pierce County. This watershed has no glacier fed rivers. It does not flow from the Cascade mountains….
Pacific Avenue SR 7 Changes – Open House Aug 19
[Editor Note: Come prepared with the issues, flooding areas, signals, and turning problems you already know about! When I-5 is blocked at Nisqually/Dupont and traffic flows through Yelm & Roy, Pacific Avenue is a key corridor. There are no alternate routes nearby.] SR 7/ SR 507 to 99th St S – Corridor Improvements – Pre-design…
July 29: Sequalitchew Creek Walk & Talk, July 30 Bresemann Forest Cleanup
From 5 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, July 29, meet at the Sequalitchew Creek Trail Head in Dupont near City Hall on Center Drive. We will begin by holding a small land and water ceremony to give gratitude and healing to Sequalitchew. Then we will take a walk along the creek to the sound, enjoying…
Parkland Mural Ribbon Cutting Aug 8
From Blue Zones of Parkland Spanaway The Parkland mural ribbon cutting has been rescheduled for Saturday, August 8th 10-11 am. We would love to see you there! Additionally, we are starting work on a Spanaway mural to be installed before the end of September. We are wanting to involve the community in the design selection process. If…
The transit conundrum – we built it, now we need more money
From Pacific Avenue to 22nd Avenue, 208th Street is closed. From 8th Avenue East to SR507, 208th Street is closed. And now, the brand spanking new Transit Center at 208th and Pacific Avenue is also closed. Yet, last night, at the Pierce Transit Board meeting, there was a vote and a press release: Transit Ballot…
Restaurant – Poof! – Used Car Lot
By Marianne Lincoln Is there a new diet fad in Parkland-Spanaway? Doesn’t it seem like this past year a large number of businesses have turned into used car lots all the way down Pacific Avenue? Restaurants like Lady Luck, Warthog, the old Taco Time, and the Shady Rest Tavern are now car lots. The Rasmussen…
Mural Ribbon Cutting – Delayed, TBD
You may have seen them taking shape as you drive up (or down) the hill on Pacific Avenue at 166th Street. The murals are a joint community projected, headed up by Blue Zones of Parkland Spanaway (BZoPS). BZoPS is a health and wellness project Pierce County, MultiCare, and Franciscan Health brought to the area to…
Serving Up Food Crawls – Blue Zones of Parkland Spanaway
Blue Zones of Parkland Spanaway has several upcoming Food Crawls in both communities. They are asking for registrations for the events, but there is no cost to register. Here is the registration link: https://bluezonesprojectparklandspanaway.com/events/ Upcoming food crawls include the following: July 1, 2026 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 amParkland Food Crawl: Marvel Bay Cafe |…
Kiwanis Club of Parkland-Spanaway Foundation Donates $20,000 to Parkland Community Center Project
PARKLAND, WA – The Kiwanis Club of Parkland-Spanaway Foundation recently made a significant donation to the Parkland Community Association (PCA) in support of its Parkland School Project. In May 2022, when the community learned that Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) planned to remove the historic Parkland School building from local landmark protections and demolish it, residents…
Is zoning turning urban creeks into dry ditches?
Community plans in unincorporated areas and city urban planning are all being pressed by the state Growth Management Act to add more and more housing. Prices of housing are high because of housing shortages. But lost in all this demand for housing is how we plan for out green space and floodplains. Beginning in June,…
June 1: Parkland Mural Project (Day 1)
Blue Zones of Parland Spanaway Join us on Day 1 for orientation and help with the first phase of the mural installation process Light Dental Studios of Pacific AvenueTacoma, WA Monday, June 1 • 10 AM – 2 PM Great news Parkland – we’re bringing more public art to the community and there are multiple…
May 16 celebration of Syttende Mai
Syttende Mai actually means May 17, but since that is a Sunday, the Scandinavian Cultural Center (SCC) at PLU will hold their annual celebration on Saturday, May 16. Due to the weather predictions, the event will not be held outdoors in Red Square. Plan to be inside the SCC at 9:30 a.m. The SCC is…
Donations still needed to keep the Parkland School for the community
Happy Anniversary! It was May 10, 2024 at 6 a.m. when members of the Parkland Community met with Radio Host Felix Banel to announce that a contact with Pacific Lutheran University had been signed the night before, and the 1908 Parkland School building now belonged to the community! May of 2022, the community said NO…