Saturday, June 6th ~ Spaceworks, Tacoma is hosting six, free, in-person, small business workshops, between 10am-6pm❣️These unique workshops were designed to help you build your network & learn ways to stretch your dollars & ideas in your business. Come get creative at our hands on Art sessions and invite a friend. FREE + open to…
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PPP is moving!
The Pierce Prairie Post is moving. Starting in July, we will have a new location. Oh, wait, Marianne works from home, not at a business location. She actually comes out to report at your events! Actually, the PPP and Marianne are looking for a new place to live and do business that is more affordable….
Safe Streets – Parkland meetings
The next Parkland Safe Streets meeting is on June 2nd @ Trinity fireside Room @ 6:30pm. Trinity Lutheran Church is located at 121st and Wheeler. The Fireside room is to the right of the church. Because of the recent drive by shooting of a Washington High School Senior and the soon to happen, summer vacation,…
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,…
Car Meet May 29 – Spanaway Park
The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office will be hosting a Car Show at Spanaway Park on Friday, May 29 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. To be eligible for prizes, please arrive with your car by 4:30 p.m. The event is free and the public is welcome.
Memorial Day Events
[Thank you to Councilmember Cruver for making my job easier this morning and providing this list.] Local Memorial Day Weekend Events City of Roy Memorial Day Ceremony: Monday, May 25, at 1 p.m. at the Roy Cemetery, 8211 288th Street South, Roy, WA 98580. A community observance honoring Roy’s fallen service members. Town of Eatonville Memorial…
May 20 Cleanup at Historic Spanaway Cemetery
Each year before Memorial Day, communities across the country prepare their cemeteries and place flags on the graves of military veterans for Memorial Day ceremonies. In Spanaway, there is no particular caretaker for the old cemetery at 176th and A Street. The Spanaway Historical Society and the local Latter Day Saints Wards in Elk Plain,…
Three new roundabouts coming to three highways along the Pierce/Thurston county line
[SR507 & 208th Street – Yes, on the way between Spanaway and Roy! May 20 start!] Three new roundabouts coming to three highways along the Pierce/Thurston county line Travelers should prepare for reduced lanes, lower speed limits on State Route 510, SR 507 and SR 702 LACEY – A project to build roundabouts at three…
Dominating Scotch Broom with success
By Al Schmauder and Marianne Lincoln 200 years ago, it wasn’t here. The prairies of Western Washington were rife with flowers of multiple varieties. Then Mrs. Tolmie planted the Scotch Broom she imported to remind her of home. The brush grew tall and flourished, dropping seeds into the soil that can last 30 years or…
Knowing the greater Spanaway – Roy area
There is a great deal of history hidden in the bushes and trails of the area south of the Tacoma borders. Although Fort Nisqually resides, reconstructed in the Point Defiance Park, its former footprint lies south of Steilacoom in the city of DuPont. In fact, it had two footprints in DuPont. The 1833 site lies…
Experts to speak about Spanaway Lake April 18
The Spanaway Lake Boathouse will be the site of a community discussion about Spanaway Lake. The event is sponsored by the Clover Creek Restoration Alliance and Spanaway Lake Adventures, the operators of the Boathouse Concession. On April 18, at 11:00 a.m., the presentations will begin from Dr. James Tepper, Don Russell, Kurt Reidinger, Sean Arent,…
Seaport – Goodall Day April 12
Sunday, April 12 at 2pm it will be Jane Goodall Day at the Foss Waterway Seapark, 705 Dock Street Tacoma, WA 98402. Celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Jane Goodall and foster hope for the future, this April for GoodAll Day. GoodAll Day is a day of action and hope. Featuring speakers and a…
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