By Michelle Collison Garrett We are so excited for Trick or Treat on Garfield Street this year! Julie Keller Collison and Michelle Collison Garrett will be handing out full size candy bars from Collison Realty LLC! Lots of other businesses in the Garfield Street Business Community will be participating, and it will be fun for…
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Pierce Native Plant Sale
It’s finally upon us! Friday, November 1st, 2024, our presale launches at piercenativeplantsale.com. Some plants sell quickly, so don’t delay in placing your order. (You cannot get into the link until then.) Please note that pre-orders made between November 1st and January 15th will not be available for pick up until March 11th-15th, 2025. Customers will be called as…
DSHS van in Graham Nov. 1
The DSHS van will be at the Lutheran Church of St. Paul in Graham on Friday, Nov. 1 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. That’s about the same time the Food Bank is open, too. Spread the word! It says they will help with food, cash and medical paperwork. Life’s hard enough, if we can…
Thirsty? Count on it.
By Cindy Beckett The below is a link to a bona fide report, and I’m sure even if they won’t admit it, both councils and executives have heard me warn of this over and over again, year after year. No one would listen, no one would believe me. Now, here we are, and it does not make…
Mid-County Leadership met Wednesday
By Marianne Lincoln The Parkland-Spanaway-Midland Community Plan Area is an unincorporated part of Pierce County, but it is growing by leaps and bounds due to the housing shortage. The worst of it all, is that the three are older communities and lack the infrastructure to deal with the new growth. Sidewalks streetlights, traffic signals, doctors,…
Oct 14 – Loop Road Closure
PIERCE COUNTY – October 4 update With the sewer construction work progressing on 116th Street South, we anticipate Spanaway Loop Road South will close between 116th Street South and Garfield Street South starting Monday, October 14. The closure is expected to continue into early 2025. Local access will remain available for emergency vehicles and residents…
Happy 30th Anniversary – SCAN!
By Marianne Lincoln It almost snuck past me entirely. There was so much going on September 26, several family birthdays and a big event at PLU for the Tribes and Cecilia Svinth Carpenter. But September 26, 2024 was the 30th anniversary of The Spanaway Community Action Network! It was officially filed as a corporation on…
Copper Way Ribbon Cutting – Spanaway
The Copper Way Apartments consist of 256 affordable housing units PIERCE COUNTY — On July 13, 2023, elected officials, housing and service providers, and community members broke ground on the Copper Way multifamily affordable housing community in Spanaway, marking the start of the first affordable housing project to receive funding from Pierce County’s affordable housing…
Kiwanis selling Sees Chocolates for the holidays
If chocolates are on your gift list for the holidays, please get them through this link! The money you spend will include 25% toward your local community projects! It is their “Yum Raising” plan for the holidays. Other local projects coming up the Fall: • A Food Drive, for the Trinity Food Pantry.• Collecting bath towel donations (new…
Volunteers needed for ABC Day at BHS
The Bethel School District is seeking adults to volunteer at the ABC Day event on Saturday, October 5, 2024. We are looking for adult volunteers for ABC Day! If anyone would like to volunteer and help out at the event we would greatly appreciate the support. If interested, please sign-up and we will follow-up with…
Washington State POW/MIA Recognition Event, Sept 20
Date: September 20, 2024Time: 10:00 a.m.Location: POW/MIA Monument, Capitol Campus, Olympia, WA Honoring Their Sacrifice Olympia, WA – The Washington State community is invited to join in honoring the brave men and women who were prisoners of war (POW) and those who are still missing in action (MIA) at the annual POW/MIA Recognition Event. This solemn event will take…
South Sound Pow Wow Sept 28 Bethel High School
South Sound Pow Wow: September 28This year’s South Sound Pow Wow will be held at the Bethel High School gymnasium! It will be held from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. The location is at 22215 38th Avenue East, Spanaway, WA. The school district of Bethel, Yelm, North Thurston, and Olympia as well as the Puyallup…
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