SENATOR CANTWELL — Sen. Cantwell supported increased funding for Community Development Block Grants, HOME and Housing Trust Fund in budget Congress passed in March WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded $96,169,295 to five housing programs across the State of Washington….
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Brutal 6 months of road closures ahead
PIERCE COUNTY – There are upcoming road closures in the Parkland/Spanaway area, specifically on and around Spanaway Loop Road South. These closures are scheduled to begin in mid-June and continue through early November. The Planning and Public Works department will undertake crucial improvements to the public sewer system and enhance road surfaces in the area….
May 10 – Eat at Parkland Denny’s
Big Day for Parkland School! Join us at Parkland School live at 6 AM, (yes AM), for KIRO Newsradio Broadcast at 6:35 AM. Feliks Banel has invited us to join him and cheer! Then come to Denny’s Diner in Parkland at 512 and Pacific Avenue from 3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. to “Celebrate the Signing!” …
Spanaway Marsh site tour May 8
Back by popular demand, another site tour opportunity at Spanaway Marsh where Pierce County and the Tacoma Rescue mission have proposed a homeless village of tiny homes and park model RV’s. See what the wetlands above Spanaway Lake look like now. Wednesday, May 8 at 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. the guided tours will begin….
May 3, World Press Freedom Day
Journalism is not a safe, secure job. Journalism is often asking hard questions, interviewing unsavory people, or world leaders. Journalism is about telling the stories, good, bad, ugly, or joyous. It requires access to people, information and historical records. It requires freedom of speech in its best forms. This past year, may journalists have died…
Clover Creek meeting May 2
The Clover Creek Council and the Clover Creek Restoration Action Alliance have taken the first steps to move forward with our new officers. Just before our board meeting on April 26, Al and Diedre met at the Bank and transferred the account to our new Treasurer. At the meeting, Al turned over his Clover Creek Council Jacket and hat…
April 29 – Flying Tomato fundraiser
The Flying Tomato has offered to donate 20% of their sales on April 29th and on April 30th to the Spanaway Concerned Citizens fight for the Spanaway Marsh! We are so grateful for this opportunity! In order for us to receive this generous donation, they ask that you print out and present the attached flyer when placing your order…
Please, protect the water – a poem
TO THE HEARING EXAMINER Please, protect the water at the heart of our community—The Spanaway Marsh may mean little to some, but not to us. It is our arterial blood,our breath, our home. We are done with the hundred-year destructionof filled-in wetlands, re-routed streams,toxic human pollution and buildings too closeto these arteries of life. We are done with…
Saturday walk at Spanaway Marsh
By Marianne Lincoln Spanaway Concerned Citizens is raising money to fight a Pierce County Executive’s project to build a village of tiny homes to house homeless individuals with drug, alcohol and mental health problems. These are the hardest people to bring into a stable housing situation. There is a plan. (You can see it at…
Historical road from Nisqually to Spanueh Station
Historical information on Spanaway, Spanueh Station of the Puget Sound Agricultural Company, and native uses of the area Testimony for the Hearings Examiner on Pierce County Village, April 29, 2024 To local Indians, the area was referred to as “spáduwe” – “where [camas or fern] roots are plentiful”.[1] Multiple tribes used the area for hunting…
Village deadline for written comments April 22
Regarding the April 29 hearings on the Tiny Home Village, Pierce County Village, or whatever they are calling it this week…. All written comments & concerns should be submitted in writing to the Hearings Examiner by Monday April 22nd, for his review to: pchearingexaminer@piercecountywa.gov If you have no idea what I am talking about, read…
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