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…
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No services for unincorporated area homeless?
By Various Authors, as noted Editor: [This email arrived from Bethel Superintendent Seigel today] I received the following email from Pastor Samara Jenkins of Spanaway United Methodist Church today. It is worth reading to understand the Catch 22 aspect of being a homeless family in this area. We had new first-day-of-school pics again today because we welcomed another…
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…
FOSL lawyers up on village location issue
Friends of Spanaway Lake (FOSL) is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization that represents members on, near or that love and use Spanaway Lake. In light of this past year’s County Executive proposal to place 285 tiny homes clusters on rural residential, environmentally sensitive land between Spanaway Marsh and Spanaway Lake, the organization decided it is time…
Blue Zones kicks off in Parkland Spanaway event
By Marianne Lincoln Pierce County has committed money to making Parkland and Spanaway a wellness experiment. The event on Saturday, September 9 at the Marymount Events Center was to celebrate their project being operational. With Executive Director Tono Sablan at the helm of the project, and a full compliment of staff on board, the group…
PPP Changes and Updates
I certainly hope the Pierce Prairie Post is expanding your information resources here in Pierce County, Washington. In order to be more efficient, we have made a few little changes on our page. You will now see on the top menu bar “$ Donate” and “*Contact” these items will allow you to help the Pierce…
Saturday, Aug. 26 is the Annual LeMay Car Show
LeMay Collections at Marymount is the main site of the 45th Annual LeMay Car Show. Held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, August 26, the show is the premier car gathering in South Pierce County. Get your FREE tickets here!! Everyone must be registered with a ticket. The Lucky Car Auction will also…
Veto Override today? Aug. 22, 2023
By Marianne Lincoln UPDATED Spanaway, Parkland and Frederickson, being unincorporated urban communities get many promises for infrastructure and services. Since the 1980’s, the Cross Base Highway was promised to help alleviate traffic from all the housing developments the County allowed to squeeze into the area. The highways project meetings went on for decades, involving community…
Pierce Transit to Pause Bus Rapid Transit Project, Provide Enhanced Bus Service as Interim Measure
Board Approves Project Pause, Interim Service to Allow for Corridor Coordination At an Aug. 14 study session, the Pierce Transit Board of Commissioners reviewed the agency’s Pacific Avenue/State Route 7 Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) plans and voted unanimously to pause the project for now, requesting that agency staff move forward instead with Enhanced Bus service…
Our 11th Anniversary
The Pierce Prairie Post, a production of the Spanaway Community Association, debuted August 14, 2012. Assisted by Ben Sclair of the Suburban Times, Marianne Lincoln embarked on the effort of providing news to unincorporated Pierce County about local events and issues that were not making it into any other local papers. Although some have lamented…
Not This Time
In case you have not seen it, Pierce County Executive Bruce Dammeier wrote an op-ed in the Suburban Times of Lakewood. If you are from Parkland-Spanaway-Midland, it is critical you read it. If you are a county voter, you should also know this about what is happening in the county. Here is a previous press…
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