By Marianne Lincoln I was contacted by the Spana-Park Senior Center Director, Beth King and told they have been asked to leave the Marymount location by the LeMay Collection Museum at Marymount. I am currently looking into this and making contacts. There is a great deal of fear, animosity and suspicion among the parties. Attorneys…
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Crisis for critical Spanaway watershed
By Marianne Lincoln The chatter in environmental circles is intense. The concern is removal of a large number of huge trees and the ensuing ground heat on the watershed entering Spanaway Lake from the marsh and streams to the southwest of it. Impervious surface and water system pollution are the concerns. The Tiny Home Village…
What would the COMMUNITY like at Sprinker?
The Pierce County Parks Department put out a survey for the community to tell them what would be best at the Sprinker Center. In other words, what would the community enjoy there. Not enough of you responded. In fact, it was middle age white women who responded. So I asked Jani Hitchen, “Was that me?…
Multicultural Night Feb. 16, Spanaway Elementary PTSA
By Marianne Lincoln When I attended Bethel schools, there wasn’t much diversity. Aside from the fact that many of my classmates at Elk Plain were multigenerational descendants of local tribes, there were not many Asian, Hispanic or African American classmates. Years later, I discovered the connection of our community to mixed blood families from Fort…
Incorporation study, Frederickson to Parkland Jan. 23
It is not a filed incorporation request, it is a feasibility study paid for through state funds. State Representative Melanie Morgan put it in the budget in 2020. The Governor did a line item veto in it that year, but his pen missed it the next year. So the Washington State Department of Commerce is…
Jan. 13, noon to 3pm, Spanaway UMC meeting on homelessness and Family Promise
As the saying goes, it takes a village. Spanaway’s homelessness problem is not going to go away by any government action. It literally will take a little help from us all. Whether that’s giving to the local Food Bank while checking out at the grocery store or donating time at a Freezing Nights shelter location….
Slow down, it’s 35 now! No warning, Pacific Avenue speed limit signs changed
The troopers are out looking for anyone that isn’t noticing the change in the speed limit signs on Pacific Avenue. From Military Road (152nd) to the Roy-Y (190th), the speed limit has now dropped from 40 to 35 mph. There are no little orange flags on the signs to give you a heads up. So…
Jan. 9, 7pm, Environmental Compliance Webinar for Tiny Home Village
From newsletter of Councilmember Jani Hitchen, Jan. 5, 2023: ***Pierce County Village Update*** Many of you have reached out to my office about the proposed Pierce County Village currently sited in Spanaway. There have been a lot of questions, many of which I had myself. I share a link to a resolution below that I think may…
Thoughts on adding large airports in Pierce County
By Claudia Finseth I’m working today, as I always do, from my home near the intersection of Spanaway Loop Road and 138th Street South. Close by is Joint Base Lewis McCord, and as on most days, I am experiencing its considerable noise pollution. Today it is the running or warming up of the big transport…
Recap: Meeting on the Pierce County Tiny Home Village in Spanaway
[Editor note: hard to squeeze in a story with two days of back to back meetings. The County loaded the first two business days of the year for people in Spanaway. 6:30 p.m. in Midland the land use committee will hear about the incorporation study that Rep. Melanie Morgan started] Link to Pierce County TV…
The wolf is wearing a sheep’s coat of helping the homeless
By Marianne Lincoln [Editor Note: This is my testimony to the Planning Commission for 1-3-2023. RR (Rural Resource) Zone is has a maximum density of three housing units per acre with a extenuating circumstances. Normally, two per acre. So with nearly 400 on 27 acres they’re over limit, even though they say they count four…
Dept. of Commerce presenting feasibility of incorporating Parkland area communities to PSMAC Jan. 4
On January 4, at 6:30 p.m. in the South East Tacoma Community Center at 1614 99th St. E, Tacoma, WA (in Midland), the department of Commerce is going to report on the feasibility study of incorporating Parkland, Spanaway, Frederickson, Midland and Summit together into a large city. This was a $200,000 study arranged through the…
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