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…
Norwegian Heritage Festival April 27
PLU — The Norwegian Heritage Festival celebrates Norwegian culture through artisans, vendors, performers, and authentic food. This year’s festival will take place on Saturday, April 27th, 2024 and runs from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Free admission and free parking. Relax with friends and family in the Norwegian Café where you will enjoy on-stage performances…
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…
Cross Park Spaghetti Feed May 3
Cross Park is an effort of the Frederickson Clover Creek Community Council and the Friends of Stan and Joan Cross Park. They got additional money from the Washington legislature and with the help of the Pierce County Parks Department, made the first phase of the project happen. But wait! There’s more! There are several more…
PPP accepting paid articles for local businesses
Do you have a business in unincorporated South Central Pierce County? Would you like a little boost for your business? Did you know when the Parkland Community Association had a fundraising night at El Toro, their sales that day doubled from normal? The power of community is real. If you support your community, they will…
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…
Advanced Air Mobility for new eVTOL craft
The era of George Jetson is beginning to arrive. The Federal Aviation Administration is starting discussion with states and local communities about how to safely bring these vehicles, Vertical Take Off and Landing (eVTOL) to our communities. We need to consider where they will land, a new invention called the Vertiport will need locations. Advance…
Rotary Club of Parkland-Spanaway Annual Chairity Auction – Saturday, April 20, 2024
The Parkland Spanaway Rotary Annual Charity Auction will be held on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at Marymount Events Center, 6 – 9 p.m. Tickets and sponsorships are now available online! Click here to purchase. Tickets are $75 each. The location is Marymount Event Center, 325 152nd St. E, Tacoma, WA 98445. The theme of the auction…
April 20, 9am, Clover Creek cleanup
And they meant it when they said, boots on the ground. The Clover Creek Restoration Action Alliance (aka The Clover Creek Council) will hold its first creek cleanup this year. The Saturday before Earth Day, April 20, they will meet at 9 a.m. at Yakima Ave and Tule Lake Road, the Parkland Prairie Nature Preserve…
Pierce Prairie Post 