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…
Lakewood, what have you wrought?
Don Anderson (Mayor/City Council), followed by Steve O’Ban (State Senator), both attorneys and officials from Lakewood, worked on County Executive Bruce Dammeier’s proposal to put a community of tiny homes in the watershed above Spanaway Lake. The city recently voted to contribute $1,000,000 to the effort. On the other side of the military base, lake…
Casting for Kids Baking Championship
The Food Network is looking for the most talented young bakers in the country for the next season of the KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP!Do you think your son or daughter was born to bake?Well if so, this is the perfect show for them! KIDSAGES 8-13MUST love to bake! To submit your application, visit:https://bakingchampionshipcasting.castingcrane.com/
April 13 – South Sound Sustainability Expo
For anyone who has interest in ways to save energy, money and resources, this may be an very interesting event to attend. The South Sound Sustainability Expo is being held in Tacoma at the University of Washington Tacoma Campus from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. One of the participants is the Craft Supply Swap, hosted…
Helping the homeless a better way
Family Promise of Pierce County is part of a nationwide organization that is helping families get re-housed after a catastrophic event leaving them without a home to live in. Last year the group in Pierce County was organized, garnered grant monies, hired a CEO, hired and trained case management staff. They officially opened in January,…
See the watershed first hand! Tours of the Tiny Home Village proposed site, April 13, 20, 27
Spanaway Concerned Citizens are offering tours to interested local citizens to see where in the watershed the County Executive’s Office has proposed to make this tiny home “Pierce County Village” available to single homeless people with addiction and mental health issues. You will see huge second growth fir trees, a large wetland, and several groves…
April 8 – eat at El Toro in Parkland
On April 8, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., 20% of the proceeds at the Parkland El Toro will go toward the purchase of the historic Parkland School building for a local community center! Bring your friends and family, have a great fiesta and support your community at the same time! Members of the Parkland…
Blue Zones Cooking Class, SLHS April 5
This Friday, April 5, Blue Zones Project will be hosting a brand-new cooking demonstration program. We’ll have seating for up to 100 people so make to invite your friends, families, and co-workers. Spanaway Lake High School Cooking Demo – April 5th, 2024 @ 6PM. There’s a brand-new Walking Moai that’s meeting every Wednesday at 6PM at Spanaway Lake…
Saturday, April 6, Daffodil Parade
It’s in Tacoma, Puyallup, Sumner and Orting this weekend, the Annual Daffodil Parade is back to cheer us up for Springtime! As usual in the Spring, the weather will be 50 degrees F with intermittent rain showers, so bring your umbrella or rain hat. If you watch the weather report, you can now choose which…
Final Donation Push for Parkland – please give now
The Parkland community learned in May 2022, that PLU was planning to sell it to developers who had applied to demolish the Eastside Campus, aka Historic Parkland School. A group of citizens reformed the Parkland Community Association (PCA) and have worked to raise awareness and raise money to purchase the building from PLU instead of…
Pierce Prairie Post 