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…
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,…
Pierce Prairie Post 