By Marianne Lincoln I testified in Olympia today in front of the Local Government Committee. I also had a chance before the meeting to chat with one of the bill sponsors, Senator Conway. I sent Senators Conway and Nobles a copy of my testimony with suggestions and details about an incorporation campaign that may need…
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Ride Together Pierce
Central and South Pierce County commuters and travelers, do you carpool, take transit, or walk/bike to your destinations? If so, you can enter into a $150 monthly prize drawing. Pierce County’s sustainable transportation program “Ride Together Pierce” is proud to present a new monthly rewards program: Rider Rewards! This program will reward one lucky sustainable traveler…
WTF is Charter Review?
Every ten years, Pierce County elects a group of people to comb through the Pierce County Home Rule Charter, to make changes and hopefully, improvements to the rules our County is run by. Once they determine a rule needs revision, the final decision goes to a vote by the public. They are called the Charter…
June 30 – FP Performing Arts Center County Council Meeting
June 30 at 6:00 p.m. the Pierce County Council will hold and In-District Council meeting on District #5 at the new Franklin Pierce Performing Arts Center, 11002 18th Avenue E Tacoma, WA 98445. The building in next to Franklin Pierce High School. The Pierce County Council is set to hold its annual in-district meeting for…
Why is the cost of environmental justice so high?
by Kirk Kirkland and Claudia Finseth Two neighborhood groups in unincorporated Pierce County have recently paid very high prices to attempt to protect their communities because the county is not doing it. Both were to try to stop two different kinds of large projects from dramatically changing their valued open space. Both proposed projects were…
Restoring the people’s faith in Pierce County government: What I would like our new government to know.
by Claudia Riiff Finseth Pierce County will have a new government this month. What will the next four years be like? Will they be more of the same as the last eight years? I have great hope that they will be different. Different, first and foremost, in restoring a healthy county democracy. This can be done…
Groundbreaking for Good Neighbor Village draws supporters and protestors
By Marianne Lincoln Good Neighbor Village, the village of tiny homes that the Tacoma Rescue Mission and the Pierce County Executive’s office are trying to build in Spanaway, had a groundbreaking today, November 21, 2024. The event was an invitation only event at the farm site near the intersection of 176th and Spanaway Loop Road….
Mid-County Leadership met Wednesday
By Marianne Lincoln The Parkland-Spanaway-Midland Community Plan Area is an unincorporated part of Pierce County, but it is growing by leaps and bounds due to the housing shortage. The worst of it all, is that the three are older communities and lack the infrastructure to deal with the new growth. Sidewalks streetlights, traffic signals, doctors,…
Recent County Planning Changes Challenged
By Marianne Lincoln, February 23, 2021 Three separate challenges to the recently adopted planning amendments called Centers and Corridors have been submitted to the Washington State Growth Management Hearings Board. The challenges caused the Pierce County Council to delay the effective dates at today’s County Council meeting (2-23-2021). The implementation of the plans was delayed…
Washington State Legislature 2021 Session
By Marianne Lincoln, 2-17-2021 The Washington State Legislature is currently in its long session, which typically ends in the third week of April. Bills that are being considered this year can be found here. If you have a concern about a state issues or a bill being considered, you can find the list of contacts…
Pierce County sewer rates to increase Jan. 1, 2021
PIERCE COUNTY — Customers in Pierce County’s sewer service area will see a 3.75 percent increase in their sewer rates starting Jan. 1, 2021. The Pierce County Council passed Ordinance No. 2019-77 which set the sewer rate as part of the 2020-21 biennial budget. There was also a rate increase in 2020. Single-family residential customers…
Pierce County burn ban lifted
PIERCE COUNTY — In light of the recent rains and the forecast for continued precipitation, the Pierce County Fire Prevention Bureau lifted the countywide burn ban as of noon on Monday, Oct. 15. The lifting of the fire safety burn ban does not affect those areas in Pierce County where burning is prohibited because of…
Greater Pierce County Purchasing Forum
Looking to do business with governments? Meet purchasing agents from local, state, federal and other public agencies. Exhibitors include Pierce County, City of Tacoma, Port of Tacoma, Pierce Transit, WA Dept. of Transportation, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Joint Base Lewis McChord, U.S. Navy Fleet and Industrial Supply, U.S. General Services Administration, U.S naval Underwater…
Celebrate completion of Canyon Road East projects at ribbon cutting Sept. 6
Pierce County residents are invited to celebrate the completion of a series of Canyon Road East corridor road projects from State Route 512 to 176th Street East. The ribbon cutting ceremony is set for Sept. 6 at 3 p.m. at the property located on the northwest corner of Brookdale Road East and Canyon Road East. The…
August 29, Planning Commission to discuss shorlines regulations
The last meeting at planning commission on shoreline regulation changes is Wednesday, August 29. Now is your chance to hear what is going on with shoreline regulation changes and provide input at the planning commission level. So far, public attendance has been less than anticipated. COUNTY OF PIERCE NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETINGS OF THE PLANNING…
County releases final environmental impact statement for proposed flood plan
The Final Environmental Impact Statement for Pierce County’s proposed Rivers Flood Hazard Management Plan was released Aug. 22. The statement evaluates the potential environmental impacts of the plan, as well as two alternative approaches. The flood plan will guide the management of flooding and channel migration hazards on major rivers, large tributaries and associated floodplains…
New way to bring books to children in low-income neighborhoods
By Mary Getchell, Communications Director, Pierce County Library System As of Aug. 31, 2012 Pierce County Library System’s Explorer Kids’ Bookmobile will stop serving schools and in mid-November the Library’s family bookmobiles and Explorer Kids’ Bookmobile will stop going to communities. This month the Library’s Board of Trustees agreed to a new way to bring…