Important Events:

Ask Questions and Express Your Thoughts Directly to the City Council:

Council Member Kristina Walker is joining in Neighborhood Council meetings to collect community input on expanding the City's Urban Forestry Program and advancing implementation of the Urban Forestry Management Plan. This is part of Phase One in the Urban Forestry resolution. She'll be at the following Neighborhood Council meetings in the coming month:

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October 6, 2025: South End Neighborhood Council:

• 7:00 PM, Fire Station #8 on South Alaska Avenue (4911 South Alaska Avenue, Tacoma WA 98408)

• Zoom (Meeting ID: 783 240 9538).

October 8, 2025: New Tacoma Neighborhood Council

• 5:30 PM, Tacoma Public Library 1102 Tacoma Ave S, Tacoma

October 22, 2025: Community Council

• 6:00 PM, Salishan Investment Center, 1724 E 44th Street

November 3, 2025: North End Neighborhood Council

• 6:00 PM, Welcome Center, University of Puget Sound, 3211 N 15th Street

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Green Tacoma Day and Arbor Day (Proclamation taking place at the October 7, 2025 Council Meeting)

 

The City, in collaboration with the Green Tacoma Partnership, is celebrating Green Tacoma Day and Arbor Day on October 11, 2025, from 9:00AM – 12:00PM.  This year 11 organizations are hosting 13 different sites throughout the City and greater Tacoma area. Environmental Services is supporting four Green Tacoma Day sites:

• The City’s Open Space Program will be co-hosting two restoration work parties in collaboration with the Pierce Conservation District: one at the qʷiqʷəlut Saltmarsh (1845 Port of Tacoma Rd) and one at Wapato Hills Park (S 62nd St. and S Wapato St.).

• The Urban Forestry Program is co-hosting Green Blocks: South End Neighborhood Tree Planting (Meet up at Mann Elementary School, 1002 S 52nd St, Tacoma, WA 98408) with the Tacoma Tree Foundation.

• Tidy-Up Tacoma is providing tools and bags for a litter pick-up at and in collaboration with the University of Washington Tacoma (meet up at UW T Giving Garden, 1953 Fawcett Ave, Tacoma, WA 98402).  

 

This year, the Green Tacoma Partnership is celebrating 20 years of community stewardship, engagement, and education in Tacoma’s urban green spaces! For more information, event details, and registration link, please visit greentacomaday.org.  On behalf of the various participating City Programs and the Green Tacoma Partnership, we would like to invite Council to attend any of the offered Green Tacoma Day events if they would like, especially those events located in their respective districts.  Green Tacoma Partnership:

• City of Tacoma

• Pierce Conservation District

• Parks Tacoma

• Tacoma Tree Foundation

• Pierce County Parks

• Washington State University

• University of Washington Tacoma

• Clover Park Technical College

• South End Neighborhood Council  

• Tahoma Bird Alliance  

• Washington Conservation Corp

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Interested in getting involved in tree education and planting in Tacoma? 

• Check out the Tacoma Tree Foundation Calendar of Events.​

 

​Want to attend a city council meeting about tree protections?  ​

• Infrastructure, Planning, and Sustainability Commission Meetings:

  • Policies, issues, programs and services may include, but are not limited to: arterial streets; open space habitat management; infrastructure funding programs and plans; Planning and Development Services: growth management, building codes, land use, planning and zoning; Environmental Services: Wastewater, Storm Water and Solid Waste; environmental and sustainability issues and plans; Local Improvement Districts (LIDs); public transit systems; transportation related matters; urban forestry and critical areas; and environmental issues associated with public utilities.

  • Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month @ 4:30 pm

  • Agendas can be found here

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• City Council Meetings

  • Every Tuesday at 5pm​

  • Agendas can be found here​

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