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Tacoma Opera - Cityline - September 18, 2025
How a Pothole is Formed
💙Just two weeks until State of the City! Join Mayor Victoria Woodards for her final address on Thursday, October 2, 2025, from 5 – 8 p.m. at Lincoln High School (701 South 37th Street). The theme of the event is “Grit, Growth, and Gratitude” and features a powerful reflection on Tacoma’s... journey and an inspiring vision for its future. This special evening of storytelling and vibrant visuals is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. Learn more about the event and register to attend in the event page below. ⬇️
Join District 1 Council Member John Hines this Saturday, September 20, 2025, to learn about the City’s work to clean up our streets and keep Tacoma beautiful! Council Member Hines and Environmental Services staff will share the latest updates on their efforts to address litter, trash, graffiti, ...and much more.
✅The event is free and open to the public.
💙All are welcome to attend.
🥯Food and drinks will be served.
⬇️ Details in the event page below.
Join us for CityLine on Thursday, September 18, 2025, at 9 AM. We’ll be live in the studio with:
🔷 Alexis & Ameera Newell, and Eddie Bratko - American Heart Association
🔷 Daniel Garcia, Joseph Brooks, and Kaitlyn Lloyd - Tacoma Arts
🔷Soon Cho, Kathryn Grumley, and Julie ...VandeGrift - Tacoma Opera
🔷 Tim Fairley, Tom Ebenhoh, and Tony Polimeni - New Tacoma Neighborhood Council
🔷 Courtney Bird and Holly Stewart - Job Carr Cabin Museum & Tacoma Fiber Fling
Watch live at tacoma.gov/tvtacoma, on our YouTube channel, and on TV Tacoma.
⚒️Tacoma Streets Initiative I Dollars at Work ⚒️
Phil is back to phill – er – FILL Tacoma Potholes for another round of Pothole Palooza! From September 30 – October 13, 2025, crews will showcase maintenance and preservation of 10 arterial roadway locations across #Tacoma. Stay ...tuned for a full list of where Phil will be visiting and report your pothole concerns through Tacoma FIRST 311 Customer Support Center by dialing 311 within Tacoma city limits, (253) 591-5000 from anywhere else, or by visiting tacoma.gov/311. Maybe Phil will make a visit to your neighborhood? 🚫🍲🕳️
⚒️Tacoma Streets Initiative I Dollars at Work ⚒️
Phil is back to phill – er – FILL Tacoma Potholes for another round of Pothole Palooza! From September 30 – October 13, 2025, crews will showcase maintenance and preservation of 10 arterial roadway locations across Tacoma. Stay ...tuned for a full list of where Phil will be visiting and report your pothole concerns through Tacoma FIRST 311 Customer Support Center by dialing 311 within Tacoma city limits, (253) 591-5000 from anywhere else, or by visiting tacoma.gov/311. Maybe Phil will make a visit to your neighborhood? 🚫🍲🕳️
🚫🍲🕳️Phil is back to phill – er – FILL #Tacoma Potholes for another round of Pothole Palooza! From Sept. 30 – Oct. 13, crews will showcase maintenance and preservation of 10 arterial roadway locations across Tacoma. Stay tuned for a full list of where Phil will be visiting.
🕯️ See how the people of the Hudson Bay Company lived in 1855 at the Fort Nisqually Candlelight Tour on October 3 and 4, 2025! This is a classic Tacoma fall activity where you can see over 100 historical interpreters reenact what life was like all those years ago. Learn more in this Tacoma ...Report. Parks Tacoma