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Join us for the August 19, 2025, Tacoma City Council Meeting at 5:00 PM. Here's a link to the agenda: https://ow.ly/HlzC50WHLGG. If you’d like to submit a comment relating to an item on the agenda, written public comments must be submitted to cityclerk@tacoma.gov at least 24 hours before the... meeting, or you can speak during the meeting. This meeting will be hybrid, in-person at the Tacoma Municipal Building Council Chambers and virtual via Zoom. To join via Zoom, use this link: https://ow.ly/hjaB50VRhrm and passcode: 349099 or dial (253) 215-8782 using Meeting ID: 848 3423 3126. The meeting will be streamed live at tacoma.gov/councilmeetings and on our YouTube channel, and broadcast on TV Tacoma.
Join us for the City Council Study Session on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, at noon. It’ll be conducted as a hybrid meeting on Zoom and in-person at the Tacoma Municipal Building (747 Market St.), Council Chambers located on the 1st floor. Agenda items include:
🔷 South Tacoma Groundwater ...Protection District Code Update Public Hearing Debrief
🔷Council Action Memorandum - 2025 Revised Cancelled City Council Meetings
The meeting will be streamed live at tacoma.gov/councilmeetings and on our YouTube channel, and broadcast on TV Tacoma. For more information, visit tacoma.gov/councilmeetings.
🧡🌄 The Olympic Mountains at sunset, with an orange sky as a backdrop, as seen by a paddleboarder in Commencement Bay earlier this week.
📸 Photo credit: @mati.pnw
Each Friday, we feature a new photo or group of photos on our Instagram account! If you are a photographer who... captured something special in #Tacoma, we invite you to submit up to three photos for consideration to be featured. We're looking for timely photos that show something relevant for the week, and we always credit photographers. Visit tacoma.gov/socialmedia, then scroll to the bottom of the page to make your submission.
#photooftheweek #POTW #pugetsound #paddleboardpics
🇮🇳 If you drive by the Tacoma Dome today, August 15, 2025, you'll see a new flag flying! It’s the Indian Tricolor flag and it's flying because today marks 79 years since India emerged from over two centuries of colonial rule and began its journey as a sovereign democracy. We have ...many people of Indian descent in Tacoma, and we’re proud to celebrate this milestone with them.
🇮🇳 If you drive by the @TheTacomaDome today, August 15, 2025, you'll see a new flag flying! On this day in 1947, India began its journey as a sovereign democracy. Today, we honor #Tacoma’s vibrant Indian American community by raising the Indian Tricolor flag alongside the U.S. flag at ...the Dome and across our city. #otd
🏆💙 The National Association of Counties recognized the Summer Teen Late Nights program with a 2025 Achievement Award! We're proud to help fund this program that offers middle and high school students the chance to stay active in a safe space throughout the summer.
Earlier this ...week, members of the Joint Municipal Action Committee, including #TacCouncil Member Kristina Walker, joined other local elected officials to engage with young people in the program at the Milgard Family Eastside Branch of the Boys and Girls Club of South Puget Sound.
This program is a collaborative effort of many community partners who all place importance on helping our youth thrive. The program runs this year through August 29, 2025.
@bgcsps @parkstacoma @tacomaschools @piercecounty
🏆💙 The National Association of Counties recognized the Summer Teen Late Nights program with a 2025 Achievement Award! We're proud to help fund this program that offers middle and high school students the chance to stay active in a safe space throughout the summer.
Earlier this ...week, members of the Joint Municipal Action Committee, including Tacoma City Council Member Kristina Walker, joined other local elected officials to engage with young people in the program at the Milgard Family Eastside Branch of the Boys and Girls Club of South Puget Sound.
This program is a collaborative effort of many community partners who all place importance on helping our youth thrive. Learn more about this program that runs through August 29, 2025, at https://www.parkstacoma.gov/summer-late-nights/.
Parks Tacoma Tacoma Public Schools Boys & Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound
Thirsty Dog Run - Tacoma Report - August 13, 2025
Join #TacCouncil Member Olgy Diaz at her fourth Neighborhood Connections Event next Friday, 8/22, to hear about what’s important to you in #Tacoma. The event is at the Tacoma Public Library Moore Branch (215 S. 56th St.) from 10:30 – 11:30 PM.