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Department Name Email Phone Mayor and Council Maria Lee maria.lee@tacoma.gov (253) 534-5915 mobile
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Join us for the City Council Study Session on Tuesday, July 15, 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:
🔷Initiative Measure No. 2 ...Review
The meeting will be streamed live at tacoma.gov/councilmeetings and broadcast on TV Tacoma. For more information, visit tacoma.gov/councilmeetings.
It’s happening! Tacoma’s big weekend is underway! The Pride Festival and Porchfest are happening right now just over a mile apart, and we hope you can join us to celebrate love, music, and each other.
🏳️🌈 Pride Festival is going on until 6 PM today, Saturday, July 12, 2025, at ...Wright Park.
🎵 Porchfest is TWO days this year – Saturday from 12-7 PM, South of 6th Avenue, and Sunday from 12 – 6 PM North of 6th Avenue.
Get details on transit options to get between events at tacoma.gov/mobility.
It’s happening! Tacoma’s big weekend is underway! The @tacomapridefestival and @tacomaporchfest are happening right now just over a mile apart, and we hope you can join us to celebrate love, music, and each other.
🏳️🌈 Pride Festival is going on until 6 PM today, Saturday, July ...12, 2025, at Wright Park.
🎵 Porchfest is TWO days this year – Saturday from 12-7 PM, South of 6th Avenue, and Sunday from 12 – 6 PM North of 6th Avenue.
Get details on transit options to get between events at tacoma.gov/mobility.
Standing room only! #Tacoma 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 for the individuals, organizations, and businesses who enrich and uplift the LGBTQIA2+ community at the Pride Awards, hosted by the @rainbowcntr, this evening at the Pantages Theater. Award recipients this year include:
💙 Mystix ...Flamer – Sapphire Award (youth)
💚 The Name Change and Document Identity Clinic – Emerald Award (organization)
❤️ Teresa and Todd Silver – Ruby Award (ally)
🤍 Fircrest City Council Member Nikki Bufford – Pearl Award (ally)
💎 Dr. Michael Jarvis – Diamond Award (lifetime achievement)
We also honored the life of Craig Sailor, a prominent community member lost this year. The evening then culminated in raising the Pride flag above the Tacoma Manipal Building. Join us in congratulating the award recipients for making a Tacoma a more inclusive place to live, work, and play.
@piercecounty
Standing room only! Tacoma ✨𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩✨ for the individuals, organizations, and businesses who enrich and uplift the LGBTQIA2+ community at the Pride Awards, hosted by the Rainbow Center, this evening at the Pantages Theater. Award recipients this year include:
💙 ...Mystix Flamer – Sapphire Award (youth)
💚 The Name Change and Document Identity Clinic – Emerald Award (organization)
❤️ Teresa and Todd Silver – Ruby Award (ally)
🤍 Fircrest City Council Member Nikki Bufford – Pearl Award (ally)
💎 Dr. Michael Jarvis – Diamond Award (lifetime achievement)
We also honored the life of Craig Sailor, a prominent community member lost this year. The evening then culminated in raising the Pride flag above the Tacoma Manipal Building. Join us in congratulating the award recipients for making a Tacoma a more inclusive place to live, work, and play.
Pierce County
Tacoma Report - July 11, 2025
🌟 Just some adorable mom-and-daughter tapir vibes! 😊 This week, Yuna and her little one, Ume, explored their beautiful new waterfall habitat.
Our friends at @ptdefiancezoo in #Tacoma are home to a lovely family of Malayan tapirs: Yuna, and her calf, Ume. Ume, born on February 2, ...2025, is the second Malayan tapir calf in the zoo's 120-year history! Malayan tapirs are an endangered species native to Southeast Asia, and the zoo is dedicated to conservation efforts to protect them.
Make sure to stop by the zoo this weekend to see our friends exploring their homes!
📷Photo Credit: Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium @ptdefiancezoo
#PhotoOfTheWeek #POTW #tacomawa #PointDefianceZoo #Ume #Yuna #tapirs #endangeredspecies #DiscoverTacoma #zoo #babyanimals #PNW #wildlifephotography
✨Nominations for the AMOCAT Arts Awards are due this Sunday (July 15, 2025)! This is a great opportunity to honor the people, organizations, and businesses that make Tacoma an exceptional place for arts and culture. Learn more and see the award categories below and at ...https://tacoma.gov/government/departments/arts-cultural-vitality/opportunities/#amocat-arts-awards. ✨
⭐ Tacoma Arts and Cultural Vitality Department is accepting applications from artists and artist teams to design and create a sculptural artwork piece for Wapato Park along Sheridan Ave. The sculpture will greet visitors at the entrance of this community space. The deadline to apply is July 22, ...2025.