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Department Name Email Phone Mayor and Council Maria Lee maria.lee@tacoma.gov (253) 534-5915 mobile
(253) 591-2054 deskTacoma Police Department Shelbie Boyd sboyd@tacoma.gov
TPD-PIO@tacoma.gov(253) 405-7134 mobile
(253) 591-5968 main deskTacoma Fire Department Chelsea Shepherd cshepherd@tacoma.gov (253) 948-7363 mobile Tacoma Public Library Mariesa Bus mbus@tacomalibrary.org (253) 457-1867 mobile
(253) 280-2882 deskTacoma Public Utilities Jessica Wilson jwilson2@tacoma.gov (253) 753-3119 mobile
(253) 502-8117 deskTacoma Venues and Events Hillary Brenner hbrenner@tacomavenues.org (253) 257-5540 mobile
(253) 593-7625 deskAll Other Departments Maria Lee maria.lee@tacoma.gov (253) 534-5915 mobile
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🌸🏵️May is Asian and Pacific Islander (API) Heritage Month! Our City is so enriched by the work of @apcc96 (Asia Pacific Cultural Center) and the City’s API Affinity Group who nurture and serve our API communities and share the vibrant culture with everyone.
📸Faaluaina (Lua) ...Pritchard, Executive Director, Asia Pacific Cultural Center; Bucoda Warren, Senior Policy Analyst, City of Tacoma; Noemi Cagatin-Porter, Founder, CJK Community Homes at the May 6, 2025, #TacCouncil Meeting.
🌸🏵️May is Asian and Pacific Islander (API) Heritage Month! Our City is so enriched by the work of the Asia Pacific Cultural Center and the City’s API Affinity Group who nurture and serve our API communities and share the vibrant culture with everyone.
📸Faaluaina (Lua) Pritchard, ...Executive Director, Asia Pacific Cultural Center; Bucoda Warren, Senior Policy Analyst, City of Tacoma; Noemi Cagatin-Porter, Founder, CJK Community Homes at the May 6, 2025, City Council Meeting.
The #TacCouncil declared the following Proclamations at the May 6, 2025, City Council Meeting:
🔷May 4 - 10, 2025, is National Small Business Week! Tacoma is rich with the small businesses that provide employment, goods, services, and character to our communities. We’re celebrating their ...contributions to our local economy, and you can too by shopping local!
🔷May 5 - 9, 2025, is Affordable Housing Week! Through initiatives like the Affordable Housing Action Strategy, Home in Tacoma, affordable housing financing programs, community partnerships, cross-sector collaborations (and more), the City remains committed to a #Tacoma where all people have access to decent, safe, healthy, and affordable housing.
📸National Small Business Week: Asia Dillingham, CEO, A+ Bookkeeping; Hailey and Dante Hernandez, Co-Owners of @sidepiecekitchen ; Laura Deaguero Gonzalez, Owner of Sofi’s Corner; Mari Griffin, Founder, @blacknightmarket
📸 Affordable Housing Week: Amanda DeShazo, Executive Director, Tacoma-Pierce County Affordable Consortium
The Tacoma City Council declared the following Proclamations at the May 6, 2025, City Council Meeting:
🔷May 4 - 10, 2025, is National Small Business Week! Tacoma is rich with the small businesses that provide employment, goods, services, and character to our communities. We’re celebrating ...their contributions to our local economy, and you can too by shopping local!
🔷May 5 - 9, 2025, is Affordable Housing Week! Through initiatives like the Affordable Housing Action Strategy, Home in Tacoma, affordable housing financing programs, community partnerships, cross-sector collaborations (and more), the City remains committed to a Tacoma where all people have access to decent, safe, healthy, and affordable housing.
📸National Small Business Week: Asia Dillingham, CEO for A+ Bookkeeping; Hailey and Dante Hernandez, Co-Owners of Side Piece Kitchen; Laura Deaguero Gonzalez, Owner of Sofi’s Corner; Mari Griffin, Founder of the Black Night Market
📸 Affordable Housing Week: Amanda DeShazo, Executive Director, Tacoma-Pierce County Affordable Consortium
🔴As a reminder, the Tacoma City Council Meeting is at 5:00 PM on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. Here's a link to agenda: https://ow.ly/ahrz50VN9cC. This meeting will be hybrid, in-person meeting at the Tacoma Municipal Building Council Chambers and virtually via Zoom. To join via Zoom, use this ...link: https://ow.ly/XhS350VN9cB and passcode: 349099 or dial (253) 215-8782 using Meeting ID: 848 3423 3126. The meeting is also live streamed at https://tacoma.gov/government/departments/city-council/city-council-meetings/ and broadcast live on TV Tacoma.
😎 We’re soaring high on the vibes of this warm and beautiful Tuesday afternoon, #Tacoma! Spreading the sunshine with some beautiful footage just captured of Old City Hall and the Thea Foss Waterway. The mountain in the background has us like 😍🏔️.
😎 We're soaring high on the vibes of this warm and beautiful Tuesday afternoon, Tacoma! Spreading the sunshine with some beautiful footage just captured of Old City Hall and the Thea Foss Waterway. The mountain in the background has us like 😍🏔️.
🏆The Planning Tacoma team's outreach efforts during the Home in Tacoma process just earned statewide recognition! The Washington Association of Building Officials awarded the City's Planning and Development Services Department the Jurisdictional Outreach Award. More details ⬇️.
Do you have training and experience in Building Codes and looking for a way to put those skills to use to serve your community? The Board of Building Appeals, a volunteer-based quasi-judicial board that reviews and approves updates to the City’s Building Codes, currently has five vacancies. Apply... by May 18, 2025, to help shape Mechanical, Plumbing, Fire, Dangerous Building, Minimum Housing, Boiler and Energy Codes in Tacoma. Learn more at the link in bio.