South End Neighborhood Council

Our favorite Pierce Transit employee Penny Grellier has pulled the cord, sadly indicating this is her last stop aboard the SENCo bus. Kidding aside, we can’t thank Penny enough for her contribution to the South End in her service to SENCo. It’s been a pleasure to work with her over the years, and we’re grateful to have her remain on the SNAPs committee even as she steps down from the board. We wish you well in all you do, Penny!

We hope you can join us for our last meeting in 2021 on November 1st at 7pm!

Click here for the agenda, & see below for the Zoom link information:

In addition to updates for the South End from our Liaisons Extraordinaire, we will hold our annual SENCo Board Election at the November meeting. We have a great candidate applying for the open position from the Larchmont area of SENCo: April Smith!

REMINDER: SENCo Recesses in December, Following Meeting January 3, 2022

Join us in welcoming our newest SENCo board member, Cheryl Kopec! As an Army Veteran who served in Iraq, local Microsoft tech-xpert who is also fluent in French, and the owner of the sweetest service dog Charlie, we are so glad to have Cheryl on the SENCo team! With her experience as treasurer for Occupy and a penchant for organization and numbers, Cheryl has already joined our Executive Board as Treasurer, and we are all grateful to have her aboard! Pun intended 😉  Welcome, Cheryl (& Charlie)!!!

Hi Ya’ll. Happy Fall. Hope you’re enjoying the lovely turn of this season!

Our upcoming October General Meeting will feature our Liaisons Extraordinaire giving us important news we can use about City services in the South End, & all four Council Member candidates running in both South End districts 4 & 5 have been invited to join us and share their platform with you!

If you haven’t shared your thoughts on what exactly is needed to make the South End better, please do so ASAP by filling out this quick SNAPs survey. Your voice is important & we want to hear from you!

We Heart You South End! Hope to see you soon! Here’s the Zoom info:

Topic: SENCo October General Meeting

Time: Oct 4, 2021 7:00 PM

Join Zoom Meeting Online:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7832409538?pwd=dmtBb25STXgxUVFSQmhXWDBYOFpZdz09

Meeting ID: 783 240 9538

Passcode: 236276

JoinZoom Meeting via Phone:

253 215 8782 (Tacoma)

Meeting ID: 783 240 9538

Passcode: 236276

Tidy-Up Tacoma 2021

South End Location #1: Lincoln District 

When: 10am-2pm on September 28, 2021

Where: Meet in front of Starbucks at S 38th St &  S G St at 9:45am

This past year and a half has been tough on all of us, and for our local businesses. We’ve seen the trash piling up and graffiti piling on around the area. Want to help do something about it? Well, SENCo is here for you because we‘re all in this together. It’s time to Tidy-Up Tacoma!

From September to November, the City of Tacoma’s Tidy-Up Tacoma program will be sending out crews to local business districts to clean up litter/debris, perform graffiti removal, right-of-way landscaping, street sweeping, and more!

The first Tidy-Up Tacoma event in the South End is on September 28th in the Lincoln District. (See below for the full schedule.)*

To show our support for the Lincoln District, SENCo will meet up at 9:45am in front of Starbucks on S 38th St & S G St and help out from 10am to 2pm. You’re welcome to join us! We’ll have bags, gloves, vests, and masks available for you.

Any questions? Visit the city’s website or contact us at TidyUp253@gmail.

*SENCo is working with the city to make sure the areas from S 56th St to S 96th St along Pacific Ave S will also be included.

Happy September, South Enders!

First, a heads up! Due to the Labor Day holiday, the upcoming general meeting will be held on TUESDAY, September 7th at 7pm. You can find a copy of the agenda here, and see below for Zoom login information or follow us on facebook to watch live.

SENCo General Meeting
TUESDAY Sep 7, 2021 07:00 PM

Join Zoom Meeting Online

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7832409538?pwd=dmtBb25STXgxUVFSQmhXWDBYOFpZdz09

Meeting ID: 783 240 9538
Passcode: 236276

Join Zoom Meeting by Phone

1 253 215 8782

Meeting ID: 783 240 9538
Passcode: 236276

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kb9vpkgSdy

We’re looking forward to the September meeting with three great guest speakers and a lot of information about upcoming events and what’s going on in the South End!

We hope to see you there!

A HUGE thank you to everyone who showed up to show the South End some love for the August SENCo Summer Fun Clean-Up along Hosmer today! Special shout-outs to Blueberry Park (who donated their weekly Sunday clean-up) & Stafford Safe St groups who came out in full force today! You all were awesome!

We collected about 25 bags of litter in 2 hours! If you missed this one but ❤️ the South End like we do, stay tuned for our next clean-up in September & join us! We’d love to see you there!

A big virtual round of applause to the Blueberry Park, Fern Hill, & Larchmont neighborhoods for putting on a great outdoor National Night Out (NNO) event this year! SENCo was great full for the invitation to attend & see you all safely!

Thank you to everyone in the South End who stopped by, as well as Darren & Amy from Safe Sts for supporting the community, SENCo board member Penny was representing Pierce Transit with great information & treats, & last but not least, a huge thank you to Jubilee Restaurant owner Jose Chavez for donating a $25 gift certificate to SENCo for the We ❤️ the South End coloring raffle prize.

We’re already looking forward to next the festivities next year!

❤️ SENCo