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3^rd Annual Litter Free 253 Event | April 16^th, 9-11am

Celebrate Earth Month with Tacoma’s third annual LitterFree253 litter event on April 16th from 9am-11am. This socially distant event will be hosted Tacoma-wide, so you can pick up litter and beautify any neighborhood with your family and friends! Individual, groups, schools, and workplaces are welcome to join. Giveaways will be awarded to litter-picker-uppers. Sign-up online: https://bit.ly/3IaKj27. 

Questions? Email LitterFree253@gmail.com. 

Thank you!

With love from the planning committee:

South End Neighborhood Council | West End Neighborhood Council | Eastside Neighborhood Council

STAFFORD WALKING TOUR

Saturday, April 9 at 9am – 11am, meet at Stafford Elementary School (1615 South 92nd Street) for beginning & end of Walking Tour.

The South End Neighborhood Council is holding monthly walking tours of South End hot spots to identify problems & solutions at the ground level.

You’re welcome to join our upcoming Walking Tour #3 in the Stafford area! Bring your ideas, questions, & comments about the neighborhood to help inform our goals for the future of the South End. 

Tea donated by our local 38th & G Starbucks available before & after walk 🙂

Questions? Email senco253@gmail.com

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Join us in welcoming Rachel Wilkie, our latest wonderful SENCo Board Member!

She is dedicated to community & working to improve our neighborhood through grassroots engagement. A Costume Designer for the 5th Avenue Theater in Seattle, Rachel brings her enthusiasm & experience to SENCo with awesome grant writing skills, as well as her partnerships with Local #887 Antiracism committee, Indigenous Allyship/Continuing Learning Subcommittees, & the Hospitality House Homeless Shelter.

Fun fact about Rachel: she is currently raising 19 chicks for several neighborhood backyard coops!

We’re so grateful Rachel is willing to give her time & energy to SENCo, & we welcome her aboard the good ship SENCo 🙂

Here’s your chance to be involved in the planning process for upcoming Green Schoolyard projects coming soon to Larchmont, Mann, & Whitman schools!

Larchmont Elementary : 3:30PM on Thursday, March 24 @ Larchmont Elementary (front entrance) Can’t make it? Fill out the Online Larchmont Survey.

Whitman Elementary: 3:30PM on Wednesday, March 30 @ Whitman Elementary (front entrance) Can’t make it? Fill out the Online Whitman Survey.

Mann Elementary: 3:30PM on Thursday, March 31 @ Mann Elementary (front entrance) Can’t make it? Fill out the Mann Elementary Survey.

We’re so excited to have a total of six Green Schoolyard projects here in the South End, & community input is vital to the process. Make your voices heard!

Have questions about these projects or Green Schoolyards? Contact:

Andrew McConnico  email Andrew.McConnico@tpl.org  phone 512.826.2473

or

Sarneshea Evans  email Sarneshea.Evans@tpl.org  phone 404.2118.2332

Thanks to everyone who came out on another beautiful Saturday morning for our 2nd Walking Tour in Fern Hill! 

Special thanks for attending & sharing their time & knowledge:

• Jennifer Kammerzell, Principal Engineer for the Public Works Department
• Sarneshea Evans, Program Director for the Green Schoolyard project

We learned a lot along the way about sidewalks, speed studies, traffic circles, & road repair. Information was shared about upcoming Safe Routes to School projects in this area like Baker Middle School being up next for improvements, and solutions to the speeding on E 84th St using narrowing techniques such as going from 4 lanes to 2 lanes & the addition of a bike lane were discussed. It may seem counter-intuitive, but research has shown lane narrowing helps move traffic with 33% less speeding.

Our gratitude, as always, to our local S 38th St & S G St Starbucks for supporting the South End community by providing tea for these events!

Hope to see you on our next Walking Tour in the Stafford area on April 9. Stay tuned for details! Want to receive Walking Tour updates? Sign up below 🙂 

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