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Honors Abound for our Parks, Programs
and Facilities!

Shhh...we're sharing early insider-information, but you'll want to tune in to Evening Magazine tonight at 7pm...

 

 
Discover the Story Behind Pagoda 

 

On Thursday, May 2, in honor of National Historic Preservation Month...

 

 
Point Defiance Park Program Plan Charrette

 

You can have a say in the future of Point Defiance Park! We are updating our...

 

 
STAR Center Earns LEED Gold    

 

Metro Parks Tacoma's STAR Center has earned LEED Gold certification from the...

 

 
STAR Center Celebrates First Anniversary    

 

Metro Parks' popular STAR Center celebrates its first anniversary on May 18.

The all day free community celebration will include...

 

 
Stingray Cove Touch Tank Exhibit Opens

 

Stingray Cove opens May 4 at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, giving visitors the opportunity to reach into the water and touch...

 

 
First Annual Polar Bear 'Paw of
Approval Awards'

 

Four local businesses - two private companies and two public entities - are the first annual winners of...

 

 
McKinley Park Benefits from Comcast
Cares Day

  

On Saturday, April 27, more than 150 local Comcast employees and their...

 

 
Metro Parks Featured in Junior
Daffodil Parade   

 

Catch Metro Parks on TV Tacoma's coverage of the Junior...

 

 
Fort Nisqually Launches Crafts of the Past     

 

Visitors to Fort Nisqually Living History Museum can learn how to make....

 

 
Market and Music for Queen Victoria's Birthday 

 

Period handicrafts and French-Canadian music will be featured May 18 during...

 

 
Upcoming Plant Sales Help Your Garden Grow

 

Find high quality plants this month at a variety of Metro Parks' plant sales...

 

 
May's Featured Volunteer - Tacoma
Garden Club      

 

Volunteers play a vital role at Metro Parks Tacoma, working alongside...

 

 
Zoo Welcomes Tiger Cub; More Animal
Births Expected

 

Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium welcomes a Sumatran tiger cub. Clouded leopard and harbor seal
births are also...

 

 
Heartwarming Honesty at Northwest Trek

 

Tuesday, April 2, proved an honest day's work for both the staff and visitors at Northwest Trek...

 

 
Two Moose Calves Released Into
Free-Roaming Area

 

Two more moose are "loose" in the Free-Roaming Area at Northwest Trek...

 

 
Zip Wild Opens May 4

 

Zip Wild, the Northwest's premier complex of zip line/challenge courses, opens...

 

 
Earth Day Party Celebrated the Planet

 

At its annual Earth Day weekend event, presented by Tacoma Power, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium recognized...

 

 
Living Well in Pierce County

 

The Tacoma/Pierce County Health Department will host a community conversation to discuss ideas about how to make our neighborhoods healthier and happier...

 

 
 
Park Board Meeting
May 13

Capital Improvement Committee
May 29

Committee of the Whole
May 15 & 20



Point Defiance Park Program Plan Charrette
May 7


Destination Point Defiance

3rd Thursday
Community Dialogue
May 16
 

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