City of Tacoma: No Legal Obligation

by Michelle Mood Tacoma City Planning Department has: NO LEGAL OBLIGATION to promote health justice. NO LEGAL OBLIGATION to promote racial equity. NO LEGAL OBLIGATION to protect us from the climate emergency.       I’ve been working with many organizations and…

Mega Warehouse Permitted for South Tacoma

The City of Tacoma Planning and Development Services Department has permitted Bridge Industrial‘s 2.5 million square foot warehouse in South Tacoma (LU21-0125) without a full Environmental Impact Statement. The proposal estimates that traffic will be increased by 5,000 vehicle trips…

WAREHOUSEPALOOZA!

by Michelle Mood                                  2.5 million square feet planned for South Tacoma  by Bridge Point Industrial 2.0 million square feet planned for Milton by Bridge Point Industrial 1 million sq. ft. already under construction 2.3 million square feet planned in Fredrickson…

Commenting on the Tideflats Scoping Process

Right now, we are in what’s called a Scoping Phase of the Tideflats Subarea Plan. Here’s what that means: Back in April, four scenarios for what the Tideflats could look like in the future – called “alternatives” – were selected…

Save the Last Trees in the Port!

There is a Port meeting on Wednesday, July 13 from 5:30pm to 7pm online about cutting down trees to make way for more off-dock container storage– please join and testify in favor of protecting these trees! Sent 13 May 2022…