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Nick Leider is betting on the generosity of his neighbors this weekend. As Executive Director of Tacoma-based social service organization Nativity House, Leider is responsible for ensuring that hundreds of Tacoma’s homeless residents receive food, clothing and other basics. This Saturday, Leider’s organization hopes to net about $80,000 at the
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Nick Leider is betting on the generosity of his neighbors this weekend. As Executive Director of Tacoma-based social service organization Nativity House, Leider is responsible for ensuring that hundreds of Tacoma’s homeless residents receive food, clothing and other basics. This Saturday, Leider’s organization hopes to net about $80,000 at the
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Allisa and Caesar Jr. Keymolen are normal, happy, goofy kids until you ask them about what happened to their father. They maintain composure when their grandmother, Gena Mejia, talks about Allisa and Caesar Jr.’s mother, Liberty Bell, who died of a medication overdose several years ago. During a
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Allisa and Caesar Jr. Keymolen are normal, happy, goofy kids until you ask them about what happened to their father. They maintain composure when their grandmother, Gena Mejia, talks about Allisa and Caesar Jr.’s mother, Liberty Bell, who died of a medication overdose several years ago. During a
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Vicci Martinez has traded the promise of fame for something better. Don’t worry, Tacoma. She’s still making music, and it’s still breathtaking. But living through the past several years — which included the loss of her father to cancer and a split with both the recording industry and a beloved
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Vicci Martinez has traded the promise of fame for something better. Don’t worry, Tacoma. She’s still making music, and it’s still breathtaking. But living through the past several years — which included the loss of her father to cancer and a split with both the recording industry and a beloved
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Light a candle for Country Aire Manor Park in Puyallup, a mobile home community where residents have been displaced to make way for another multi-million-dollar shopping center. In January 2008 more than 150 Country Aire residents received word that the land underneath their homes was being sold so local representatives
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Light a candle for Country Aire Manor Park in Puyallup, a mobile home community where residents have been displaced to make way for another multi-million-dollar shopping center. In January 2008 more than 150 Country Aire residents received word that the land underneath their homes was being sold so local representatives
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As Tacoma’s collective cash flow dwindles, it seems appropriate that we begin to look elsewhere for ways to keep the economic gears grinding. Enter Barter Tacoma. Sparked by a small group of local professionals who recognize that cash isn’t the only foundation for exchange, the movement hopes to revive the
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As Tacoma’s collective cash flow dwindles, it seems appropriate that we begin to look elsewhere for ways to keep the economic gears grinding. Enter Barter Tacoma. Sparked by a small group of local professionals who recognize that cash isn’t the only foundation for exchange, the movement hopes to revive the
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So we can assume that home remodeling plans have taken a dive, along with home purchasing plans and home selling plans. Home downsizing seems to be popular. For those whose dreams of a new home are dashed, there’s really only one thing to do — spruce up the interior of
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So we can assume that home remodeling plans have taken a dive, along with home purchasing plans and home selling plans. Home downsizing seems to be popular. For those whose dreams of a new home are dashed, there’s really only one thing to do — spruce up the interior of
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A whole mess of folks gathered this week at Tacoma Police headquarters to discuss a thorn that’s been stuck in Tacoma’s side for years. Club owners, bar owners, police, city officials, fire officials, restaurant owners, a few bar patrons, community organizers – all were there to try and figure out
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A whole mess of folks gathered this week at Tacoma Police headquarters to discuss a thorn that’s been stuck in Tacoma’s side for years. Club owners, bar owners, police, city officials, fire officials, restaurant owners, a few bar patrons, community organizers – all were there to try and figure out
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Paul Schrag SECOND CLOSET: Sales associate Brent Coe could be working from a different location in 2010. Through nearly 90 years of service, Junior League of Tacoma has dedicated itself to building community through volunteerism and charity. But that could change by the end of this year. A grass-roots, volunteer-driven community service
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Paul Schrag SECOND CLOSET: Sales associate Brent Coe could be working from a different location in 2010. Through nearly 90 years of service, Junior League of Tacoma has dedicated itself to building community through volunteerism and charity. But that could change by the end of this year. A grass-roots, volunteer-driven community service
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A group of citizens and city officials are moving forward with plans to clean up troublesome business in Tacoma. The P.R.O.A.C.T.I.V.E. Business Licensing team, part of Tacoma’s Safe and Clean initiative, already has developed a complex provisional license program for landlords who let their properties go to pot, or crack,
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A group of citizens and city officials are moving forward with plans to clean up troublesome business in Tacoma. The P.R.O.A.C.T.I.V.E. Business Licensing team, part of Tacoma’s Safe and Clean initiative, already has developed a complex provisional license program for landlords who let their properties go to pot, or crack,
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French poet, journalist, and novelist Anatole France once said, “It is only the poor who are forbidden to beg.” Those words might be worth considering in Puyallup, where city officials have voted to take a stand against aggressive panhandling. This week, council members passed into law a measure that makes it
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French poet, journalist, and novelist Anatole France once said, “It is only the poor who are forbidden to beg.” Those words might be worth considering in Puyallup, where city officials have voted to take a stand against aggressive panhandling. This week, council members passed into law a measure that makes it
