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21st and Fawcett Street Tacoma has a tremendous pothole problem, and the city knows it. During the past couple of years, the city has acknowledged this issue by spending millions of dollars in major arterial repairs with the council’s “pothole initiative.� And in 2010, routine maintenance by Tacoma’s Grounds and Maintenance Division completed street repairs on 229,638 square feet of road. In 2011, the city repaired about 150,000 more square feet of road riddled with holeyness, and continued those efforts in 2012. And while that may sound like a lot of ground, new holes pop up – or return – each and every day, which means a pothole-free road might never exist in Tacoma. With the help of our readers and our dedicated Pothole Pig, we will continue to showcase some of the city’s biggest and best potholes through our weekly homage to one of T-Town’s most unnerving attributes. Help the Pothole Pig by e-mailing your worst pothole suggestions to SaveOurStreets@tacomaweekly.com. Potholes in need of repair can be reported to the City of Tacoma by calling (253) 591-5495.

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ING 5 television’s “Evening Magazine� producer Anne Erickson and videographer Tom Bishop paid a visit to Tacoma Weekly to profile the City of Destiny’s most famous swine for a segment about the little pig’s crusade against

potholes. Perceval, the pig named in honor of the first knight of King Arthur’s fabled Round Table to quest for the Holy Grail, powdered his snout and headed out on yet another search for the “perfect pothole.� The latest media attention comes on the heels of Perceval sightings in Seattle Weekly, KOMO News, The

Bulletin Board *65;9(*;69: :6<./; -69 ;6;,4 763, Aside from the promotional benefits, sponsors will be positioning themselves with one of Tacoma’s most prominent service organizations, proving to clients that their business is helping to positively impact the state of this community and those who live in it. Sponsorship levels range from $500 to $5,000, as well as numerous in-kind opportunities. Being a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, all sponsorships and donations to the Rescue Mission are tax deductible. Sponsorship benefits include promotion to: ¡ 350+ race participants and volunteers ¡ 15,000 Rescue Mission mail recipients ¡ 4,500 Rescue Mission social media accounts ¡ Countless passersby of 150 Rescue Race posters ¡ Readers of the Volcano, News Tribune and other local media outlets ¡ Viewers of King 5 and KCPQ 13 Fox Download Sponsorship Forms at www.RescueRace. org/Sponsor. Simply send in your completed form to The Rescue Mission. If you are unable to register or sponsor the race, please consider sending a donation to continue food services at the Mission, including hot meals, safe beds, educational programming and addiction recovery. Thank you for being a blessing to The Rescue Mission and to Pierce County’s homeless men, women and children. :0? -094: 05;,9=0,>,+ -69 *0;@ :;9(;,.0* 73(5 In the City of Tacoma’s search for a firm to facilitate its citywide strategic planning and visioning process, these six firms moved on to interviews on March 17: Athena Group, LLC of Olympia; Beckwith Consulting Group of LaConner; BDS Planning and Urban Design of Seattle; Community Attributes Inc. of Seattle; Fern Tiger Associates of Oakland, Calif.; and Strategies 360 of Seattle. The public is welcome to witness these interviews as they are taking place. A brief description of each firm is available at cms.cityoftacoma.org/CRO/StrategicVisioningFirms.pdf. The firm that is ultimately selected will guide the development of a Strategic Visioning Plan, which will provide an action plan for the next five years and set the course for Tacoma over the next decade. The plan would also help the city direct its resources toward a defined vision for a future that is reflective of community priorities, considers current and future trends, and bolsters the city’s unique position within the region. “Tacoma is part of what has been recently dubbed in the national media as one of a dozen ‘mega’ regions in the United States,â€? said Mayor Marilyn Strickland. “It is home to nearly 10 million people and generates an annual economic output of about $600 billion. The Puget Sound Region alone is forecasted to reach a population of nearly 5 million people with more than 3 million new jobs by 2040. The Strategic Visioning Plan that evolves

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from this process will not sit on a shelf and collect dust. It will be a plan of action to help ensure that Tacoma is well positioned to fully utilize its assets and identify opportunities to improve the quality of life for residents of our city.� “Civic engagement will be core to the development of the Strategic Visioning Plan,� said City Manager T.C. Broadnax. “This will be a process that is accessible and transparent to all, as the City works with residents and other stakeholders to ensure that this plan is a solid, ambitious and viable living document.� The strategic planning and visioning process will address these seven key focus areas: public health and safety; quality of life and livability; economic vibrancy and employment; culture, arts and recreation; educational opportunity and attainment; effective, efficient and economical government performance; and infrastructure, mobility and environmental sustainability. Additionally, City Council and staff will use public feedback received throughout the civic engagement component of the strategic planning and visioning process to inform the way the City develops its 2015-2016 Biennial Budget and future budgets. The Strategic Visioning Plan will also serve as the overarching document by which all other City plans, policies, programs, and department or individual evaluations are established.

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