Metro Parks Public Meetings

Metro Parks is hitting the ground running this year with a couple of opportunities for public input.

Manitou Community Center

MP will be holding a public comment session today to gather input on the future of the Manitou Community Center. This will be the second of two sessions on the proposal to surplus the Center. The building hasn’t been used for regular Metro Parks programming since 2005. The new STAR (South Tacoma Activity & Recreation) Center, scheduled to open this year, will take its place. The plan now is to sell the building, which once housed Manitou Elementary School.

When: Wednesday, January 4th, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Where: The Boys and Girls Club’s Topping Hope Center, 3875 S. 66th Street
Details: Read more from “The Daily Index”:http://www.tacomadailyindex.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=88&cat=23&id=2092159&more=0

Strategic Plan Update Workshops

Metro Parks is also in the process of rewriting its strategic plans, goals, and objectives. The response of the recent MP survey are in, and the parks district is moving on to the next phase of the process with two public workshops scheduled to discuss the results, which can be viewed on the “Metro Parks Tacoma website.”: http://www.metroparkstacoma.org/files/library/261db55d6b53c1dc.pdf

When: Thursday, January 5th, 5:00 to 6:30 p.m., and Friday, January 6th, 12:00 to 1:30 p.m.
Where: Metro Parks Tacoma Headquarters, 4702 S. 19th Street
Details: RSVP required. Visit “www.metroparkstacoma.org”: http://www.metroparkstacoma.org/page.php?id=58

Previously on Exit133: Metro Parks Strategict Plan Review.