We’re excited to work with River Network, Stewardship Partners, and the Pierce Conservation District to bring depaving to the Puget Sound region with a project funded by The Russell Family Foundation. Regreeen paved areas with native gardens at this busy intersection in central Tacoma will complement the City of Tacoma’s nearby rain garden.
Depaving was awesome! A little bit of the PNW couldn’t keep the determined Tacoma Crew down – it’s like they’d done this a hundred times. We had a blast getting to know members of the local community. Thanks so much to Mt Tahoma Church, Trinity Presbyterian Church, 6th Avenue Business District, City of Tacoma, Russell Family Foundation, Stewardship Partners, Pierce Conservation District, and River Network for making it all possible!
- Depaved: March 16th, 2014
- Location: Division & Sprague in Tacoma
- Size: 750 square feet
- Funding Partners: The Russell Family Foundation, the City of Tacoma Environmental Services
- Download: Pics from this event and see our other projects
Interested in depaving in your neighborhood?
Learn about creating community greenspaces with our partners in Puget Sound here
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- Future location of a beautiful garden!
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- Lots of pavement, soon to be green.
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- Additional garden space south of the property.
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- Future rain garden by the City of Tacoma.
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- Aaron and Melissa cutting the asphalt in preparation for the depaving by volunteers!
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- Kind of noisy!
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- Here we go.
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- Heave
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- Heave
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- Heave
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- Ho!
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- Aaron from Stewardship Partners
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- Smash!
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- The Pierce Conservation District Crew
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- Keep it coming Joe!
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- Nice work John!
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- Gigantic!
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- What a crew!
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- The new rain garden.
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- Time to get planting.
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- The Mt. Tahoma Church Crew.
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- Well done everyone – thanks!
