Located at the foot of Mount Rainier and along the shores of Commencement Bay, Tacoma is recognized as a livable and advanced city. Tacoma’s population of more than 199,600 residents, the city that incorporated in 1884 has grown from its extensive historical origins as a home of sawmills and a bustling international ports Tacoma’s focus on the arts and healthy, affordable living doesn’t go unnoticeable. Tacoma’s history and its neighborhoods go back to its earliest settlements. From the reformation of old and new Tacoma in 1884, neighborhoods have served as the foundation upon which Tacoma has been built.
Today, with the formation of neighborhood councils, citizens and city government continue to build on that establishment by focusing on the places which people care the most – their neighborhoods.
