Things to do in Tacoma, Tacoma Community
Michael Duggan
Out on the Town 2024: Tacoma Tuesdays

Tacoma, Tuesdays, Trivia, Tacos, Talent. It’s the truth, there’s stuff to do. We have 19 of those things listed right here (twenty would have sounded so good) and not all of them start with “t.” There’s ballet and book club, wine and film, story time and bingo. So dust off your dancing shoes, clean your spectacles, strap the baby in a stroller, study up on random facts, warm up your vocal chords, and work up an appetite; it’s Tuesday in Tacoma!

Out on the Town 2024: Tacoma Tuesdays
Tacoma Community
Michael Duggan
Tacoma Love: 5 Good Things—Vol. 4

This is not an ultimate, all time, best of the best, win or go home, top 5 list. No, we aren’t really bringing that kind of energy to life. This is the 4th edition of 5 things we like in Tacoma from a list of way more things we like in Tacoma. Sound good? An annual rogue art treasure hunt, a tiny slip of sandy beach, an old place to watch new and cult classic films, a weekly opportunity for repairing your stuff, and a spot where the noodles and broth fill you up in a good way. Some of it’s free. All of it’s good. We’re not making any other claims (who needs all that best-stress anyway?).

Tacoma Love: 5 Good Things—Vol. 4
Tacoma Community
Michael Duggan
Tacoma 2024: Make Yourself At Home

As we take our first steps into 2024, we’re thinking about home and how we make it. We’re thinking about how we continue to seek, find, and create belonging. In this list we’ve collected 7 ways we’ve made ourselves at home in Tacoma and made friends with the city. Go to a festival, become a regular, follow some local news, help out, be pals with the library, explore local history and art, do something new. After a while you’ve made a connection that didn’t exist before. These 7 ideas aren’t deep Tacoma secrets. Rather, think of this list like suggested ingredients for making yourself at home. Take a look and join us.

Tacoma 2024: Make Yourself At Home
Tacoma Community
Michael Duggan
10 Ways to Give Local Love - 2023

This month we’ve created a list focused on 10 ways to give in December. You’ll find 5 sections of recommendations for local gift giving with holiday markets and some of our favorite small shops included, and 5 suggestions for giving outside your circle of friends and family to community and unknown neighbors. All 10 ways of giving put love into the Tacoma community! Read on for a choir made of refugees and USA-born residents offering a concert to celebrate peace, a list of local cafes for coffee lovers, a gift card drive to support clients at the YWCA, a nostalgic holiday movie marathon, a diaper drive to comfort local families, a gift that cares for birds, and more.

10 Ways to Give Local Love - 2023
Tacoma Community
Michael Duggan
5 Ways to Support Food & Housing for ...

We all get by with a little help from our friends. And really, we get by with a little help from strangers too. Be a friend or a friendly stranger by finding one way to support neighbors in the Tacoma community, in Pierce County, or across Washington by choosing from the 5 ways to give on our list. Support affordable housing and mental health, volunteer at a food bank, help prevent displacement due to gentrification, and serve or provide a community meal. Over time, we all have something to give and a real need to receive—most often it’s probably both at once.

5 Ways to Support Food & Housing for Neighbors in Tacoma & Beyond - Vol. 2

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Ready, Set, Sell - Our 5 Step Guide to Listing Your Home

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Ready, Set, Sell - Our 5 Step Guide to Listing Your Home

If you're thinking of selling your home this year, it's time to begin the 5 steps in our listing guide. We imagine you value your home as a practical asset and as a companion to years of your life; take the time to follow through and treat it well when it’s time to sell. We’ve listed and sold over 80 homes with our clients in and around Tacoma. Although we prepare a personal plan to guide each of our clients, these 5 steps come up every time. Dig into our listing guide full of tips, before and after photos, and advice we hope will help you wrap your head (and heart) around preparing to sell your home.

10 Ways to Give: Local Love

10 Ways to Give: Local Love

This month we’ve created a special list of 10 ways to give in December. You’ll find 5 recommendations for local gift giving with some of our favorite small businesses included, and 5 suggestions for giving outside your friends and family, ways of giving to community and unknown neighbors, ways giving of your time, and even a gift that supports wildlife conservation and education. All 10 ways of giving put LOVE into the Tacoma community!

Systemic Racism & Homeownership in Tacoma & Beyond

Systemic Racism & Homeownership in Tacoma & Beyond

As members of the Tacoma community, homeowners, and people who work in real estate, we want to continue our learning about fair housing, the history of racism in housing and homeownership, segregation, and exclusion. We want to know how our history informs our present, and we want to take that learning into our lives, our actions, our votes, and our work. So we’ve gathered “Watch, Read & Listen” resources in hopes that we can learn together. From a section devoted to Tacoma’s history and the current Home in Tacoma Project, to a variety of media addressing systemic racism in housing across America, the list has grown a lot since we first created it last year. We hope we’ve grown too. Dig in.

Systemic Racism & American Homeownership

Systemic Racism & American Homeownership

We’re working on gathering reading resources and other material addressing systemic racism in America as it relates to housing, lending, and homeownership. This is just a short list, but we’re confident it will grow as we continue to work on educating ourselves about this system that we work in and from which we benefit. Find an article, a book recommendation, videos, podcast episodes, and more.

A Conversation with Kim: Tacoma, Homeownership, Gentrification, & Knowing Your Schools

A Conversation with Kim: Tacoma, Homeownership, Gentrification, & Knowing Your Schools

Kimberly Thomas, M. Ed. grew up in Tacoma, graduated from Lincoln High, and works for equity in education. She has a message for us! Brew a cup of coffee and sit down for a conversation with Kim. We’ll explore gentrification. We’ll talk about Kim’s mixed feelings about homeownership, and - just for fun - her favorite places in Tacoma.

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The July Edition: 21 Tacoma Events

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The July Edition: 21 Tacoma Events

July is all about celebration in Tacoma! We celebrate Tacoma Pride (yes, it’s finally time for the Tacoma Pride Festival!), We celebrate cultural diversity, food, music, art, history, and a brand new park; we celebrate summer. So here you go, over 21 ways to celebrate the Tacoma community this month.

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The March Edition - 20 + Tacoma Events!

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The March Edition - 20 + Tacoma Events!

March is here, and this is the month when winter turns to spring. Find 20 ways to weather the remaining days of winter, to welcome the new season, to get out, get about, and get to know Tacoma. Take yourself on a date. Go dancing. Make flowers. Hear stories. Meet makers. Change your mind.

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The January Edition - 21 Tacoma Events!

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The January Edition - 21 Tacoma Events!

Here we go again! Plunge into the Salish Sea, visit the newest wing of the TAM, take a family nature walk, strengthen and calm with yoga, discover local makers at the Night Markets, repair at a Fix-it Fair, clean-up the beach with your community, and honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with the City of Tacoma. There’s more. There’s a whole list to help you celebrate the start of 2019.

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Oh, October - 16 Tacoma Events!

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Oh, October - 16 Tacoma Events!

October, the month of harvest fests and haunts, of chilly outdoor escapades, of art and film extravaganzas. Seasons change, but community continues, it never ends here in Tacoma, so take a look at over 16 opportunities to be part of it.

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Ready, Set, List - Our 5 Step Guide to Listing Your Home

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Ready, Set, List - Our 5 Step Guide to Listing Your Home

Don't just pack up, slap your beloved home on the market and see what happens. Follow these 5 steps, along with special tips, and our personal listing story to find your home a match made in heaven.

Hi, I'm Michael Duggan, a licensed broker with Windermere Abode. I would love to help you through the home buying or selling process. Please contact me to set up a meeting and get things started.