The Daily Outside: Co-Create to Recreate 3.4.26
Midweek slows down just enough to talk about what kind of city we want to walk through — parks, people, and the long game of growing something together.
Budgets, ballots, and the underrated art of showing up
Co-Create to Recreate – Eastside
Parks Tacoma
Wednesday, March 4, 2026 • 5:30–7:30 p.m.
Eastside Community Center
Free • Open to the public
Not every Outside happens on a trail. Sometimes it unfolds under fluorescent lights with folding chairs and a microphone that squeaks just a little before someone clears their throat and says, “Okay, let’s talk about the future.”
Co-Create to Recreate is Parks Tacoma’s invitation to step into the civic greenhouse. From 5:30–7:30 p.m., Eastside Community Center becomes a gathering place for neighbors, staff, Park Commissioners, and anyone curious about where local park dollars go — and how they grow.
You’ll hear the results of the recent participatory budgeting process, including which community-submitted idea rose to the top. It’s democracy in practical shoes: residents pitch ideas, the community votes, and something tangible gets built.
There will also be information about the April 28 ballot measure that would invest up to $155 million in more than 40 parks and community centers — notably with no increase in taxes. If passed, that funding would shape playgrounds, fields, buildings, and green spaces for years to come.
Park Commissioner Andrea Smith will be on hand, available for conversation and questions — which means this isn’t a lecture, it’s a dialogue. Show up with curiosity. Leave with context.
More info: Parks Tacoma
Afterward at Peaks & Pints
After the meeting adjourns and the civic gears stop turning for the night, cross town to Peaks & Pints where the conversation can loosen up a little. Parks talk tends to pair nicely with a tulip glass in hand and the quiet satisfaction of having shown up.
If you’re still in the mood for something rooted in place, our house cider is waiting. Finnriver Buckhorn Dry — crafted with Finnriver Farm & Cidery — pours crisp, orchard-bright, and quietly wild, the kind of cider that feels like a walk through fall fruit trees even when Tacoma skies are doing their gray thing. Clean apple snap, dry finish, just enough rustic charm to remind you the Pacific Northwest still grows things worth raising a glass to.
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LINK: Peaks & Pints beer and cider cooler inventory
