- 8/26/2010 - Celebrate the Grand Opening of Discovery Pond
- 8/26/2010 - Park District partnership with Goodwill STEPS program benefits both youth and the community
- 8/26/2010 - Park Board to explore healthy foods policy
- 7/30/2010 - Audit report: 11 years with no findings
- 7/30/2010 - Garfield Park is temporarily closed during 2005 Park Improvement Bond construction work
- 7/16/2010 - Vote Daily for Dog Park Video!
- 6/30/2010 - Tacoma resident is one of 59 contestants vying for half-million dollar donation
- 6/18/2010 - Life Jacket Program at Point Defiance Marina
- 5/28/2010 - Vision Presented for Restoration of People’s Pool
- 5/28/2010 - Point Defiance Kiosk Relocation and Rejuvenation
Our commitment to accessibility and inclusion
Oct 30, 2009
Metro Parks Tacoma is committed to creating accessible and inclusive park and recreation experiences.We are currently enhancing our commitment to the American's With Disabilities Act (ADA) enacted almost 20 years ago.
We've revisited the agency's self-evaluation performed by staff in the early 90's and determined a need to reassess the organization's policies, practices and facilities.
You can be a part of our review process by participating in one of three forums taking place in early November during which we are seeking community input about our recently completed work.
Results of our current review have been recorded in an Agency Compliance Manual to reiterate Metro Parks Tacoma's standards, and communicate the expectation for inclusion and accessibility throughout the district's programs and facilities. This manual is a key element of our strategy to make inclusion and accessibility standard components of program and facility decisions. It is available on our website, along with our Inclusion, Diversity and Accessibility policy which was adopted by the Board of Park Commissioners earlier this year.
Click Here to find these documents and to learn more ADA and Inclusion at Metro Parks Tacoma.
Join us for one of our three public forums, November 3-5, during which we will take comments on the Agency Compliance Manual.
Forums will take place in the Metro Parks Tacoma Board Room at the following times:
Nov. 3 from 4-5:30 pm
Nov. 4 from 11:30 am -1 pm
Nov. 5 from 6:30-8 pm
Following these forums we will perform audits of Ruston Way, Point Defiance Park, Northwest Trek and other regional and signature facilities, completing the full inventory of park district locations by the end of 2009.
For more information about the self-evaluation plan or Metro Parks Tacoma's accessibility coordination, contact Roxanne Miles, Interim ADA Compliance Officer, at inclusion@tacomaparks.com or 305.1068.
