Tacoma: McKinley Neighborhood Plan Recognized With a Smart Communities Award
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~ The City of Tacoma has been recognized with a Governor's Smart Communities Award for the McKinley Neighborhood Plan. The plan was honored in the "Smart Equity Strategies" category for centering equity in planning and community engagement.

Mayor Victoria Woodards expressed her pride in the award, saying, "Neighborhood engagement is vital to a flourishing city. In the City of Tacoma, we lead with equity and this helps ensure that any barriers in engaging our communities are removed. The City is honored to receive the Governor's Smart Communities Award for the McKinley Hill Neighborhood Plan, and we proudly share it with our community who helped make this project possible."

The plan was prepared by the City of Tacoma's Neighborhood Planning Program and draws on nine months of co-creation with the neighborhood and business district. It distills local and regional strategic goals into four major priorities identified by the neighborhood: business district vitality, transportation, open space, and development.

Council Member Catherine Ushka praised the hard work that went into creating the plan, saying "The countless hours of hard work, dedication and community-wide collaboration that went into the creation of this neighborhood plan is a testament to the strength and resilience of the McKinley Neighborhood. This neighborhood plan is ambitious, but it is achievable, and we must continue working to find the resources needed to bring the community's vision to life."

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The McKinley Hill Neighborhood Plan includes a number of proposed actions which will be accomplished with existing allocated funding or require reorienting or reprioritizing existing allocated resources or identifying a combination of grants and other partnership funds. It is also aligned with the City of Tacoma's Comprehensive Plan "One Tacoma".

Presented annually since 2006, The Smart Communities Awards program recognizes local governments for exceptional land use planning and development which showcase effective implementation of Washington State's Growth Management Act. Gov Jay Inslee said "This year's winners are tackling everything from housing affordability to environmental restoration proving that our state can do anything it sets its mind to." Commerce Director Mike Fong added "Making equity a recognizable achievement in our communities and celebrating projects that take years if not decades to reach fruition are both admirable additions to this annual program."

The recognition for McKinley Hill Neighborhood Plan highlights how important it is for communities to come together in order to create positive change within their neighborhoods. It also serves as an example for other communities looking for inspiration when addressing similar land use planning issues or seeking creative ideas on how they can improve their own neighborhoods.

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