IT'S RAIN GARDEN SEASON AGAIN - Thanks to Mrs. Walton's 6th grade class from Maplewood Elementary. They are planting a rain garden on 4th AVE SW as part of this year's rain garden program. If you'd like to help install this year, eight more neighborhood rain gardens will be installed on Saturday May 19th. Funded by Department of Ecology grants, this is the fourth year of Puyallup's popular Rain Garden Program. Sign in at 6th Ave SW and 13th Street SW, Puyallup. Read more.
RESULTS OF THE STICK IT TO HUNGER PEANUT BUTTER DRIVE - All the jars of peanut butter have been counted and the goal of raising 4,000 jars of peanut butter between April 30-May 11 has been surpassed. Members of the Puyallup Sumner Chamber of Commerce Leadership Institute challenged the Cities of Puyallup and Sumner to see which city could raise the most jars per capita. Puyallup collected 3,788 jars of peanut butter with city employees bring in 2,650 jars--an average of over 8.74 jars per employee. Sumner collected a total of 1,130 jars citywide. The grand total for both cities was 4,918 jars of peanut butter that will be distributed to the Puyallup and Sumner Food Banks. So who won the contest? After calculating "jars per resident," the winner in the 2012 Peanut Butter Drive is Sumner. Congratulations to all for a great effort.
RIVER ROAD SIDEWALK WORK UPDATE - The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is replacing sidewalk cut out ramps on both sides of River Road. The project is expected to be completed by July. WSDOT has chosen to do the work at night so as not to adversley impact the busy River Road traffic. The typical work hours for the project are 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. with some work taking place during the day. Click here for a weekly schedule of work.
PUYALLUP POLICE APPLIES FOR JAG GRANT - The Puyallup Police Department has applied for a 2012 JAG grant and intends to use the funds to focus on computer equipment acquisition to improve service delivery to the community and to enhance officer proficiency. Here's more information on the application and the grant.
