Think. Listen. Talk.

What did people talk about
when they talked about Tacoma?

On December 5 and 6 people throughout Tacoma came together in nine different locations (including Lincoln High School & Beacon Senior Center to talk about their city. We asked questions and then sat back and listened (and took lots of notes).

Everybody talked. They shared their pride, their disappointments, their hopes and dreams for a city they deeply care about. All in all, over 100 people participated in Talk Tacoma

How the evening worked.
1). We created smaller groups of five to six people from the larger group.

2) A volunteer facilitator asked a series of questions (listed below) to the small groups.

3). Individuals answered each question, then shared their answers with others in their group as a table facilitator took notes. There was time for discussion,

4). The table facilitators reported back to the entire group after each question. Discussion followed.

5) All the information was collected from the volunteer facilitators and transcribed by the staff of the Tacoma Public Library.

What follows here are the questions we asked and the unedited responses. Simply click on the 'responses' link after each question to learn what we all talked about!

The questions. The responses.

1). What five things do you appreciate about Tacoma? Responses.

2). What are you most proud of? Responses.

3). What five things about Tacoma disappoint you? Responses.

4). If you had $500 to spend next weekend, how would you spend it? Responses.

5). If you had $5,000,000 to invest in Tacoma, how would you invest it? Responses.

6). What misconceptions do you believe people have about Tacoma? Responses.

7). Tacoma would be a better place to live if _________________. Responses.

Couldn't join us? Write us! We still really want to hear from you. Add your thoughts to one or more of the questions we asked.