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  • Dome District desk: station, Freighthouse, the Dome

    The Dome District is transit first: Tacoma Dome, Freighthouse Square, Link, Sounder, and the Pierce Transit Bus Shop. Last checked August 29, 2026.

    The district

    City listing: Neighborhood Business Districts (Dome). Cross-district profile: tacomabusinessdistricts.com.

    Tacoma Dome Station / Bus Shop — 505 E. 25th Street. Passes, ORCA, most Pierce Transit lost-and-found, Link lost-and-found. Hours and phone tree: Transit desk.

    City desks that still apply

    Longer ride context: Transit guide.

  • Eastside desk: 56th and Portland Avenue

    Eastside is the community center at 56th and the Portland Avenue business district up the hill from the Dome. Two names, one side of town. Last checked August 29, 2026.

    The places

    Eastside Community Center — 1721 E. 56th Street, (253) 404-3990. From July 1, 2026: Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–8 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m.–3 p.m., Sunday closed. Indoor pool follows a tighter grid and is closed Sunday. Full hours: Metro Parks desk.

    Portland Avenue is the city’s listed neighborhood business district on that side — shops, park, and community center. City listing: Neighborhood Business Districts.

    City desks that still apply

  • Proctor desk: North 26th and Proctor

    Proctor is the North End mixed-use center at North 26th and Proctor. Use this page when a story is about Theory, a DADU, the market, or a walkable Saturday. Last checked August 29, 2026.

    The district

    City listing: Neighborhood Business Districts
    Association: theproctordistrict.com
    Neighborhood plan (adopted Feb 2024; NPP later sunset): Proctor District Neighborhood Plan
    North End context: nenc.org/explore

    City copy still lists the Proctor Farmers’ Market as Saturday mornings, March through November. Confirm the current season on the association calendar before you send someone out in December. Wheelock Branch Library is the neighborhood library — hours on the library desk.

    What we already wrote here

    City desks that still apply

  • Hilltop desk: the neighborhood as a reference page

    Hilltop is a business district and a neighborhood people search by name. Keep the story on this site by pointing here instead of a third-party listicle. Last checked August 29, 2026.

    The district

    City write-up: Neighborhood Business Districts (Hilltop). CED: (253) 591-5208.

    People’s Community Center & Pool sits on MLK: 1602 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, (253) 404-3915. Building hours from July 1, 2026: Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–7 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m.–2 p.m., Sunday closed. Full grid: Metro Parks desk.

    What we already wrote here

    City desks that still apply

    Sister neighborhood page: 6th Avenue desk.

  • 6th Avenue desk: The Ave as a reference page

    When we write about a mixer, a zine, or a Tuesday on 6th, this is the page to point back to so the story does not dump people onto a generic city homepage. Last checked August 29, 2026.

    The district

    6th Avenue Business District runs roughly Sprague to Alder. City listing: Neighborhood Business Districts. District site: on6thave.org. Cross District Association profile: tacoma-cda.org/district/6th-ave.

    CED contact for the 15 districts: Shari Hart, (253) 591-5208, 747 Market, 9th floor.

    What we already wrote here

    City desks that still apply on The Ave

    Food and parks context: Food scene · Parks.

  • Tacoma safety routing: 911, 988, protection orders

    This page is routing, not legal advice and not a substitute for an advocate. If someone is in danger now, call 911. Last checked August 29, 2026.

    Crisis lines

    • Suicide and behavioral-health crisis: call or text 988
    • Pierce County crisis line: 1-800-576-7764
    • WA 211 (food, shelter, utilities): 211 or text your ZIP to 898211
    • National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233
    • National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673
    • Teen Link: 1-866-833-6546
    • Veterans: 988, then press 1

    Crystal Judson Family Justice Center

    718 Court E, Tacoma, WA 98402
    Helpline: (253) 798-4166 · toll-free (800) 764-2420
    Monday–Friday 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
    familyjusticecenter.us

    One building for protection-order help, safety planning, and partner agencies. YWCA Pierce County crisis: (253) 383-2593. Rebuilding Hope sexual assault: 1-855-757-7273.

    Which court

    Washington forms live on the state courts site (Petition for Protection Order, PO 001). Local filing:

    • Domestic violence, sexual assault, vulnerable adult, extreme risk — Pierce County Superior Court Clerk, 930 Tacoma Ave. S., Room 110. DV clerk: (253) 798-8827. No filing fee on a DVPO. Official: Civil protection orders
    • Anti-harassment and stalking — District Court, same building, Room 239. Phone / chat: (253) 798-7487. File path: File a protection order. Stalking has no fee. Anti-harassment may. Staff call you after an online packet. Ask about a fee waiver if money is the block.

    County clerk hours and the rest of that building: Pierce County desk. Police report of an incident that already happened: Police records desk.

  • Tacoma police, reports, and public records desk

    Three numbers get mixed together. 911 is danger now. Non-emergency is a crime that already happened. 311 is a can, a pothole, a nuisance. Last checked August 29, 2026.

    Call

    Emergency: 911
    Police non-emergency: (253) 287-4455
    TPD main information: (253) 591-5950
    Investigations follow-up: (253) 591-5934
    Internal Affairs recorded line: (253) 591-5283 · TPD-IA@tacoma.gov
    HQ: 3701 South Pine Street, Tacoma, WA 98409
    Services page: TPD services

    Theft, vandalism, vehicle prowl, lost property — not in progress: report at TacomaSafe.org or call 287-4455. Animal, encampment, suspected drug house: 311 / Civic Desk, not the police records portal.

    Which window has the paper

    South Sound 911 holds incident reports, CAD logs, traffic citations, and 911 / dispatch audio for Tacoma Police and most Pierce agencies. Portal: southsound911.org/public-records-requests. Mail: ATTN Records Custodian, South Sound 911, 3580 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, WA 98418. You can file without a case number if you have date, place, and names.

    City of Tacoma Public Records Office holds TPD investigative files, photos, body-worn and in-car video, plus non-police city records. Portal: Tacoma Public Records Request Center. Phone (253) 231-0240, Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–noon and 1–5 p.m. publicdisclosure@tacoma.gov. In person: TPU building, 3628 S. 35th St., or Customer Support Center, 733 Market St. #220. Mail: PO Box 11007, Tacoma, WA 98411. Fees started August 1, 2025 — read the portal FAQ before you click submit. If the request is both police and city, file both request types.

    Municipal Court files are the court, not TPD — parking / Municipal Court. WSP collision reports are WSP, Pierce (253) 538-3240. Background checks are WSP, not 311.

  • I just moved to Tacoma: the checklist

    A Tacoma address is not automatically city utilities, Tacoma schools, or a Pierce County ballot at the new mailbox. Do these in the first week. Last checked August 29, 2026. Every line has a desk with the live number.

    Day one

    This week

    • School boundary is not the city limit — TPS desk.
    • Change the voter address on VoteWA — Elections desk.
    • License dogs, cats, pigs within 30 days — Pet license.
    • If you work from the house or rent rooms, ask Tax & License — Business license desk.
    • Tabs stay with a vehicle office; the photo license is a DOL appointment — DOL desk.
    • Get a library card — Library desk.

    When something breaks

    All of these sit on Tacoma, Washington.

  • DSHS and unemployment desk for Tacoma

    Food benefits and unemployment are different agencies. DSHS will not restart an ESD claim. Last checked August 29, 2026.

    DSHS — Basic Food, cash, Apple Health path

    Apply and report changes: WashingtonConnection.org
    Statewide customer service: 1-877-501-2233
    CSO hours are typically Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Eligibility interviews often stop earlier in the afternoon — do not arrive at 4:30 expecting a full intake.

    Pierce offices people actually use:

    • Pierce North CSO — 1967 S. State Street, Tacoma, WA 98405
    • Pierce South CSO — 1301 E. 72nd Street, Tacoma, WA 98404
    • Lakewood CSO — 5712 Main Street SW, Lakewood, WA 98499

    Bring ID, proof of income, proof of address. EBT replacement can start on Washington Connection or at a CSO / mobile CSO. Health coverage applications also live in Washington Healthplanfinder — different login than ESD.

    Unemployment — Employment Security

    File and certify: esd.wa.gov eServices
    Claims: 1-800-318-6022 · Relay 711
    Official contact: ESD contact

    Talk to an agent: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8 a.m.–4 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday 8 a.m.–noon only (that split was still posted August 2026). Automated weekly claims: Sunday 12:01 a.m. through Friday 4 p.m. Online claims run all week. First week eligible is a waiting week. File every week even while they decide.

    Phones die if you redial in a loop. Official advice: try the hour before close Tue–Thu, or Friday, and use eServices first.

  • Tacoma permit counter desk

    Planning and Development Services is not 311 and not Tax & License. Last checked August 29, 2026. The counter is only open four mornings.

    The desk

    747 Market Street, third floor, Tacoma, WA 98402
    Phone: (253) 591-5030 — Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–5 p.m.
    Walk-in: Monday–Thursday 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Closed Friday at the counter.
    permits@tacoma.gov
    Apply and pay: Apply for permits
    Residential types: Residential permits

    Online system: Tacoma Permits / Accela. Portal help: 591-5030 option 8 or permitplandesk@cityoftacoma.org. Account errors: tacomapermits@cityoftacoma.org.

    What the counter will do

    Questions, help with an application, pick up, pay. Virtual meetings run 15–20 minutes and do not issue the permit. Inspections schedule inside Accela after the permit is live. TPU power and water connections are a different desk — TPU start-stop.

    Pre-approved ADU / DADU plans and the housing how-we-got-here: The DADU Thursday that already happened and Start a Business in Tacoma if the project is a storefront.