Tacoma Urban Land Trust

08/24/2015

This week's free workshop at Gallucci promises to be a fun one! Rick Samyn is a very interesting speaker on this fascinating subject and usually brings lots of visual aids to enhance the talk. Weds 8/26 from 5-7pm. Click below for more info or to register.

He’s back! The last time Rick was here, his class filled up in a few days. If you missed it here’s your chance! Learn the basics of setting up and managing your own hive or just learn more about this fascinating subject. Taught by local bee expert Ri

07/10/2015

Next they'll "discover" that veggie gardening is good for your health. Lol. Who (besides me) likes the idea of more open space and more trees in Tacoma?

[The Washington Post] A very large study in Toronto shows that an additional 10 trees along a neighborhood street improves health in a way comparable to "being 1.4 years younger."

06/24/2015

Glad to know good people are working to save our bees. Want to help protect our local bees? Reduce your pesticide use. Find out how in tonight's class on Organic Pest Control at http://www.tacomaurbanlandtrust.org/gallucci/workshops

“Bees are the most important pollinators of flowering plants, which includes most fruits, vegetables, and nuts in our diet ...Our nutrition, health, and food supply depend on bees.”

03/16/2015

Hey gardeners! Want to make this year's garden the best ever? Many of you already know what to plant, how to deal with our local climate and so forth, but if you're unsure and you want a good solid organic gardening foundation, we have a course for you. John Valentine is teaching his 6-week comprehensive course starting soon so claim your seat at the link below:
http://tacomaurbanlandtrust.org/gallucci/workshops/urbanag/

Would you like to get higher yields and better veggies with less work? Then this course is for you.

02/10/2015

Urban Advanced Gardening (UrbanAG) Course

Our updated UrbanAG course is for intermediate to advanced gardeners who want to fine tune their skills and get better yields with less work. We will address topics in depth and in detail for our local region, the Maritime Pacific Northwest, with its chilly Mediterranean climate. We have gathered al…

01/29/2015

Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative: A proven model for community land ownership, and development without displacement.

01/29/2015

"The truth is that without good land and good food we cannot be truly free."

12/12/2014

Help Gallucci Learning Garden (and TULT) Keep on Growing!

Help Gallucci Learning Garden (and TULT) Keep on Growing

12/02/2014

Would you like to see more land owned and managed by the community? Would you like to see more urban farming in Tacoma? Help us do just that by supporting us with your tax-deductible donations! We couldn't do it without you. http://tacomaurbanlandtrust.org/donate/

Join your community in supporting our mission to acquir…

06/17/2014

How cool is this?

Today San Francisco officials showed how serious they are about urban agriculture by announcing a new Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone Ordinance that will allow land owners to take advantage of a p...

04/08/2014

What do you want to learn more about?

The purpose of this survey is to determine what Northwest Earth Institute (NWEI) Discussion Courses will be sponsored by the City of Tacoma. Once established, the group will determine when and where they will meet, and how often.

03/19/2014

Some of you may have noticed that Guadalupe Land Trust is now called Tacoma Urban Land Trust. Why the name change? We, the board of directors of the land trust, deliberated at length over changing the name. There are many in the community who are fond of the name and we had no wish to upset anyone. But there were some problems with the name, especially as we seek to grow into a more robust organization. Here are the main reasons for the change:
1. Funders, donors and volunteers often confused us with our neighbors in the G St community, Guadalupe House and Guadalupe Vista.
2. We wanted a name that reflected the area we serve. Most urban land trusts are simply named for the city they serve. We serve urban Tacoma. The new name adds clarity.
3. It is easier to change now, while we are relatively small, than once we grow.
Ultimately, the name change was done to help us better serve our mission:

The mission of the Tacoma Urban Land Trust is
to acquire and preserve green space in Tacoma, Washington,
to combat community deterioration by promoting the development, rehabilitation, and maintenance of green space and gardens in our community neighborhoods by making land available for projects and activities that improve the quality of life in these neighborhoods,
to protect the natural environment and to promote the ecologically sound use of land and natural resources and the long-term health and safety of the community.

We hope you can come to understand our name change as part of our mission to move beyond the two properties that have been under our stewardship thus far. The current board is a vibrant collection of passionate people who want to see the organization return to it's mission of acquiring and preserving more open space in urban Tacoma.
We hope you come to associate our new name with the good work we do in our community. We invite you to join us in our mission as we build our organization. How can we better serve our community? How would you like to contribute to our mission? Are there overlaps between our goals and yours that we may exploit to support each other?

Please contact us at [email protected] with any comments, suggestions or questions.
Sincerely,
the TULT board of directors,
Karen Havnaer
Dan Blachly
Kristen McIvor
Micaela Cooley
Scott Heller
John Valentine
Steve Rich