Community

Gig Harbor Now reporters cover community events and efforts that benefit and entertain the community.

‘Empty Bowls’ event helps fill hungry tummies

Feb 27, 2022 | By: Charlee Glock-Jackson

Artists donate the bowls, restaurants provide the soup for Altrusa fundraiser March 5 at Chapel Hill Church.

Kopachuck State Park renovation moving forward without ceding roadway

Feb 26, 2022 | By: Ed Friedrich

Pierce County was requiring wider right-of-ways in case it needed to expand roads in the future, but made an exception for the park.

Scholarships for women, summer camp for kids available

Feb 22, 2022 | By: Gig Harbor Now Staff

Minerva offering scholarships for women who have been out of school for a while. Camp Seymour to host children of wounded military personnel.

People taking place of trees around historic gun club

Feb 18, 2022 | By: David Armstrong

Gig Harbor Sportsman’s Club was far out of town when it opened in 1947, but housing developments have recently sprung up around it.

New museum exhibits feature little boats, racing roosters

Feb 10, 2022 | By: Gig Harbor Now Staff

Boats from 14 inches to 14 feet are on display at Harbor History Museum, along with photographs and ephemera from Clarence Shaw’s racing roosters.

City taking applications for non-motorized boat storage at Ancich Park

Feb 08, 2022 | By: Charlee Glock-Jackson

Spaces will be available for kayaks, canoes and stand-up paddle boards for six-month stints beginning in July, though the building might open early for the first group.

Sketch of PenMet Parks' future community recreation center looking from the south.

Designers: PenMet facility won’t be just another cookie cutter recreation center

Feb 01, 2022 | By: Ed Friedrich

PenMet’s community recreation center is being designed to tie into nature and the Gig Harbor culture.

BoatShop offering fishing crew school; Library seeking teen writing and art contest entries

Jan 25, 2022 | By: Gig Harbor Now Staff

Crew school will run for six days in April. Contest entries are due by the end of February.

Keough returns to manage Gig Harbor parks

Jan 23, 2022 | By: Charlee Glock-Jackson

Matt Keough, who spent two years here as an associate planner, comes back to run the city’s parks department.

A small bridge crosses Donkey/North Creek in the property that the city hopes to purchase.

New land conservation fund targets pockets in and around Gig Harbor

Jan 18, 2022 | By: Ted Kenney

Gig Harbor Land Conservation Fund will have matching funds available for other groups to quickly acquire grants. A condition of its contribution is that the public have access to the properties.