At the past City Council Meeting, Josh Brown with the Puget Sound Regional Council presented Sumner with the Vision 2040 Award for our designated Manufacturing Industrial Center subarea plan that we share with the City of Pacific. This designation and...
Read moreIn an emergency, seconds count. It’s important to know where you are so 911 can direct responders to your exact location to deliver life-saving aid. Now, South Sound 911 can receive more accurate cellular location data for 911 calls the...
Read moreSumner Cemetery was featured in KING 5’s story about changing trends in cemeteries and what they offer. Although it’s a rather unusual example, Sumner continues to set the standard of excellence for a progressive small city in the services we...
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Forest Canyon Road Full Closure In case you noticed, Forest Canyon Road is still closed. We checked in with Jeff Kidston, the project manager for Pierce County. They ran into some challenges so have extended the road closure permit through Read more…
A contractor will be reworking the channelization and adding striping on Main Street East near the new apartments as well as along Graham Avenue just north of Main. Work is expected this Thursday, August 22, from 7 am to 4 Read more…
Thanks to our partners at Pierce County TV, we are now able to stream our Council meetings live on our website and leave the video up for you to see here. Watch here for the August 19, 2019 meeting. To Read more…
The Puyallup Herald and Q13 recently featured the proposed pedestrian bridge that could connect the Rivergrove neighborhood back to the Sounder Station, schools, parks and other amenities without relying on congested SR 162. Click here to read The Puyallup Herald Read more…
From Mayor Bill Pugh: After serving us for 22 years, John Galle is retiring at the end of August. I am thrilled that he will get to enjoy a much deserved retirement; but I am also sad for us because Read more…
The City of Sumner is excited to work with the Pierce County Library System on the future of a new library building in Sumner. As we have heard over and over again from citizens, the current location, owned by the City, Read more…
Updated June 20, 2019 The Local Improvement District (LID) project widened Valentine Avenue SE from two lanes to three in a 63±-foot wide right-of-way in the City of Pacific and created a 73±-foot wide 136th Avenue E right-of-way in the Read more…
There will be a special meeting of the Sumner Arts Commission on Wednesday, August 21 at 5 pm to discuss bringing back Nights on Ryan. The meeting will be held at Craft.19 at 1201 Main Street.
CITY OF SUMNER NOTICE TO CONSULTANTS FOR CIP 19-01, SUMNER-TAPPS HIGHWAY GUARDRAIL AND RESURFACING The City of Sumner solicits interest from consulting firms with expertise in Civil Engineering Design. This agreement will be for approximately 10 months in duration with Read more…
NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF THE SUMNER CITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Sumner has cancelled the study session scheduled for August 26, 2019. City Clerk Michelle Converse, CMC Posted: Monday, Read more…
Project Name: JB Hunt Canopy AdditionPermit Application No: PLN-2019-0012 Location: 604 142nd Ave E, Sumner, WA 98390. Parcel number 0420012013 Description of Proposal: The proposed project will construct a 4,950 sf pre-engineered metal canopy structure to cover existing operations in Read more…
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Sumner Council has fixed the 16th day of September, 2019 at 6:00 PM in Sumner City Hall’s Council Chambers, located at 1104 Maple Street, Sumner, Washington as the time and place for Read more…
Notice is hereby given that the Sumner Design Commission will have a special meeting on August 28, 2019 at 6:30 pm in City Hall Council Chambers at 1104 Maple Street, Sumner WA to discuss preliminary design concepts for the future Read more…