City launches new online newsroom

As of Tuesday, Tacomans have a new source for news about their city.
The City of Tacoma launched an online newsroom that is meant to be a one-stop shop for daily news on current city issues.

Citizens can explore the site and check back for daily updates at www.cityoftacoma.org/tacomanews/.

In the coming weeks and months, the city will use the newsroom to provide information about the 2005-2006 biennium budget.

The site also holds links to City Council, committee and neighborhood meeting schedules and agendas; important city documents and reports; letters from the City Manager; plus direct links to city news and information from many different sources – including news about Tacoma from national and international sources.
The newsroom features content that had previously been published in the city’s online publication Tacoma This Week – plus much more – but now the information will be updated as news occurs.

The online newsroom kicks off with a budget priority survey that invites visitors to offer their opinions about where the City of Tacoma should focus its spending in the 2005-2006 budget.