# Tacoma Connect A packed bulletin board inside Edison Square on South Tacoma Way, with flyers from neighborhood barbers, Reiki teachers, tattoo artists and a Halloween parade. Canonical URL: https://tacomairl.com/community/boards/tacoma-connect/ Host: Edison Square Area: South Tacoma Address: 5415 S Tacoma Way, Tacoma, WA 98409 Where to find it: Inside Edison Square, the old Realart Theater building at 5415 S Tacoma Way. Look for the black board with "Tacoma Connect Community Board" lettered across the top. Board status: Listed Photo: Available Photographed: 2026-10-23 Last fact check: 2026-10-23 Published: 2026-10-23 Updated: 2026-10-23 The lettering across the top is left over from Tacoma Connect, the monthly networking night Edison Square used to host. Its last gathering was July 29, 2026. The board kept the name and kept filling up. Edison Square opened in 1919 as the Realart Theater, one of Tacoma's first movie houses, back when this stretch of town was still called Edison. These days it rents out space for events and recurring programs, and its own flyer is pinned near the bottom. A lot of what's up here is from right around the building. The Clean Cut Boys Club and VIBE Fitness Studio are both at 5419 S Tacoma Way, and the cleaning company with the vacuum flyer lists 5413. The rest reaches across town: a Reiki cohort, a downtown tattoo studio, a North End drop-in childcare spot and the City's neighborhood councils. ## The Clean Cut Boys Club Barbershop at 5419 S Tacoma Way, Suite E. Its flyer on the board pitches the unlimited-cuts membership. Official link: https://cleancutboysclub.com/ Last fact check: 2026-10-23 - [The Clean Cut Boys Club](https://cleancutboysclub.com/) ## Brown's Self Defense Self-defense classes at VIBE Fitness Studio, also at 5419 S Tacoma Way. Official link: https://www.vibeoutside.online/brownsselfdefense Last fact check: 2026-10-23 - [VIBE Fitness Studio: Brown's Self Defense](https://www.vibeoutside.online/brownsselfdefense) ## Awesomely Affordable Cleaning Co. Pierce County cleaning company for post-construction, renovation and biohazard cleanup, listed at 5413 S Tacoma Way. Official link: https://www.awesomelyaffordablecleaningco.com/ Last fact check: 2026-10-23 - [Awesomely Affordable Cleaning Co.](https://www.awesomelyaffordablecleaningco.com/) ## Ethereal Tattoo Downtown tattoo studio at 1703C Dock St. The flash sheet in the bottom corner is for its Halloween flash day. Official link: https://www.etherealtattootacoma.com/ Last fact check: 2026-10-23 - [Ethereal Tattoo](https://www.etherealtattootacoma.com/) ## Royal Flush Plumbing Veteran-owned, family-run plumbers working across Tacoma, Pierce County and the South Sound. Official link: https://www.royalflushplumb.com/ Last fact check: 2026-10-23 - [Royal Flush Plumbing](https://www.royalflushplumb.com/) ## Heavy Hands Soap Co. Veteran-made soap from Tacoma, sold through its own online shop. Official link: https://www.heavyhandssoapco.com/ Last fact check: 2026-10-23 - [Heavy Hands Soap Co.](https://www.heavyhandssoapco.com/) ## Go Kia Tacoma Kia dealership farther down the street at 7230 S Tacoma Way. Official link: https://www.gokiatacoma.com/ Last fact check: 2026-10-23 - [Go Kia Tacoma](https://www.gokiatacoma.com/) ## Uncle Pinky's Electrology Electrolysis hair removal, working out of Seawolf Barbershop at 2525 Tacoma Ave S. Official link: https://unclepinkyselectrology.com/ Last fact check: 2026-10-23 - [Uncle Pinky's Electrology](https://unclepinkyselectrology.com/) ## The Co-Lab Drop-in childcare for kids 3 and up, weekdays, with co-working for parents at 3808 N 27th St. Part of Our Pod Family. Official link: https://ourpodfamily.com/our-pod-family-locations Last fact check: 2026-10-23 - [Our Pod Family: locations](https://ourpodfamily.com/our-pod-family-locations) ## Reclaiming Reiki Reiki training in cohorts. The fourth cohort starts October 24, 2026. Official link: https://www.reclaimingreiki.org/ Last fact check: 2026-10-23 - [Reclaiming Reiki](https://www.reclaimingreiki.org/) ## Quartz Nirvana Reiki and trauma-recovery sessions in Tacoma, booked online. Official link: https://quartz-nirvana.square.site/ Last fact check: 2026-10-23 - [Quartz Nirvana booking site](https://quartz-nirvana.square.site/) ## Jane's Fellowship The Russell Family Foundation's fellowship for Pierce County community leaders. Applications for Class 14 have closed. Official link: https://trff.org/programs/janes-fellowship/ Last fact check: 2026-10-23 - [The Russell Family Foundation: Jane's Fellowship](https://trff.org/programs/janes-fellowship/) ## Queer Stability Foundation Nonprofit at 1305 Tacoma Ave S, Suite 320. It hosts a sewing bee and potluck on the second Wednesday of the month, 6 to 9 p.m. Official link: https://www.queerstability.org/events.html Last fact check: 2026-10-23 - [Queer Stability Foundation: events](https://www.queerstability.org/events.html) ## Tacoma Neighborhood Council Program The City's neighborhood councils hold public meetings where you can bring concerns and ideas. The "Did you know?" card on the board points here. Official link: https://tacoma.gov/government/departments/neighborhood-and-community-services/neighborhood-council-program/ Last fact check: 2026-10-23 - [City of Tacoma: Neighborhood Council Program](https://tacoma.gov/government/departments/neighborhood-and-community-services/neighborhood-council-program/) ## South Tacoma Neighborhood Council The council for this part of town. It meets at the Asia Pacific Cultural Center and is running a free Watershed Watch walk in Wapato Hills on Saturday, November 7. Official link: https://sites.google.com/view/southtacomanc Last fact check: 2026-10-23 - [South Tacoma Neighborhood Council](https://sites.google.com/view/southtacomanc) ## Palmer Scholars Mentoring and scholarships for Pierce County students. Official link: https://www.palmerscholars.org/ Last fact check: 2026-10-23 - [Palmer Scholars](https://www.palmerscholars.org/) ## Sahale Outdoors Nature Art Studio After-school art for kids built around nature, weekday afternoons through December 18. Official link: https://sahaleoutdoors.org/nature-art-studio/ Last fact check: 2026-10-23 - [Sahale Outdoors: Nature Art Studio](https://sahaleoutdoors.org/nature-art-studio/) ## Tacoma Halloween Parade & Spooky Street Fair The big orange pumpkin poster on the right. The parade ran through Proctor on October 17. Event status: Ended Canonical event: https://tacomairl.com/events/halloween-parade/ Official link: https://www.visitpiercecounty.com/event/3rd-annual-tacoma-halloween-parade-%26-spooky-street-fair/18118 Last fact check: 2026-10-23 - [Visit Pierce County: Tacoma Halloween Parade & Spooky Street Fair](https://www.visitpiercecounty.com/event/3rd-annual-tacoma-halloween-parade-%26-spooky-street-fair/18118) Image: https://tacomairl.com/images/tacoma-connect-board.webp Alt: A tall black bulletin board lettered "Tacoma Connect Community Board", covered edge to edge in flyers and business cards, including an Anastasia musical poster, a Halloween parade poster, a Reiki cohort flyer, a Jane's Fellowship flyer and Edison Square's own room-rental flyer. Photo: Tacoma IRL (https://tacomairl.com/images/tacoma-connect-board.webp) Image rights: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Photo details: https://tacomairl.com/photo-details/tacoma-connect-board/ ## Add a photo Email hello@tacomairl.com with a picture you took, its date, the board location, your preferred credit, and permission to publish. ## Sources - [Edison Square: address and history](https://www.edisonsquare.com/) - [Edison Square: Tacoma Connect final monthly gathering](https://www.edisonsquare.com/event-details-registration/tacoma-connect-final-monthly-gathering)