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.
- Place
- Edison Square
- Neighborhood
- South Tacoma
- Address
- 5415 S Tacoma Way, Tacoma, WA 98409
- Find the board
- 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.
- Photographed
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.
Businesses on the board
The Clean Cut Boys Club
Barbershop at 5419 S Tacoma Way, Suite E. Its flyer on the board pitches the unlimited-cuts membership.
Brown's Self Defense
Self-defense classes at VIBE Fitness Studio, also at 5419 S Tacoma Way.
Awesomely Affordable Cleaning Co.
Pierce County cleaning company for post-construction, renovation and biohazard cleanup, listed at 5413 S Tacoma Way.
Ethereal Tattoo
Downtown tattoo studio at 1703C Dock St. The flash sheet in the bottom corner is for its Halloween flash day.
Royal Flush Plumbing
Veteran-owned, family-run plumbers working across Tacoma, Pierce County and the South Sound.
Heavy Hands Soap Co.
Veteran-made soap from Tacoma, sold through its own online shop.
Go Kia Tacoma
Kia dealership farther down the street at 7230 S Tacoma Way.
Uncle Pinky's Electrology
Electrolysis hair removal, working out of Seawolf Barbershop at 2525 Tacoma Ave S.
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.
Reclaiming Reiki
Reiki training in cohorts. The fourth cohort starts October 24, 2026.
Quartz Nirvana
Reiki and trauma-recovery sessions in Tacoma, booked online.
Organizations on the board
Jane's Fellowship
The Russell Family Foundation's fellowship for Pierce County community leaders. Applications for Class 14 have closed.
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.
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.
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.
Palmer Scholars
Mentoring and scholarships for Pierce County students.
Sahale Outdoors Nature Art Studio
After-school art for kids built around nature, weekday afternoons through December 18.
Past and cancelled events
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