Friends of Pierce County is a non profit organization that strives to protect the local environment and promote community-centered and sustainable growth. We accomplish our mission by educating and motivating the people of Pierce County to create sustainable environments within more livable communities.

Description:
Pierce County is one of Washington's fastest-growing areas, and rapid population growth raises concerns about livable communities, congestion, pollution, and water quality. It's no longer up to local governments to come up with solutions -- it takes the efforts of all community members. A newly created local nonprofit organization, Friends of Pierce County wants to educate and empower residents to create livable communities and preserve and restore their environment.

Our mission:

Friends of Pierce County, a nonprofit organization, educates and empowers the people of Pierce County to preserve and restore the natural environment, and promotes more livable communities.

Our vision:

Communities will strive to utilize all planning strategies that balance the elements of environment, equity and economics.

Our objectives:

• Serve as an interactive link coordinating communication communities, business, government, and other entities

• Educate and empower communities through public outreach

• Direct growth of community attributes that promote a sensible and sustainable balance of environment, equity, and economics

• Preserve and restore the natural ecosystem

• Promote livable communities with linked and shared resources:

-Advocate for responsible and adaptive land use and transportation planning

-Advocate for responsible watershed planning and natural resource management

-Advocate for environmentally friendly planning, techniques, and policies.

Contact person: Marian Berejikian, Director, (phone), (email)

Address:

P. O. Box 2084 Gig Harbor, WA 98335