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🏢 The Marriott Hotel  Is Reworking Its Restaurant—and Putting the Rooftop to Use

👩‍🎨 Meet the Muralist Who Turned Tacoma Walls Into Neighborhood Landmarks

🗳️ Tacoma’s Measure 1: What It Would Change—and Who’s Funding the Debate

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A new management team says it wants the downtown hotel to feel more connected to Tacoma—not just like a place to sleep during a convention. The plans start with a reworked restaurant and lounge designed as a more welcoming “living room” for hotel guests, convention visitors, and locals.

The team is also considering a grab-and-go coffee shop and ways to activate the rooftop for gatherings and pop-up events. The concepts are still taking shape, and the hotel has not estimated the cost. Here’s what the management company says it hopes to change—and when.

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Mary Mann’s murals have become familiar landmarks across Tacoma and Pierce County—from Indigenous mermaids at the Antique Sandwich Company to scenes celebrating local neighborhoods and history. A News Tribune profile follows the Tacoma-raised artist as she paints an early winter scene on the restaurant’s windows and reflects on how public art becomes part of a place.

Mann has painted large-scale murals in Tacoma since 1995, and her work keeps evolving: she now uses digital design tools and recently tried projecting a mural onto a wall with a virtual-reality headset. Read on for a look at some of the works you may recognize—and what keeps people stopping to talk while she paints.

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Tacoma voters will decide Nov. 3 whether Measure 1 should give the city new tools to investigate credible rental safety complaints and penalize violations. The proposal also includes rental licensing, a public landlord database and a way to return some penalties to affected tenants.

The debate has drawn campaign money and advocacy from beyond Tacoma. A News Tribune report details a $175,000 contribution from a Seattle-based real estate firm to a PAC opposing the measure, as well as support for the measure at a Seattle fundraiser. Here’s what the proposal would do—and what Tacoma voters may want to know about the people and interests shaping the debate.

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