J Street Ribbon Cutting Celebration & Family Bike Ride

Name: J Street Ribbon Cutting Celebration & Family Bike Ride
Start: 2025-09-04T17:30:00-07:00
End: 2025-09-04T19:30:00-07:00
Location: 2301 S J St, Tacoma, WA 98405, United States

Schedule

Thu Sep 04 2025 at 05:30 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

2301 S J St, Tacoma, WA 98405, United States | Tacoma, WA

Save the Date! J Street Ribbon Cutting – Thursday, September 4, 2025
You’re invited to celebrate the official opening of the new J Street Neighborhood Greenway in Tacoma’s Hilltop neighborhood! J Street is designed to reduce speeding and improve safety and accessibility, making it easier to walk, bike, and roll to local businesses, schools, transit, parks and daily destinations. The two-mile J Street project extends from North 3rd Street to South 27th Street, with east-west connections on South 11th Street, Earnest S Brazil, South 17th Street and South 18th Street.
Join local elected officials, project team members, and community partners for this special event highlighting a major step forward in creating safer, more accessible streets for everyone. We look forward to celebrating with you!
Date: Thursday, September 4, 2025
Location: Edna Travis Park – 2301 South J Street, Tacoma, WA 98405
Time: Join us for the ride, the ribbon cutting celebration or both:
5:30 p.m. – Kidical Mass Family Bike Ride led by 2nd Cycle
6 p.m. – Ribbon Cutting Celebration
Event Highlights:
A slow-paced, family-friendly bike ride along J Street, led by 2nd Cycle Tacoma, will depart from Edna Travis Park at 5:30 p.m. Please bring a helmet if you’re joining the ride.
At 6 p.m., gather at Edna Travis Park for a festive ride-through streamer ceremony in place of a traditional ribbon cutting. There will be opportunities to learn more about the project, activities for children at the playground, and brief remarks celebrating the project.
Learn more about this work at tacoma.gov/mobility