In her final State of the City address, outgoing Tacoma Mayor Victoria Woodards reflected on the challenges the city has faced and accomplishments it has overcome during her tenure, focusing on the strides Tacoma has made to boost public safety and workforce development.
In what she called a “full circle moment,” Woodards delivered the address at her alma mater, Lincoln High School, on Oct. 2. The two-term mayor was first elected in 2017 and by the end of this year will conclude her final year as mayor, capping off a tenure at City Hall that started when she first became a City Council member in 2009.
Current District 1 council member John Hines and former District 1 council member Anders Ibsen are campaigning to replace Woodards in a four-year term starting January, as Woodards reaches the two-term limit for mayors in Tacoma…