Bridge Meadows’ latest affordable-housing development has broken ground in Tacoma, the News Tribune confirmed today.
The project, which sits next to Stewart Heights Park, will have 60 residential units. Forty-four spaces are geared toward low-income adults 55 and up, and 16 are reserved for families with adopted children or children who are under kinship care who had once been in the foster system. Construction is expected to be complete in 2027.
Bridge Meadows Tacoma will have between one- and four-bedroom units across three buildings and includes outdoor amenities such as a gathering lawn, a walking path circuit, a central plaza, and garden beds, according to project collaborato Community Development Partners’ website. Fifty percent of the project’s units will be designated for people who make 30% of the Area Median Income, while the other half will be for those making 50% of the AMI.
Among the project’s financial supporters are the city of Tacoma ($6.3 million), Pierce County ($5.5 million), the state’s Housing Trust Fund ($4.8 million), and a Washington State Appropriation grant ($515,000), according to the Tribune article, which noted that other investors included The Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Ben B. Cheney Foundation, CFO Selections, and the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation.
Bridge Meadows noted on its website that it also offers support services and community-building expertise to residents “to facilitate connection and mutual support.” The organization, which has several communities in the Northwest, was founded in 2005 and uses trauma-informed architectural design to support healing, its website said.
“There remains an urgent need for affordable-housing placements for foster youth, adoptive parents, and elders in the state and region, and Bridge Meadows plans to help meet those needs,” Bridge Meadows’ website said.
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