Tacoma residents who live, work or commute along Pacific Avenue can weigh in on a 25-year development blueprint at a public open house Oct. 20.

The City of Tacoma will hold the session from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Moore Library, 215 S. 56th St., the city announced on X. The open house will cover the Pacific Avenue Subarea Plan, known informally as "Picture Pac Ave," along with other city updates.

The plan covers a 4.5-mile stretch of Pacific Avenue from Interstate 5 to South 96th Street, a corridor that connects downtown Tacoma to the South End and Eastside neighborhoods. According to the city's project page, the plan aims to guide future investments and support planned transit improvements along the corridor through 2050.

The Tacoma City Council authorized the effort in 2019 with Resolution No. 40287. The city, Pierce Transit and the Washington State Department of Commerce have partnered to fund the planning process, which includes a Planned Action Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the corridor.

The city's project page states the plan will identify code and policy changes, infrastructure priorities, equity and anti-displacement strategies for existing residents and businesses, and zoning standards for new development. Future housing projects that use the plan's streamlined environmental review would also be subject to mandatory affordable housing provisions.

The corridor is also the route for Pierce County's first Bus Rapid Transit line. The project page says Picture Pac Ave is coordinating with Pierce Transit's Stream Community Line enhanced bus service.

The project team and a Project Advisory Committee are still drafting chapters for the subarea plan and the EIS. The Planning Commission held its most recent workshop on the plan's draft goals on Oct. 1, 2025, and the advisory committee met most recently on April 13, 2026, to review preliminary land-use and transportation analysis.

No implementation funding is in place. The city's project page notes that inclusion in the plan could make identified projects more competitive for city budget dollars and external grants.

Chantell Harmon Reed, director of public health at the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department, said in a Feb. 25 news release announcing the department's completed Health Impact Assessment for the corridor that the assessment works to "evaluate potential impacts, helping prevent harm and promote equitable health outcomes for all."

The city has held more than 20 in-person community events for the plan so far, including walks with the South End Neighborhood Council and sessions at parks, schools, libraries and farmers markets. Materials during the visioning phase were translated into Spanish, Vietnamese and Korean.

Residents can find more details on the city's open house page at tacoma.gov/codeupdateopenhouse.