Posted by Peter Callaghan at 2:36 p.m. Wednesday
Victoria Woodards said Wednesday that she’ll be a candidate for the Tacoma City Council this fall.
Woodards, president of the Metropolitan Parks board, will run for the at-large position being vacated by Mike Lonergan.
“I am running for Tacoma City Council because I care about Tacoma and want to help make Tacoma an even better city – for all of us,” Woodards said in a prepared statement.
She’s a member of the Board of Trustees for the Washington State History Museum and sits on the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation Grants Distribution Committee. Woodards is the former chairwoman of the Washington State Commission of African-American Affairs, a member of Allen AME Church and chairwoman of the Joint Municipal Action Committee.
Born in Riverside, Calif., Woodards moved to Tacoma at age 4 and is a 1983 graduate of Lincoln High School. She enlisted in the Army and spent three years stationed at Fort Lewis.
Woodards serves as assistant to County Councilman Tim Farrell.
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