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Lakewood – April 28, 2025 – Partners for Parks is proud to share exciting news on our fund-raising efforts to support the H-Barn renovation project at Fort Steilacoom Park. In a significant show of support, the Puyallup Tribe of Indians has generously contributed $20,000 to the H-Barn restoration effort. This gift reflects the Tribe’s deep commitment to preserving the cultural and historical fabric of the community.

“Community is one of the most important aspects of the Puyallup Tribe,” said the Puyallup Tribal Council, the Tribe’s governing body. “The Tribe is pleased to be able to help Partners for Parks, and the Lakewood community, in the renovation of H-Barn.” [ Learn More]

Lakewood - April 15, 2024 - We are happy to share our community has come together and raised $1,588,904 million dollars of our $3.5 million dollar goal for private sector support of the H-Barn Project. We want to express our gratitude to those who have made this progress possible.

Lakewood — June 20, 2023 — Partners for Parks is pleased to announce its campaign leaders for the H-Barn project, a public-private partnership with the City of Lakewood to preserve and renovate a 120-year-old barn complex at Fort Steilacoom Park. These individuals were selected based upon the belief that the motivating force behind any successful appeal is leadership by persons recognized as being influential and successful community leaders. [read more]

LAKEWOOD — May 15, 2023 — Partners for Parks is pleased to announce a $1 million project grant from the Names Family Foundation in support of the H-Barn restoration project at Fort Steilacoom Park, a 350+ acre historic area in Lakewood, WA. The H-Barn Project is an innovative public-private partnership between the City of Lakewood and Partners for Parks, a 501c3 nonprofit organization committed to improving Lakewood area parks. This public-private partnership seeks to raise a total of $7.5 million by 2025. Partners for Parks is leading a $3.5 million fundraising effort within the private sector that will, in turn, support a $4 million public investment from the City of Lakewood. [read more]

LAKEWOOD — March 8, 2023 — One of Lakewood’s most historic buildings, the H-Barn at Fort Steilacoom Park, is preparing to undergo a major restoration designed to benefit the entire Lakewood community and beyond. Partners for Parks, a nonprofit focused on enhancing the quality of life for Lakewood residents, is launching a fundraising project to support a $7.5 million public-private partnership. The nonprofit is passionate about parks and will be leading a $3.5 million private sector fundraising effort that will make possible a $4 million public investment from the City of Lakewood. Multiple fundraising strategies will be used to encourage private financial support from individuals, foundations, organizations and businesses in a major gift campaign carried out in two phases through 2023 and 2024 and concluding in the spring of 2025. [read more]