The gateway to Mount Rainier National Park, the Olympic Peninsula, and Crystal Mountain Resort, Tacoma, Washington, boasts an amazingly spectacular surrounding scenery.

Tacoma has a lucrative economy being home to many international corportions and institutions of higher learning. In the past, the pulp and paper industries had been major contributors to the economy, and had also been the caused of the famed, unpleasnt "Tacoma aroma".

However, since the late 1990s, and an urban renewal program has eliminated many of the other industrial odor sources, and revitalized the downtown core. The Tacoma Art Museum, Seaform Pavilion, Museum of Glass, and Union Station has greatly benefitted from this.

Tacoma residents are known for their active lifestyle. The city makes it easy with waterfront parks, 50 miles of hiking and biking trails, and 3 miles of public shoreline, popular for fishing and boating. Getting away from the city can lead you to Northwest Trek Wildlife Park, where animals freely roam on 435 acres of meadowland and forest, or Gig Harbor, a quaint, historic fishing village.

With the continual economic growth and city development and revitalization, the real estate market in Tacoma remains very active.