Tacoma Weekly Highlights MoveToTacoma.com and Marguerite Martin’s Work Connecting People to Tacoma
MoveToTacoma.com was recently featured in the Tacoma Weekly, highlighting how the project has grown over the past decade and how it continues to spotlight Tacoma neighborhoods, small businesses, and the people who make the city special.
Marguerite Martin is a Tacoma real estate agent and the creator of MoveToTacoma.com, one of the longest-running independent online guides to Tacoma neighborhoods, small businesses, and what it’s like to live in Tacoma. Through the website, podcast, and social media channels, Move to Tacoma helps people who are moving to Tacoma learn about the city and connect with knowledgeable local real estate agents.
Advocating for Tacomans to Use their Platforms to Highlight Local Businesses
One of the themes highlighted in the Tacoma Weekly article is Marguerite Martin’s belief that social media can be a powerful tool for supporting Tacoma’s small business community.
Through MoveToTacoma.com and its social media channels, Martin often shares short videos, photos, and recommendations of places she genuinely enjoys around the city. From coffee shops and restaurants to creative spaces and museums. Businesses like Not Bad Sandwiches, Tinkertopia, Third Space Coffee, and the Washington State History Museum have all been featured in recent posts.
These kinds of posts not only support local businesses, they also help people discover what it’s like living in Tacoma, explore different Tacoma neighborhoods, and find the places that give each part of the city its character.
The message is simple: you don’t need a large platform to make a difference. Even a personal social media account with a few hundred followers can help remind people about a favorite café, encourage someone to try a local restaurant, or bring attention to a small business that doesn’t have time to promote itself online.
In a moment when online platforms are often filled with stress and negativity, Martin encourages Tacoma residents to use their own voices to highlight the businesses, neighborhoods, and community spaces that make the city special. That said, she isn’t above posting the odd snarky reel in defense of Tacoma when people leave nasty comments.
When Locals Highlight Tacoma’s Locally Owned Businesses, Everyone Wins
Highlighting local businesses on our social media is an easy and free way for Tacomans to support our locally owned Tacoma businesses. When you highlight local businesses four things happen: new people find out about that business, people try new spots, this increases customers, and our small businesses thrive.
If you’re a person who doesn’t have social media or isn’t confident making posts and reels, that’s ok! Another way to support local Tacoma businesses is with reviews. Leaving positive reviews of local businesses (especially if those reviews include photos) is a HUGE help to those businesses. It’s also free!
What is Move to Tacoma?
Move to Tacoma is a podcast, neighborhood guide, and blog about Tacoma, Washington created by Tacoma Real Estate Agent Marguerite Martin. Marguerite is Tacoma real estate agent, blogger, and podcaster who has been selling houses in Tacoma since 2005.
In 2015 she created MovetoTacoma.com to help people learn more about Tacoma neighborhoods and what it’s really like living in Tacoma. She is the interviewer on the Move to Tacoma Podcast and the host on the Move to Tacoma Youtube Channel. In 2016 she was awarded the the Popham Award by the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce. The Popham Award honors the individual in the City of Tacoma that has done the most to build community spirit.
Looking for a real estate agent? Marguerite is a matchmaker. Contact her for an introduction to the best real estate agents in Tacoma and beyond.
How Move to Tacoma Works
Here at Move to Tacoma we’ve been helping people find their place (and their real estate agent) in Tacoma for over a decade. We recommend choosing a local agent that lives and works in Tacoma and knows all the nuances of pricing, neighborhoods, and the condition (and quirks!) of these historic homes.
Here at MovetoTacoma.com we help people find their place in the City of Destiny. If you or a friend are looking to buy a home in Tacoma and would like help learning about Tacoma neighborhoods and finding a real estate agent please reach out to us! You can click the contact form on MovetoTacoma.com. You can also schedule a one-on-one with Marguerite on zoom by clicking here.
Step 1: Explore the Clickable Neighborhood Map of Tacoma
Our clickable neighborhood map of Tacoma’s neighborhoods is our pride and joy. Click through to find images and videos of each neighborhood. The Neighborhood guides on the map also include median home price information, blog posts about the neighborhoods, podcast episodes about the neighborhoods, and candid quotes from local neighbors.
Step 2: Listen to the Move to Tacoma Podcast
The best way to learn about Tacoma is to hear from the people who live here. On the Move to Tacoma Podcast Marguerite interviews Tacomans who’ve been here generations and Tacomans who just got here. From business and technology leaders to politicians and activists and everyone in between. The Move to Tacoma Podcast will give you insight into why people move here and how they find meaning and happiness in Tacoma.
Step 3: Read the Blog Posts on MovetoTacoma.com
On the Move to Tacoma Blog we have been writing about things to do in Tacoma, where to eat in Tacoma, hot button community topics, neighborhoods and more since 2015. There are hundreds of posts to help you find what you love in the City of Destiny. From posts about where to eat and drink to interviews with locals- the blog is a great place to keep up one what’s happening in Tacoma and Pierce County.
Step 4: Get Realtor Referral from a Local Realtor
Marguerite Martin is a different kind of Tacoma real estate agent. Reach out to find out answers to questions you have about neighborhoods in Tacoma and Pierce County. When the time is right to start looking, Marguerite can connect you with a local real estate agent who specializes in the neighborhoods you love most. You can see reviews from past clients who’ve worked with Marguerite on Yelp and on Google.
