🎓 Tacoma Public Schools & LeMay Partner on Innovation Hub

If you spend time near Tacoma’s Museum District, you’re about to see some big changes on the LeMay, America’s Car Museum campus.

🚗 Introducing: The Garage

In a major education and workforce development move, Tacoma Public Schools and LeMay are teaming up to build The Garage, a new regional innovation hub designed to give students hands-on access to the industries shaping tomorrow.

This $10 million facility will live on LeMay’s downtown campus and focus on high-demand fields including:

• 🤖 Robotics

• 🎮 E-sports

• 🔊 Automotive audio engineering

• 🛠️ And more STEM/tech disciplines

The Garage will be open during school hours for student programs and after-school access as well, offering an immersive extension of the classroom.

📅 Opening Timeline & Community Impact

Scheduled to open in Fall 2027, The Garage represents a long-term investment in both education and economic development.

The project:

• Integrates directly into Tacoma Public Schools’ curriculum

• Prepares students for careers in STEM and trades

• Builds a real bridge between school and workforce skills

• Adds a brand-new educational destination to downtown Tacoma

By combining a national museum’s platform with local education infrastructure, this collaboration stands to become a model for innovation partnerships across the region.

💬 Why It Matters

At a time when school districts are looking to engage students in real-world learning, this project:

• Connects students to hands-on, interest-driven experiences

• Uses existing cultural institutions to boost access and equity

• Brings attention to careers that don’t always start in lecture halls

And for downtown Tacoma, it adds momentum to the city’s efforts to build an innovation economy from the ground up, starting with kids.

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