(Airdate: January 10, 2025) This week on County Connections, Jim Burke and co-host Commissioner Greg Brotherton spoke with Viola Ware, Director of Housing and Community Outreach for OIyCap about the “Point in Time” count of the homeless population in the county which takes place on January 30th. They discuss the difficulties of the count in a rural county and the need for it, and how it affects funding that HUD disburses to the county for housing programs. Folks can volunteer or donate to OlyCap by calling Sheila at 360-385-2571 or send email to [email protected].
(Airdate: January 3, 2025) Jim Burke and co-host Commissioner Heidi Eisenhour welcome Jen Kingfisher from Jefferson Community Foundation to talk about the Give Jefferson campaign and an after-action on 2024 as well as about non-profits in our community.
(Airdate: December 27, 2024) Kate Dean and co-host Jim Burke talk about the changes Kate Dean has seen in the past 8 years while she has been the Jefferson County Commissioner for District 1: why she ran, what she learned, what she accomplished, and what she hopes for the future of Jefferson County.
(Airdate: December 20, 2024) This week, co-hosts Jim Burke and Commissioner Greg Brotherton welcome Monte Reinders, Jefferson County Engineer and Public Works DIrector. They discuss the Transportation Benefit District the County Commission just held a hearing on and voted to bring into existence. The goal is to increase funding for the county to keep up with road maintenance and construction, which continues to be more expensive as revenues to fund it remain flat. There is another public hearing on the matter in February of 2025. More info here.
(Airdate: December 13, 2024) This week on County Connections co-hosts Jim Burke and Commissioner Heidi Eisenhour welcome Jefferson County Department of Public Works Director/County Engineer Al Cairns. They discuss the state of recycling, including the discontinuation of glass recycling here in the county.
(Airdate: December 6, 2024) This week, Jim Burke and co-host Commissioner Greg Brotherton welcome District 2 Commissioner-elect Heather Dudley-Nolette. They discuss several of the many boards and commissions that the Commissioner-elect will be serving on when she assumes office.
(Airdate: November 22, 2024) This week, Commissioner Kate Dean and co-host Jim Burke welcome Shelby Smith, Director at Community Wellness Project. They discuss healthy food that is grown, prepped, and served at schools in Quilcene, Port Townsend, and now Chimacum. Garden Educators work with children on school campuses, planting, tending, harvesting, tasting, and learning together in the garden. They grow food for cooking classes, and when we they have extra they share with Food Services for use in school cafeterias!
(Airdate: November 15, 2024) This week on County Connections, JIm Burke and co-host Kate Dean interview the District 1 County Commissioner-Elect Heather Dudley-Nolette.
(November 8, 2024) This week on County Connections Commissioner Greg Brotherton and co-host Jim Burke welcome Mikey Forville, head of Jefferson County’s IT department and they discuss the many ways the county administers it’s databases, and provides online services to everyone here in Jefferson County.
(Airdate: November 1, 2024) Co-hosts County Commissioner Heidi Eisenhour and Jim Burke welcome Eron Berg, Port Director of the Port of Port Townsend and Scott Freeman of the Jefferson Timber Collective. They discuss the new Airport Industrial Park that the Port is developing between the Airport and Four Corners which will be an incubator for new and growing companies. Some are working with the Jefferson Timber Collective which is working with local foresters, sawyers and makers, to provide materials and local timber to GROW local businesses.
