(Airdate: January 23, 2023) Host Steve Evans talks with Jamie Maciejewski, Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity of East Jefferson County – and perhaps the person most closely acquainted with the steadily escalating housing crisis in our community – about the nonprofit’s ambitious plans for growth and its concomitant need for all sorts of volunteers.
On this week’s edition of Community Tides, co-hosts Chris Bricker and Siobhan Canty, President & CEO of Jefferson Community Foundation, have a frank and meaningful conversation about the affordable housing dilemma that not only affects our own community, but also countless others across the country. It’s the elephant in the room that we can no longer ignore when we live in a market-based economy guided by supply and demand. What’s affordable to an average buyer wanting to pursue the “American Dream”? What are the factors that prevent some from participating and others not? How can we think creatively to solve the problem of inequality in opportunity? And how do we make it possible for young families and those employed here with jobs that provide infrastructure for our of life to be counted as a real part of this vibrant community? In short, how do we reconcile “market rate” with the Common Good, and how are doing here with regard to solutions?
(First aired: January 15, 2023) Poets Sheila Bender and Joanne Clarkson discuss how their writing of poetry helps them and their readers cope with loss, with Clarkson reading from her 2022 book, Hospice House and Shelia Bender from her 2022 book Since Then. Hosted by Phil Andrus on Cats in Our Laps.
KPTZ is happy to CoPresent Kalos, a Celtic Roots Music Trio, at the Quimper Grange on Thursday, January 19 at 7pm. Kalos consists of Jeremiah McLane, Ryan McKasson, and Eric McDonald. All are innovative interpreters and composers of Celtic Roots music. They are masters of tradition, bringing energy and pulse to Celtic music. They create a sound compelling enough to transcend boundaries and appeal to music lovers of all stripes.
Today on Brewocracy Now co-hosts Taylor Clark and City Manager John Mauro were joined by Mayor David Faber. Highlights of their discussion included housing policy and funding for road repairs.
(Airdate: January 19, 2023) Get the latest on efforts to restore the endangered Pinto Abalone populations in the Salish Sea with Nan Evans and Josh Bouma of the Puget Sound Restoration Fund. Plus, think about how conservation scientists design species recovery plans.
(Airdate: January 19, 2023) Heather Dudley-Nollette, Director of Development of Bayside Housing, joins Missy Nielsen of Everybody Can to discuss their mission: to provide transitional housing to our community members in need of housing. Through a unique partnership with The Alcohol Plant. Bayside Housing also provides social support to assist residents resourcing their efforts to stabilize their lives. Listen in and learn how housing advocacy strengthens our community.
(January 19, 2023) The Boy Who Ate Dirt – With ruminations on the nature and composition of topsoil.
