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Brewocracy Now ~ 1/02/25

(Airdate: January 2, 2025) KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and co-host Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro were joined by Assistant City Engineer Jeff Kostechka and we talked about an upcoming workshop-style open house focused on improving walking, biking, and connectivity in our neighborhoods. This is part of the effort to update the Active Transportation Plan which is in turn part of the Comprehensive Plan update. The plan was originally created in 1997 and was last updated in 2010. The open house will be Wednesday, Jan 15 from 5:30 to 7:30pm at the Community Senior Center at Tyler and Lawrence in uptown Port Townsend.

Local News for 1/01/25

January 1, 2025: Derek Firenze – Laughing Gnome potter retires; Water Street business shuffle. (TRANSCRIPT)

January 1-15 KPTZ Programming Highlights

For a compendium of upcoming featured programs, check KPTZ Spotlight for January 1-15. Many of our program hosts provide specifics about what’s planned for this half month. If you’re not already a Spotlight subscriber, you’re invited to join our Mailing List. See KPTZ’s current Weekly On-Air Schedule and Daily Program Schedule.

Local News for 12/31/24

December 31, 2024: Charlie Bermant – 2025 Fort Worden plans; First Night celebrations. (TRANSCRIPT)

Housing and Land Conservation

(Airdate: December 30, 2024) This week on Attention Please!, host Jim Burke talks with Kellen Lynch, Outreach and Development Coordinator for Olympic Housing Trust about the Dundee Hill Project; and Richard Tucker, Executive Director of Jefferson Land Trust about the Chimacum Ridge Community Forest. He also talks with both of them about the cooperation between JLT and OHT to develop housing on the Chimacum Commons, 16 acres of land owned and protected by Jefferson Land Trust.

County Connections

(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.

Local News for 12/27/24

December 27, 2024: Jim Burke – Olympic Medical Center looking to partner with Providence or Virginia Mason. (TRANSCRIPT)

Brewocracy Now ~ 12/26/24

Brewocracy Now was not cancelled this week due to the holidays. Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro returned from a short vacation and joined Taylor Clark as they discussed developments with the Fort Worden PDA as well as fielded a listener question about the possibility of housing on the some portion of golf course.