Local News for 9/27/24
Brewocracy Now ~ 9/26/24
This week John Mauro was away at the 2024 ICMA Annual Conference (the ICMA is the International City/County Management Association, an association of professional city and county managers and other employees who serve local governments).
The City of Port Townsend was the winner of the 2024 ICMA Award for Local Government Excellence in Community Sustainability for the City’s Financial Sustainability Initiative. The City’s Financial Sustainability Initiative was a multi-year strategic effort to map out pathways for the City to meet ongoing and evolving community needs over the long term. The City has had balanced budgets but over time, gradual divestment and neglect of core infrastructure has threatened our financial stability.
The Financial Sustainability Task Force was created in 2022 to assist with a review of the City’s current financial position and identify options for the future to recommend to City Council. The Task Force included Catharine Robinson, Earll Murman, John Nowak, and Rich Jahnke. They were assisted by core city staff members Carrie Hite, Connie Anderson, Emma Bolin, Shelly Leavens, and Steve King.
Local News for 9/26/24
#690 Learning Bird Songs by Ear
(Airdate: September 25, 2024) Join host Nan Evans as she heads into a local forest with another Nature Now host, Jackie Canterbury. Jackie will help Nan and listeners learn to better identify birds by ear and understand some of their special behavior.
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Silk
(Airdate: September 24, 2024) The Bingling Caves are filled with some of the finest Buddhist sculptures in China, dating back to as much as sixteen hundred years ago. Like the caves of Maijishan outside Tianshii, they’re spread across a cliff face—only this particular cliff face is in a gorge, two hundred meters from the Yellow River….
Human Cost of Being Unhoused
(Airdate: September 23, 2024) Eden Blooms and Gabe Van Lelyveld talk about their projects presenting the human cost of being unhoused – Eden’s Photo Voice and Gabe’s feature documetary. Then, Tracy Grisman and Tracy Grisman on their shared projects including A.I.R.E. (Artist In Residence Educational program at the transfer station.)
County Connections
(Airdate: September 20, 2024) Co-hosts Commissioner Kate Dean and Jim Burke talk with Jefferson County Tax Assessor Jeff Chapman about how taxes are assessed on properties in the county.
Local News for 9/20/24
