KPTZ”s Taylor Clark and Port Townsend CIty Manager John Mauro were joined by Seth Winterhalter, host of the HaltingWinter podcast which explores municipal management. John has been a guest on Seth’s podcast, so today Seth is on Brewnow. More information is available at https://haltingwinter.com/.

KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro welcomed PT Mayor David Faber. We talked about the recent Council offsite full day planning session, as well as how that fits into budgeting process. We also discussed situation with the misinformation that seems to be out there regarding the city financial situation.

KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro welcomed State Representative Adam Bernbaum (24th District) as well as Port Townsend Mayor David Faber. We talked about the intersection of goals and budget. If you listen to nothing else, check out Rep. Bernbaum at 9:05 in the recording to hear what he says about budgeting and outcomes. He has great clarity.

KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro talked with Rick Jahnke, who is the chair of the Port Townsend Planning Commission. The topic was the Comprehensive Plan, a critical document currently being updated, which outlines a vision for the next 20 years of our town, driving city policy.

KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and PT City Manager John Mauro welcomed Port Townsend City Council Member Monica MickHager to BrewNow. We heard a great story about how council and staff worked together to initiate the the Transportation Benefit District and how that has helped the city start to gain traction (pun intended) with fixing our streets.

KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro sat down with Port Townsend’s newest City Council member Neil Nelson.

KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro welcomed the Port Townsend Main Street Program to BrewNow: we where joined by outgoing Executive Director Mari Mullen who reflected on her 26 years running the program, and we also celebrated the new Executive Director Natalie Maitland.

KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro were joined by Youth & Outreach Services Library Manager Emily Bufford from the Port Townsend Public Library talking about the upcoming Summer Reading program, which kicks off June 1. More information is available at https://ptpubliclibrary.org/library/page/summer-reading-program-2025.
There will be goats!

KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro welcomed Lloyd Mullen, Publisher of the Port Townsend Leader and Meredith Jordan the Leader‘s Editor to Brewocracy Now during the KPTZ Community Unity fund drive.

KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro welcomed Jefferson County Commissioner (District 1 ) Heather Dudley-Nolllette and explored intergovernmental collaboration.