Taylor Clark and John Mauro did not have a guest this week. They talked about various topics, including the wind-up of the Discovery Road Project and a celebration planned for June 15. They particularly looked at the process to find a replacement for City Council Member Aislinn Palmer, who is stepping down.
KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and co-host John Mauro (Port Townsend City Manager) talked with Bill Wise, Steering Committee Chair of the Housing Solutions Network about Workforce Housing: what it is, why it is important, what we can do to improve housing availability. Bill specifically asked all of us to take a survey to help understand where we are as a community on this topic. The survey is available here.
Taylor Clark and co-host John Mauro where joined by KPTZ Board President Jon Pinnow and KPTZ Treasurer Christine Walsh Rogers for some breaking news as they announced that Taylor no longer an interim GM. He is now KPTZ’s General Manager. Kind things where said by all.
Taylor Clark and co-host Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro were joined by Emma Bolin, Director of Planning & Community Development as well as Shelly Leavens, Director of Communications & Marketing. We talked about the upcoming Comprehensive Plan Kickoff, which will take place Thursday, May 9 from 6 to 8pm. More information is available at https://www.pt2045planning.org as well as here: https://cityofpt.us/administration/page/comprehensive-plan-2045-0.
Taylor Clark and co-host John Mauro were joined by Jefferson PUD Commissioner Ken Collins, who gave us some history about the PUD, and some exciting information about grants the PUD has received. We talked about different services the PUD supplies. not just power, but also water and broadband/internet service. We also had a moment to talk about KPTZ’s move to Fort Worden on May 1. KPTZ is a PUD customer for both Internet and our dedicated fiber connection to our transmitter. And of course power.
Jim Burke (substituting for Taylor Clark) and co-host City Manager John Mauro welcome guest Mayor David Faber who gives a quarterly report about what’s going on in Port Townsend City Council, housing (Evans Vista), and progress generally on street repairs and other matters, and answers listener’s questions about the Kearny Street roundabout.
Taylor Clark and John Mauro welcomed Connor Bouchard-Roberts, the Poet Laureate of Port Townsend and we connected with the words.
Taylor Clark was joined by Port Townsend City Councilor (and Deputy Mayor) Amy Howard and we talked about the history and mission of the new Equity, Access and Rights (EAR) Advisory Board to City Council.
Co-Hosts City Manager John Mauro and KPTZ’s Chris Bricker (sitting in for Taylor Clark), welcome journalist, writer and artist Mitzi Jo Gordon to Brewocracy Now. We talk about Mitzi’s journalistic and artistic life in the St. Petersburg-Tampa Bay Area, her life as an artist amid the bustle of Brooklyn and its all too hectic city pace, and then her choice to settle in Port Townsend. Once introduced to our town by her sister, Mitzi immediately knew she had found an artistic home. Socially engaged art as a genre that’s experiential, collaborative, and participatory, has been a significant side to Mitzi’s creative practice. She talks about her brief stint as Managing Editor of the Leader, and the importance of making honest choices—and ultimately the acceptance of her new role as Director of the Port Townsend Creative District.
Taylor Clark was joined by guest host Shelly Leavens (Director of Communications and Marketing for the city of Port Townsend) and we welcomed Natalie Maitland (Director of Operations for Fort Worden Hospitality) who a member of the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee. LTAC give grants to organizations to promote tourism on the north Olympic Peninsula, with a focus on furthering year round activities and events. Please consider attending the next LTAC meeting March 27 and provide your input on what to do about the visitors information center. We also talked with Natalie at the very end about plans at the fort for the Guardhouse.
