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(Airdate: February 6, 2024) Got a knack for Business? Help Jefferson County thrive! The Team Jefferson Economic Development Council takes a different approach toward economic development serving our community here on the Salish Sea. Good growth happens with good planning and community involvement. Join Missy Nielsen of Everybody Can as she discusses with Executive Director Cindy Brooks and board member Ben Bauermeister and their efforts to encourage and attract the kinds of businesses and services that we need to thrive as a county.

County Public Health Report ~ 2/05/24

The following is a recording of the presentation during the Public Health briefings at this week’s Board of County Commissioners meeting made by Jefferson and Clallam County Public Health Officer Dr. Allison Berry. Also Willie Bence, Director of Emergency Management, gave a report about safe travel options on winter roads this season.

County Connections

(Airdate: February 2, 2024) Co-hosts Jim Burke and Kate Dean welcome Sarah Melancon, Director of Human Resources for Jefferson County. They discussed what she does and how important every employee of the County is to providing services to the public. They also talked about the ways in which Jefferson County recruits, hires, and supports them in their important work.

Brewocracy Now ~ 2/01/24

Taylor Clark and John Mauro talked about the Nest, the Creative District, utilities rates, and grants available for artists. John fielded a listener question about whether a building moritorium or newcomers fees might help fund infrustructure maintenance.

Hood Canal Bridge

(Airdate: January 29, 2024 – Hood Canal Bridge) Did you Know that part of the Hood Canal Bridge sank in 1979?

Booklovers’ Cafe – Rikki Ducornet, The Plotinus

(Airdate: January 30, 2024) Rikki Ducornet joins Cris Wilson on Booklovers’ Cafe to talk about her latest novella The Plotinus and to celebrate the reprint of Phosphor in Dreamland. Rikki is a transdisciplinary artist, fiction writer, and essayist who resides in Port Townsend. She has written 10 novels including Trafix, Netsuke, and The Jade Cabinet. Her work follows her dreams into the realms of surrealism and science fiction. She brings themes of authoritarian abuse, tyranny, beauty, and hope into her writing with a mastery of language and sensuality.

Living Incognegro

(Airdate: January 29, 2024) Host Jim Burke spoke with Director Denise Winter, Actor/Playwright Gin Hammond, and Scenic Designer Michelle Cesmat. All three are involved in the Upcoming Key City Public Theatre’s production: Living Incognegro, that runs from the February 1 preview through February 11. From KCPT’s website: “When your cultural identity is one thing, but your physical identity is another, how do you navigate self-expression? Both a humorous love-letter, and an academic discourse, dedicated to those who find themselves in the middle of a cultural battle they never asked for.”

County Connections

Jim Burke and co-host Commissioner Greg Brotherton welcome Matt Sircely, Vice-Chair of The Jefferson County Planning Commission and Joel Peterson Associate Planner- Lead for the County Department of Community Development. They all discuss the Planning Commission’s mandate to update the comprehensive plan for Jefferson County, which will be updated in June of 2025, and seeks community input from everyone in the meantime to make sure issues like housing and growth are updated to reflect the ongoing needs in the County. The Planning Commission is composed of 9 citizen volunteers appointed by the Board of County Commissioners to support the Department of Community Development and to make advisory recommendations on land use planning matters to the Board of County Commissioners as authorized in the Planning Enabling Act (RCW 36.70.040).

Brewocracy Now ~ 1/25/24

Taylor Clark and his co-host John Mauro discussed the special city council meeting that happened Monday, January 2, 2024 to consider a resolution calling for a cease fire in the Gaza Strip. We also talked about upcoming grants opportunities through the Port Townsend Arts Commission and the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee. Check cityofpt.us Latest News for more information.

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