Happy New Year! More stuff on economic development and Oklahoma City Property values. Downtown businesses new and departing. Middle Housing.
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Kitsap Transit receives $13.5 million grant to buy new fast ferry for Kingston-Seattle route
NewsGrants Sep 11 Written By Sanjay Bhatt Kitsap Transit (KT) will receive $13.5 million in federal funding to buy a new fast ferry that would replace an older vessel operating the Kingston/Seattle route, improving the Kingston Fast Ferry service’s reliability. The federal funding comes from the Federal Transit Administration’s Passenger Ferry Grant program and
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4 Comments on City Manager Applicant Meet and Greet PostgameJust got back from watching the community meeting. I want to thank my colleagues for, the Waterland Blog’s Scott Schaefer for recording, our staff who were so welcoming to the four applicants, and the 60+ residents who attended, including several previous councilmembers (and two mayors!) But sixty people is not nearly enough! So please watch
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Leave a comment on City Manager Meet and Greet6:30pm Tuesday, August 27, Beach Park Auditorium Please attend and meet the four finalists for our next City Manager. 6:30pm August 27, 2024 at the Des Moines Beach Park Auditorium. Directions: 22030 Dock Ave S, Des Moines, WA 98198. Parking will be free. If the immediate spaces are filled, you can park in the Marina
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Format GalleryLeave a comment on Mini The DoughnutWhat does public safety have to do with batteries?
Leave a comment on What does public safety have to do with batteries?Normally, I wait until Sunday to post a Weekly Update, but I wanted to share this article as a ‘taster’ of what you can find in every week. Whether you agree with my points of view or not, I think you’ll find they contain lots of useful information. At our last city council meeting, there
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Leave a comment on Police response times are improving!Des Moines Creek West (Barnes Creek Trail)
Format GalleryLeave a comment on Des Moines Creek West (Barnes Creek Trail)Did we, or did we not, have a dedicated fund for tax levy money in 2006?
Leave a comment on Did we, or did we not, have a dedicated fund for tax levy money in 2006?At the 25 July 2024 City Council meeting, the City put up a slide contradicting some of my concerns over the 2006 Lid Lift. I told staff months ago that when the previous (2006) levy lid lift passed that it had led to more police in the first year, but that police staffing had dropped
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Leave a comment on About that Tax Levy Lid Lift PamphletNormally, I do not bother people more than once a week. However, after hearing from a bajillion residents, I have two significant concerns about the accuracy of the tax levy lid lift pamphlet you’ve all received from the City which I’d like to call to your attention. First Concern: the graphic The bar chart indicates
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