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Friends of Skagit County and Land Use Issues - May 15, 2013
Ellen Bynum, Executive Director for Friends of Skagit County, joins Ginny for a discussion about Friends of Skagit County. She talks about why Friends came into existence after the Growth Management Act passed, and how it has worked to help preserve the rural character of Skagit County. Ellen gives us a crash course in permitting and appeals processes for development projects, and amendments to the Comprehensive Code. She advocates strongly for citizen participation in land use decisions.
For more information, see:
http://www.friendsofskagitcounty.org
email: http://friends@fidalgo.net
Skagit County Planning Commission Meetings: open to the public; also broadcast on Skagit 21 Television and streamed online
Community Conversations: What Do YOU Want the Valley to Look Like? Sat. June 22 10 -11am Burlington Library
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Farmers Markets - May 8, 2013
SUSO's Jodie Buller talks with Keri Knapp, Jeremy Kindlund, Mouse Bird and Sarai Stevens, who are the Anacortes, Sedro-Woolley, Mount Vernon and Bow Little Market Managers, about the upcoming Farmers Market season and the newly formed Skagit Valley Farmers Market Coalition.
What's new?: Mount Vernon's market is moving this year - across from the downtown library, Anacortes is offering a series of workshops presented by Transition Fidalgo and Friends, Sedro-Woolley is looking for more live music, and Bow Little Market is offering a spot for kids to vend for free!
For more information:
http://www.sedrowoolleyfarmersmarket.com
http://www.anacortesfarmersmarket.org
http://www.mountvernonfarmersmarket.org
http://www.bowlittlemarket.wordpress.com
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Local Hospitals Propose Partnering with Larger Medical Center - April 24, 2013
The proposal that Skagit Valley, Island, and Cascade Hospitals form a partnership with a larger hospital system has received a fair amount of local press recently due to concern over how a partnership with a Catholic Hospital might affect access to certain healthcare services in Skagit County. In today's show, Ginny interviews Clark Todd, president of the Skagit Valley Hospital Commissioners Board; Kathy Reim, healthcare advocate; and Kathryn DeFillipo, of Planned Parenthood in Skagit County. Both Kathy and Kathryn are members of People for Healthcare Freedom, the citizens' group which has formed to address concerns about affiliation with a Catholic hospital.
Clark discusses the larger issue of why a partnership is necessary, and would facilitate delivery of quality care locally. He also addresses how the commissioners are responding to community concerns. Kathy and Kathryn discuss what concerns they have, how experience elsewhere informs that concern, and the process of how the public can present concerns to the decision makers in this proposal.
Future Community Forums:
Island Hospital Board of Commissioners forum: April 30, 5:30 pm, Council Chambers, Anacortes City Hall, 906 6th St.
People for Healthcare Freedom community meeting: May 3, 6 pm, PUD - Aqua Rm.
For more information:
http://www.healthcare-freedom.net
http://www.skagitvalleyhospital.org/news/press-releases/forums/
http://www.skagitvalleyhospital.org/news/press-releases/RPF-potential-partner/
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Family Promise - April 10, 2013
Ginny speaks with Pastor Laurin Vance of Burlington Lutheran Church about Family Promise, a cooperative, interfaith, community-based program to help homeless families. Pastor Vance is spearheading an effort to make Family Promise a reality in Skagit County by networking with churches and their congregations throughout the valley. In this interview, he describes what makes the program unique and valuable to both participating families and the churches supporting them. He talks about how it is working elsewhere, and what is needed to make it happen here.
For more information contact:
Pastor Laurin Vance by phone at: (360) 840-4565 (mobile)
Burlington Lutheran Church at: 134 E. Victoria in Burlington
website: http://www.burlingtonlutheran.org
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Mount Vernon Mayor Jill Boudreau - April 3,2013
Dave talks with Mount Vernon Mayor Jill Boudreau. Jill talks about her experiences during her first year in office and her goals for the remainder of this term: completion of Phase two of the waterfront project, and solution to the issues surrounding jail overcrowding, in particular. She also expressed great appreciation for the responses to her weekly "Coffee with the Mayor" sessions.
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