What does Olympia’s Community Planning and Development staff do with the comments they solicit from the public? For sure they don’t summarize them and link the results to their eventual proposal.
Works in Progress
I’ve been working closely with the 4th Ave bridge camp as a member of Just Housing Olympia. The City recently decided to halt progress toward moving the encampment to another piece of City property, and instead to proceed with sweeping the encampment.
April 12, 1953 – January 4, 2020 Tom was a beloved member of the Olympia community, helping start the Olympia Food Coop, the Crisis Clinic, Heartsparkle Players, and the Community Sustaining Fund, among many other projects and activities. Tom was a tireless activist for many other political movements, including mental…
When we look ahead to 2020 and beyond we see struggle, promise, hope, and victory for self determination, from Gaza to Santiago to Hong Kong to Kafranbel to Baghdad. Resisting authoritarianism When you zoom out over the past decade, you notice how more people in more places around the world…
They say that “one cannot live by bread alone”—and so it is, that along with food, there are some other material necessities. For the past 34 years, people in our community were able to find a whole range of necessities —personal hygiene and household cleaning products—that weren’t available at the…
The Community Farm Land Trust (CFLT) is a local nonprofit formed in 1997 currently owning two farms and holding a protective agricultural easement on another. As an organization, the Trust has developed a distinct set of values that guide its work. The staff and volunteers keep a focus on our…