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Olympia Time: Occupy Olympia, Little Hollywood and 1933 at Priest Point
Been thinking of the "Bonus Army" lately. Glad to see Emmett in the same vein, but with local parallels.
history  olympia  occupy  politics 
october 2011 by epersonae
The Buck Stops Here
"From this point forward, our response to these situations [problems with services provided by other companies that compliment our product] is, “It’s our fault” – and now that we own the problem, we will help you solve it." good on them.
olympia 
august 2011 by epersonae
A Coffee Tourist's Guide to Washington's State Capital - Seattle Restaurants and Dining - Voracious
Go Panda! Yay Oly Roasters!
coffee  local  olympia 
may 2011 by epersonae
Sunday Parkways
in Portland, this one is more about opening the streets, but I definitely like the idea.
bicycling  local  ena  olympia 
april 2011 by epersonae
Kidical Mass | Kids Are Traffic Too
another idea for ENA picnic/bike event.
bicycling  ena  local  olympia 
april 2011 by epersonae
Bicycle Rodeos
planning for event at ENA picnic!
ena  bicycling  local  olympia 
april 2011 by epersonae
Birdseye view of Olympia, Washington – 1879
this blog is awesome!
gis  infographic  local  olympia  history 
april 2011 by epersonae
NACTO urban bikeway design guide
bicycling  local  eco  olympia  bpac  urbanstudies 
march 2011 by epersonae
Garden to hatch at Yauger Park - Environment - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington
"The next community garden in a city park is planned at Madison Scenic Park, a 2-acre green space on 10th Avenue Southwest. Webb said design on it probably will begin this year." YES! Also, city will be handling management, registrations, etc., which is definitely a good thing.
local  olympia  ena  eco  garden 
february 2011 by epersonae
Olympia Weekend Market - Home
yay!
local  olympia  arts 
february 2011 by epersonae
Olympia City Councilwoman Karen Rogers' community meetings under fire - State & Federal Government - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington
"Olympia City Council members have expressed concerns that Councilwoman Karen Rogers' community meetings [...] are taking up too much staff time and that she is using the city's website to promote them." I've been confused about the status/officialness of these meetings myself.
local  politics  olympia 
december 2010 by epersonae
Olympia again named most secure U.S. city - Local Highlight Story - The Olympian
"rankings took into consideration crime statistics, extreme weather, the risk of natural disasters, housing depreciation, foreclosures, air quality, environmental hazards, terrorist threats, life expectancy and job-loss numbers in 127 areas with populations between 150,000 and 500,000" - 3rd year in a row!
local  olympia 
december 2010 by epersonae
Olympia Time #1: Welcome to Olympia
on the topic of metonymy, for which I wrote an intro.
olympia  politics  writing  personal  local 
december 2010 by epersonae
What a Hundred Million Calls to 311 Reveal About New York | Magazine | Wired.com
"a pilot program in Brooklyn sponsored by OpenPlans that scouted areas needing bike racks by encouraging people to “take pictures of places where there are bikes locked up to every object in sight—to show the demand.”" lots of good stuff here, but this bit gave me an idea...
bpac  politics  local  olympia  bicycling  misctech  urbanstudies 
november 2010 by epersonae
Trees to fall after 70 years - South Sound - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington
"23 of the old trees need to be cut down in the next three years because of decay" big replanting event on Nov 11!
local  eco  ena  olympia 
november 2010 by epersonae
No heating necessary - Environment - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington
passive-heating house being build in NE neighborhood. fascinating.
local  eco  adu  olympia  home 
september 2010 by epersonae
Cliff Mass Weather Blog: Northwest Monsoon
"Olympia has accumulated 4.1 inches of rain in just the past 4 days and 5.3 inches over the past 31 days. September normal at Olympia is 2.0 inches for the entire month." yipes.
science  local  olympia 
september 2010 by epersonae
Plans solidify for brewhouse - Business - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington
that's really good to hear. also: when did the old post office in downtown Tacoma stop being a post office?! (sometimes I miss working around there.)
local  history  olympia  tacoma 
september 2010 by epersonae
Vo company files for bankruptcy - Business - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington
yipes...although strangely, I'm not at all surprised.
local  olympia  urbanstudies 
august 2010 by epersonae
Vandals tip over, deface menorah at Jewish center - South Sound - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington
so sad/infuriating.
local  olympia 
june 2010 by epersonae
2025 RTP
doesn't work on Mac/Firefox?
local  olympia  eco  bicycling  urbanstudies 
june 2010 by epersonae
How Your Community Could Get $1 Billion to Test EV Technology | Fast Company
can haz EV funding?
local  eco  olympia 
may 2010 by epersonae
Free parking wins - South Sound - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington
"The Olympia City Council voted 4-3 Tuesday night to defeat a plan to start charging $1 an hour at 49 new parking pay stations downtown June 1." ugh. idiots. (for one thing, the meters are already in!) IMHO, the person to target to reverse this is Karen Rogers. Roe, Strub & Ottavelli unlikely to change their minds. IIRC, Roe ran on a "free parking" platform.
local  olympia  politics  urbanstudies 
may 2010 by epersonae
New Voices: New Voices Invests in Nine Community News Projects
including Olympia Newswire, which I had not heard about. not really "community" news, more legislative news.
local  news  olympia 
may 2010 by epersonae
Bike to Work Day
curiously enough, I'm not working on Bike to Work Day. (but I'll probably go get some goodies anyway.)
bicycling  local  olympia 
may 2010 by epersonae
PARC Foundation Projects - Olympia, WA
"Lion's Park Shelter: This includes the utility connections and construction of the restroom building near the playground area. Estimated Cost: $100,000"
local  olympia  ena 
may 2010 by epersonae
Kingsbury: 'I am the confidential informant' - Breaking News - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington
bleh.
local  politics  olympia 
april 2010 by epersonae
Public Statement by Joe Hyer « Downtown Olympia, WA News || Everyday Olympia
honestly? good for him.
local  olympia  politics 
april 2010 by epersonae
Hyer resigns from Olympia City Council « Downtown Olympia, WA News || Everyday Olympia
also, pleads guilty. disappointed on several levels.
local  politics  olympia 
april 2010 by epersonae
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west olympia
local  olympia  library  ena  urbanstudies 
march 2010 by epersonae
Local News | Olympia homeless on notice to clear out | Seattle Times Newspaper
I'll be honest: I haven't noticed too much of this on my commute, altho I think the section west of Blvd is more frequently camped near.
local  politics  olympia  bicycling 
march 2010 by epersonae
An Index to Olympia area residents 1845-1930
history  local  academia  ena  olympia 
march 2010 by epersonae
First Friday in March « einmaleins in Olympia, WA – Your home for the modern European Lifestyle.
bread contest! need to remember to start a few loaves middle of next week. :)
bread  local  olympia 
february 2010 by epersonae
Public Pathways Pilot Project
ena  local  olympia  to-do  urbanstudies 
february 2010 by epersonae
Google Reader Can Now Track Changes to Any Website - Even if it Can't Find a Feed
ok, hold on...does this mean I can create my own feeds for the (lousy) city of olympia site?
google  blogosphere  local  olympia  ena  webdev 
january 2010 by epersonae
Larissa Our New Roaster : Olympia Coffee Roasting Co.
Yay Lar!!!! :) A great friend, and someone C has known since high school.
personal  coffee  local  olympia 
january 2010 by epersonae
South Sound Tour of Lights - Google Maps
Luke one-ups the Olympian by putting their list of light displays into an actual map. (I'm boggled that his house isn't on it, frankly.)
gis  google  local  holiday  news  ena  olympia 
december 2009 by epersonae
National Center for Safe Routes to School: International Walk to School Day Celebrates Local Efforts to Increase Safe Routes For Students to Walk and Bicycle to School
"Madison, Roosevelt and Pioneer Elementary Schools (Olympia, Wash.) will develop an anti-idling and anti-speeding campaign for parents." neat!
local  eco  ena  olympia 
december 2009 by epersonae
Seven Developments face foreclosure auction - Business - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington
been thinking for a long time that isthmus development was unlikely simply because there's no market for it. this seems to confirm my thoughts.
local  finance  olympia  lacey  urbanstudies 
december 2009 by epersonae
Olympia Film Society - ALL FREAKIN' LORD OF THE RINGS
All-night event. Will need IV drip of coffee, but am so very tempted.
local  olympia  arts 
december 2009 by epersonae
Is a neighborhood association a quasi-governmental agency subject to the Public Records Act?
"The court applied a four-part test to determine if two entities (a state association of counties and county officials) were the "functional equivalent" of public agencies." IOW, generally not.
ena  local  politics  olympia 
november 2009 by epersonae
Pimp My Bookcart 2009: Steampunk - a set on Flickr
need to post to FOL site, but also need to find good explanation of steampunk to go with it! :)
local  to-do  library  arts  olympia 
november 2009 by epersonae
City of Olympia news Dapp
very interesting.
local  olympia  webdev 
october 2009 by epersonae
Santa Monica to experiment with parking psychology -- latimes.com
"Consultants find the city doesn't need more spaces, it needs to change how they are used. New pricing model aims to promote walking, biking or busing, freeing up prime spaces for short-term shoppers." nice example of something I blogged about earlier. (interesting Pasadena tie-in, too. I think that happened after I left.)
local  olympia  californication  eco  bike-vs-car  urbanstudies 
october 2009 by epersonae
McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Dispatches from a Public Librarian.
"When a person goes to a library to get help seeking employment, and they see a notice on the door that says that due to cutbacks the library is not open, it only adds to the persons frustration that there is no hope or places to go for the help that they need." our libraries have cut hours, added fines, cut substitute librarians, reduced the collections budgets, plus I'm assuming a whole bunch more stuff that I don't know anything about.
library  politics  local  olympia 
october 2009 by epersonae
Olympia Offers Urban Cycling Workshops - OlyBikes
want to do this. need to decide which day(s).
local  olympia  bicycling 
august 2009 by epersonae
Public Transportation TAKES US THERE
I should take a video with C's phone while riding on the back of his Xtracycle. :)
webvideo  to-do  local  olympia  bicycling  xtracycle  urbanstudies 
august 2009 by epersonae
Olympians, Dust Off Your Photo Albums... - OlyBikes
bike photo contest by Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee!
bicycling  photography  local  olympia 
august 2009 by epersonae
Really Really Free Market - Lions Park | OlyBlog
coming up a week from Sunday. could be fun.
local  ena  olympia 
july 2009 by epersonae
South Sound Green Pages: Unclamping the Deschutes
turning the Fetid Lake of Doom (an OlyBlog nickname) back into an estuary.
local  eco  olympia 
july 2009 by epersonae
See how our gardens grow | The News Tribune - The Olympian | Seattle-Tacoma News, Weather, Sports, Jobs, Homes and Cars | South Puget Sound's Destination
sustainable south sound kicking it into overdrive, apparently. (the lacey location is over by the office.) it's not a particularly popular opinion, I think, but I keep wondering if the eastside garden should be somewhere other than the park.
garden  local  olympia  lacey  eco  nonprofit  urbanstudies 
july 2009 by epersonae
Get ready for circles on Boulevard Road - South Sound - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington
work starting on 1st roundabout, at intersection w/Log Cabin Rd. I don't go that far down on Blvd very often; I'm much more interested in seeing the ones at Morse Merryman & 22nd.
local  olympia  urbanstudies 
july 2009 by epersonae
American drivers should learn to love the roundabout. - By Tom Vanderbilt - Slate Magazine
"a larger question here is whether people who cannot manage to merge at low speed into a counter-clockwise circle and, yes, perhaps even change lanes in that circle, before finding the correct exit should actually be holding licenses that enable them to operate heavy machinery in the first place" nice diss. (I love roundabouts.)
local  olympia  urbanstudies 
july 2009 by epersonae
The Great Seattle Supermarket Showdown
not sure how this compares to the same thing in Oly (a project for OlyBlog or Everyday Olympia, perhaps?), but it makes me think that I should start loading up my bike at the Safeway on the way home.
local  food  seattle  olympia  journalism 
july 2009 by epersonae
Olympia picnics downtown - Breaking News Highlight Story - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington
this event was f'ning awesome.
local  olympia 
july 2009 by epersonae
Guest Article: Derek Pearson-Big Bags! | Bike Commuters
bicycling  local  olympia  xtracycle  rain-riding 
july 2009 by epersonae
EveryBlock source code released / The EveryBlock Blog
oooh, I was waiting for this! would love to play around with this for oly.
local  olympia  gis  opensource  journalism 
july 2009 by epersonae
APTA Best Transit System Award 2009
"The American Public Transportation Association has named Intercity Transit the best transit system in the nation for its size." very cool.
local  transit  eco  olympia  urbanstudies 
june 2009 by epersonae
martincrossing_martinproposed.jpg (JPEG Image, 900x450 pixels)
groundbreaking for this project is on Saturday! (selfishly, I hope the construction work won't disrupt riding to my doc's.)
local  bicycling  olympia 
june 2009 by epersonae
Timberleaf Soil Testing
for garden walk wrap-up post. recommended by Tim.
local  olympia  ena  garden 
june 2009 by epersonae
Utility Billing
C found this. don't care too much abt the payment part, but the water usage & trash days parts might be cool.
local  home  ena  olympia 
june 2009 by epersonae
Olympia Micro Loans for Commute Bikes - OlyBikes
yay!
bicycling  creditunion  local  olympia 
may 2009 by epersonae
Big Truck Blend strikes it Big Time
"Olympia’s own Olympia Coffee Roasting Company scored big this month. Coffee Review, the world’s leading coffee buying guide tasted Big Truck Blend and gave it a fantastic score of 91 points." Awesome! I love those guys.
coffee  local  olympia 
may 2009 by epersonae
Olympia Twitter Directory « Downtown Olympia News || Everyday Olympia
local  olympia  blogosphere 
may 2009 by epersonae
Old nursery site angers neighbors - Business - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington
I totally want to know the rest of this story. (We bought a rose bush there a couple of years ago for a friend's mom, and I got a spray nozzle there summer before last. The abandonment was so SUDDEN.)
local  olympia 
may 2009 by epersonae
Eastside Neighborhood walk in Olympia, Washington
thinking abt adding this to ENA site.
ena  local  olympia 
april 2009 by epersonae
Problem vacant lot stirs Olympia City Council - South Sound - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington
In the eastside. Hard to tell from the article what the actual code violations were. Might have to wander over & see it for myself, too.
ena  local  olympia 
march 2009 by epersonae
Public input for the public libraries | OlyBlog
"So, the library initiative didn't pass. That means 2.5 million dollars have to be cut from the budget." Planning on going to the one on Monday. Might post to the ENA site too.
library  local  olympia  ena 
march 2009 by epersonae
Washington Military Department Emergency Management Division - Disaster Preparedness - Map Your Neighborhood - Why Map Your Neighborhood?
as mentioned at last night's ENA meeting?
ena  olympia  local  gis 
february 2009 by epersonae
Using Wordpress city saves $19,000 | CMS Report
admittedly, the site itself is not the greatest, but it's better than a lot of gov't sites costing a LOT more. (I sent this to someone I know at City of Oly, btw.)
wordpress  opensource  olympia  politics 
february 2009 by epersonae
Olympia Time: FOCA strawman at St. Mikes
"Today, our priest gave a long sermon against FOCA [Freedom of Choice Act] and requested that we fill out post cards to our federal representatives stating our opposition. This is the most politicized mass I've ever attended, one that I hope the origin of was from earnest and well meaning ignorance, not cynical politicing." Bleh. Okay, yeah, now I remember: that's one of the 8917 reasons I left the church. (I had no idea Emmett was Catholic!)
religion  gender  local  olympia  politics 
january 2009 by epersonae
There are good reasons not to vote for library issue - Opinion - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington
"My neglect of the library costs me about $70 per year, and they want permission to tap me for $110. They want 50 cents of your money for every $1,000 the place you own or rent is worth." Dude whining about nobody needs the library. What a jerk. (There was more swearing initially.)
local  olympia  library  politics 
january 2009 by epersonae
Omeka | Home
would this be something to use if we ever got around to an ENA history/archive project?
php  ena  local  olympia  history  webdev 
january 2009 by epersonae
Evergreen Bookmarklets
these also work for Timberland Regional Library!
library  local  olympia  personal 
december 2008 by epersonae
Pie-ing Robert of Karaoke-Oly | OlyBlog
The Billie Jean pictured further down is one of my co-workers. (A great graphic designer!) I think, but am not 100% sure, that karaokeoly/Rob is her hubby.
funny  weird  local  olympia  personal 
december 2008 by epersonae
Search CrimeReports.com
for Olympia. Just a handful of crimes reported in the last few months, which is nice to know.
local  olympia  ena 
november 2008 by epersonae
FOODSCAPES
"We offer a variety of services and plans to help you create and make the most of your Home Food System." clever. altho: MS Live Small Business? for reals? ::sigh::
local  olympia  garden  eco  ena 
november 2008 by epersonae
Olympia Library to close for two months (at some point) [this week on the council] | OlyBlog
o noes! my lovely library will be closed Oct 6 - Dec 14! (but can still drop off/pick up, or go to Lacey.) also: underground storage tank?!
library  local  olympia 
september 2008 by epersonae
Welcome - Sound Citizens
"Sound Citizens is a nonprofit organization dedicated to researching, promoting and implementing sustainable practices beginning with the Puget Sound region. To sum up what we are about is transitional, holistic sustainability." (and Flash.)
local  olympia  eco 
august 2008 by epersonae
In My Imaginary Protest... | OlyBlog
I concur.
local  olympia  war  society  politics 
august 2008 by epersonae
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