Community Cafe Bainbridge

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Sinopsis

In the time it takes to share a coffee with a neighbor at a local cafe, each episode introduces an islander who describes a local need or issue important to our community

Episodios

  • Two Fire Dept commissioner candidates for 2016-21 (Cafe-024)

    14/10/2015 Duración: 32min

    Wrapping up BCB’s Election 2015 podcast series, we have a lively and enlightening conversation with unopposed Fire Department commissioner candidates, Scott Isenman and Tim Carey. Scott is running for re-election to Position 1 and Tim for his first elected 6-year term for Position 5 on the 5-member board. Commissioner Isenman has been on the commission for eight years. He is a healthcare project manager for hospital systems, and lives on a boat in our harbor with his wife, 17-year old son, and 10-year old cocker spaniel. He has been an EMT with Bainbridge Ambulance for many years. Candidate Tim Carey has been involved with the Fire District (Dept.) for six years, including as a volunteer responder and an interim Fire Commissioner for six months in 2013. He lives on BI with his wife and two children, and is a soccer coach. In this 30-minute podcast, each candidate was given two minutes to answer each of the following six questions that they had been given in advance. Why did you decide to run (or run for re-e

  • School Board candidates Smith Macfarlane and Hoberg (Cafe-023)

    08/10/2015 Duración: 26min

    In this episode of this Fall's "Election 2015" series on BCB we interview unopposed and opposed candidates for our local School Board. Meet Lynn Smith and Duncan Macfarlane, who are competing for the District 1 seat, and incumbent School Board president Mev Hoberg, who is unopposed for the District 3 seat. Duncan Macfarlane is a lawyer and community volunteer, with 4 years as an elected council member for the Topanga Elementary School in Los Angeles, and whose volunteer service includes serving as a Boy Scout cubmaster. Lynn Smith is a graphic designer on Bainbridge Island and a longtime community and education volunteer, including with the parent-teacher organizations of the Odyssey program and the Bainbridge Island PTO coordinating committee. Mev Hoberg faces no opponent in her bid for another term; she was appointed to a vacant post on the board in 2012 and is currently serving as School Board president. In this podcast, BCB asked each candidate the following six questions, which had been provided to the c

  • Kol Medina and Mike Scott for City Council (Cafe-022)

    02/10/2015 Duración: 31min

    BCB's "Election 2015" podcast series continues with an interview of two of the 3 unopposed candidates for City Council. Kol Medina is set to fill the North Ward seat currently occupied by retiring Anne Blair. He describes himself as a public servant, a dad of a 4-year-old boy and an enthusiastic mountain bike rider. He is an attorney by profession, and is currently employed as Executive Director of Kitsap Community Foundation, which makes grants to local nonprofits. Michael Scott was selected by the Council in January 2015 to fill the unexpired term of departing Central Ward candidate David Ward. Mike is a self-described community volunteer, a runner, an avid hiker and bicyclist. He previously served a term on the Bainbridge Island School Board. By profession, he is an attorney. Sarah Blossom, unopposed for a second 4-year Council term from the South Ward, did not reply to email invitations to participate in the interview. In this 30-minute podcast, each was offered up to 2 minutes to answer each of the follo

  • Ballot measure for community safety and justice (Cafe-021)

    30/09/2015 Duración: 23min

    In this podcast, we get first-hand information for voters from City Mayor Anne Blair, Police Chief Matt Hamner, and the Treasurer of Islanders for a Secure Bainbridge, Tom McCloskey. Their podcast explains this Fall's Proposition 1 ballot measure which would fund the consolidation of our Bainbridge Island police department, local court, and emergency operations center, in a central location adjacent to City Hall. They explain that the Police Department is currently housed in a converted 1945 fire station that is structurally unsafe and deficient in many areas that would prevent our the Department from becoming accredited under State law. They also point out that the property at Route 305 and Winslow Way is in a commercially desirable location that - if sold - could raise a substantial amount of money toward the construction of a combined facility for police, courts and emergency operations. The information provided in the podcast is also available on the website of Islanders for a Secure Bainbridge. Credits:

  • Parks Board candidates Ken DeWitt and John Grinter (Cafe-020)

    27/09/2015 Duración: 24min

    This is the second episode in this Fall’s "Election 2015" series on BCB. It's an interview with the two local candidates for a position with a 6-year term on the 5-member board of the Bainbridge Island Metropolitan Parks and Recreation District -- incumbent Ken DeWitt and challenger John Grinter. John Grinter describes himself as a stay-at-home dad of school-aged kids and a long-time proponent of non-motorized transportation. Ken, who has served on the Parks Board since 2000, describes himself as a dad and grandfather, a long-time community volunteer and a financial professional. In this podcast, BCB asked each candidate the following six questions, which had been provided to the candidates in advance: Why did you decide to run (or run for re-election) for the position on the Parks Board? What relevant experience and skills do you bring to the position? How is the Parks and Recreation District doing? What is it doing well for the community? What are its unsolved problems? What are the key challenges or oppor

  • Meet City Council candidates Pegeen Mulhern and Ron Peltier (Cafe-019)

    14/09/2015 Duración: 28min

    In this podcast, BCB offers two City Council candidates a set of neutral impartial questions for each of them to answer.  Responding to the questions are our two competing candidates for a 4-year term in the At-Large position on the 7-member Bainbridge Island City Council. Pegeen Mulhern describes herself as a mom, community volunteer, business owner and attorney. Ron Peltier is a self-described carpenter, long-time islander and environmentalist. In this 28-minute podcast, each was offered up to 2 minutes to answer each of the following six questions: Why did you decide to run for City Council? What relevant experience and skills would you bring to the position? How is the City doing? What is it doing well for the community, and what not so well? What are its unsolved problems? What are the key challenges or opportunities that you believe will face the City in the next four years? What are the most important outcomes you'd like to accomplish during your term? What style of interaction would you like to bring

  • Men's Oatmeal Club members reflect on its success (Cafe-018)

    04/09/2015 Duración: 18min

    The Oatmeal Club meets for breakfast and camaraderie every Thursday morning at 7am sharp and ends precisely at 8:20 - typically after a guest's topical presentation and a lively Q&A session. It's been meeting and growing for 26 years, and there is now a long waiting list to join. This podcast interview with three of its long-time members examines the remarkable phenomenon of this long-lived informal group. The men's Oatmeal Club has grown to become a legendary institution on Bainbridge Island since its founding by eight men at Eagle Harbor Congregational Church in 1989. And, after all those years, it now has a long waiting list of men -- mostly retirees -- wanting to become members. Yet it has no operating rules and no governing body. What's the secret for such lengthy success? In this podcast, three long-time members of the Club -- Reid Hansen, Jim Kadlec and Don Marsh -- gather with BCB host Jack Armstrong to talk about the club's history, the benefits members experience by being part of it, and the ama

  • The Compassion Tour (Cafe-017)

    07/08/2015 Duración: 12min

    From BCB... http://bestofbcb.org/cafe-017-compassion-tour/ David H. Breaux has been on a yearlong tour of the U.S. asking people he's met from Montreal to Manhattan and from Tampa to San Antonio a single question: What is your conception of compassion?  While David has been spending about a month in each of the cities he’s visited, his stay on Bainbridge Island was just a few days this August. Still, he spent several hours on a bench along Winslow Way in the island’s primary commercial district, talking with people as well as collecting people’s written descriptions of the meaning of compassion in a notebook. David began the 12-month tour in September of 2014 after a five-year stint on a street corner in Davis, Calif. His goal in encouraging people to discuss compassion is to strengthen our understanding of interconnection and inspire us to act toward the alleviation of suffering in the world. David shares how he came to make the decision to launch the tour in this video: https://youtu.be/_bvF1dkZM0A To learn

  • Earth Art Bainbridge - artists with a cause (Cafe-016)

    21/07/2015 Duración: 19min

    In this podcast, we meet organizers and participants in the ambitious Bainbridge Island arts community project called "Earth Art Bainbridge." They talk with BCB host Reed Price about their goals and plans and the many opportunities for community members to join in. Earth Art Bainbridge is the brainchild of local activist, computer scientist, and author Beth Robson. She hopes that people will start thinking now about how to explore their response to our changing climate using art – whether the medium is music, theater, poetry, photography, painting or performance. Barbara Sacerdote, the Executive Director of Arts & Humanities Bainbridge says her organization is fully supportive, saying “if any community can do this, Bainbridge Island can.” Also part of this discussion are: Kathleen Thorne of Bainbridge Performing Arts and Island Theater; both groups have plans to support the project; Leslie Schneider of OfficeXpats, who will be organizing a speed-lecture show, “Ignite Bainbridge,” as part of Earth Art Bai

  • Solar panels - save money on electricity while you save the earth (Cafe-015)

    24/04/2015 Duración: 27min

    In a podcast interview recorded on Earth Day (April 22, 2015), experts on financing and installing solar panels explain why there has never been a better time for homeowners or business owners to install solar panels on their rooftop. Our guests explain that you can both counteract climate change AND save money with a relatively quick payback period. In this interview, we meet Anders Hellum-Alexander, a representative from solar panel installation company A&R Solar (a-rsolar.com), and Shannon Ellis-Brock, chief operating officer from Puget Sound Cooperative Credit Union (psccu.org).  Our third guest is Kellie Stickney, the community engagement specialist from the City of Bainbridge Island. Our guests were on their way to the dedication of an array of newly installed rooftop solar panels at the City’s Waterfront Community Center, where Puget Sound Energy funded the project as an award for the Bainbridge community’s high rates of adoption of PSE’s "Green Power" Program. A&R Solar installed panels at Wat

  • BCB First Anniversary Party May 2 (CAFE-014 )

    15/04/2015 Duración: 18min

    From BCB... http://bestofbcb.org/cafe-014-bcb-first-anniversary-party-may-2/ Door Prizes! Cake!  A chance to do your own podcast! Bainbridge Community Broadcasting is offering all of the above at their Open Studio Birthday Party on Saturday, May 2nd from 10 am to 4pm. Yes, it's BCB's first birthday -- where has the time gone? In this podcast, BCB manager Barry Peters looks back over the year's accomplishments and discusses the group's plans for the year to come. As you might have guessed, with so much to celebrate (180 podcasts! 70 organizations served! 15,000 downloads!) we are definitely planning to party!  So please -- stop by 325 Tormey Lane #144 (next to Silver Screen Video) on Saturday May 2nd and celebrate with us.  Enjoy birthday cake and tasty treats from Jake's Pickup, and don't forget to enter for your chance to win one of our elegant door prizes, handcrafted by local artisans! Credits:  BCB Host and audio tech Sandy Schubach; BCB audio editor Barry Peters; BCB publisher Diane Walker.

  • World-renown author David Korten speaks to community (Cafe-013)

    06/04/2015 Duración: 30min

    Listen to this in-depth 30-minute interview with Bainbridge resident and world-renown author, David Korten, at BCB's studio. David discusses his just-published book: “Change the Story, Change the Future: A Living Economy for a Living Earth,” available from Eagle Harbor Books. The interview also reveals David’s passionate commitment to local community. David expresses the many ways in which Bainbridge Island is, and could increasingly be, an outstanding example of a community seeking to achieve social and economic well-being -- with locally owned main street businesses and city policies that preserve a healthy natural environment -- rather than succombing to outside pressures for big-money exploits. And David explains how one local Bainbridge nonprofit business, Yes! Magazine, is telling the stories of people and places that offer hope for change amidst the challenges of our times. David Korten, an internationally-published author and engaged citizen, is co-founder and board chair of YES! Magazine, co-founder

  • Citizen of the Year award winner Diane Landry (Cafe-012)

    04/04/2015 Duración: 20min

    It's time to talk trash with award winner Diane Landry of the Bainbridge Island Zero Waste project. In this episode, BCB host Miles Schneiderman is joined by Diane Landry and Regina Spoor of Sustainable Bainbridge's Zero Waste Initiative to discuss their work to improve and maintain Bainbridge Island's practices of waste management and recycling. Diane is the coordinator of the Zero Waste initiative, and her efforts have just resulted in her being named the Kitsap Community Foundation's 2015 Outstanding Citizen of the Year.  Regina is a Zero Waste volunteer and a founding member of Bainbridge Island's original Friends of Recycling organization. During the conversation, Diane and Regina talk about what the Zero Waste Initiative does, how it got started, and how each of them became involved. They discuss past actions, such as their efforts to recycle political campaign signs. The Zero Waste team voluntarily manages recycling at the Island's Grand Old Fourth of July festivities hosted annually by the local Chamb

  • Next steps for planning a community "village" organization here (Cafe-011)

    14/03/2015 Duración: 19min

    In this podcast, Ken Pyburn calls in by Skype from Portland Oregon to discuss the advisable next steps for forming a "village" organization on Bainbridge to provide services to members to help them age gracefully in place. This podcast conversation is in light of a very successful and well-attended public meeting at the Waterfront Community Center for four hours on Saturday February 28, where about 60 people brainstormed and considered forming such a village.  He notes that it would be the first village to form for an island community. A "village" isn't a physical neighborhood -- it's a membership organization that provides needed and desired services, often at a group discount, or through the generosity of volunteers. Villages provide the services that its members have outgrown their willingness to do or their ability to do as they've aged. Ken has recently retired from chairing the board of directors of Villages Northwest, which is a collection of eight senior villages growing in the Portland Oregon vicinit

  • Student Conservation Corps pays teens for service (Cafe-010)

    06/03/2015 Duración: 14min

    In this episode of Community Cafe Bainbridge, we meet Clarice Cutler, the director of the Student Conservation Corps (SCoCo). Joining Clarice is Elan Safford, a senior at Bainbridge High School who is an active and enthusiastic SCoCo volunteer. They discuss this year’s SCoCo process for recruiting approximately 24 teens for Spring Break and Summer Break work sessions. SCoCo provides rewarding paid work and volunteer experience for students who are 15-18 years old, who are interested in environmental conservation and stewardship, and who like to work hard outside on gratifying projects. SCoCo is currently sponsored by Sustainable Bainbridge, and works closely with the Island’s Parks District, Parks Foundation and Bainbridge Island Land Trust. Anyone interested in applying must attend one of the four application work parties that are occurring this month and next.  On March 7, interested teens can apply to work at Ted Olsen Nature Preserve from 1pm to 3:30pm.  On April 11, the 2.5 hour application work party wi

  • Affordable housing with Housing Resources Bainbridge (Cafe-009)

    15/02/2015 Duración: 20min

    In this podcast, BCB invites two leaders of HRB -- Housing Resources Bainbridge -- to discuss one of Bainbridge Island’s most critical and perennial needs, namely, affordable housing. HRB board member and past president, Charlie Wenzlau, comes to this conversation with the expertise of being a local well-regarded architect, planner, and longtime advocate for enlightened housing policy for our City and community. Joining Charlie is HRB’s executive director, Mark Blatter, who came to Bainbridge after leading Seattle's agency for preservation of historic properties and real estate development. At Housing Resources Bainbridge (formerly named “Housing Resources Board”), the mission is to preserve the diversity and vitality of Bainbridge Island by providing and maintaining affordable housing opportunities in the community. During this 20-minute conversation, the topics include: Describing HRB and its role Examples of HRB housing-related services A description of HRB’s projects, most especially Ferncliff Village, o

  • UW Professor studies earthquakes and teaches climate change (Cafe-008)

    02/02/2015 Duración: 29min

    It’s not easy to discuss the Northwest’s risks of earthquakes in comparison to the risks of climate change, but those are the two topics shared by University of Washington Professor Paul Johnson in this Bainbridge interview via skype. Paul, who is a UW Professor of Oceanography and Adjunct Professor of Earth and Space Sciences was recently the featured speaker at the monthly Open Mic Science event at the Treehouse Cafe on Bainbridge. His topic that December night was earthquake risk and the results of his recent research in the Pacific Ocean where two massive geologic plates are colliding and sticking and creating the preconditions to earthquake activity. In addition to his field research on conditions relating to seismic activity, Professor Johnson has, for the last 19 years, taught University of Washington students about the science and facts of climate change. The first half of this podcast discusses earthquake risk. Paul’s own research, about the research ocean vessel Atlantis, in the Pacific west of Gray

  • Lara Hansen on Climate Change (Cafe-007)

    30/01/2015 Duración: 25min

    From BCB... http://bestofbcb.org/cafe-007-lara-hansen-climate-change/ Wondering what you can do about climate change? In this episode, BCB host Miles Schneiderman joins Lara Hansen, chief scientist and executive director of the non-profit Eco-Adapt organization, to discuss ways in which the Bainbridge Island community can adapt itself to the realities of climate change.  Lara is a Bainbridge Island resident and a Sustainable Bainbridge board member. She has worked for the EPA and the World Wildlife Fund, and serves on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.  During her conversation with Miles, Lara offers examples of ways in which Bainbridge residents can think about climate change issues in the context of our island's features -- such as our local development patterns and vulnerability in some shoreline areas to rising sea levels -- and mentions ways in which an awareness of climate change can be integrated into the current efforts to update the city’s local comprehensive plan.  They also talk about t

  • Reasons to improve Waterfront Park and City Dock (Cafe-006)

    19/01/2015 Duración: 11min

    In this 12-minute podcast interview, BCB learns from our City’s Community Engagement Specialist, Kellie Stickney, about the City’s proposed project to improve central Winslow’s Waterfront Park and City Dock. Kellie notes that the subject will be discussed, and citizen comments will be welcomed, at the City Council meeting of Tuesday evening, January 20th, which starts at 7pm. This could be the last public meeting before the Council decides which parts of the project to prioritize. In this interview, Kellie Stickney also urges Bainbridge citizens to contact State legislators to advocate for reallocating state assets to the fund that normally provides for grants of the type that this project would benefit from. At the City Council Study Session on January 6, Public Works Director Barry Loveless informed the Council that the City had a shortage of $835,000 in funding needed to complete both Waterfront Park improvements and a new City dock. The City is in the process of seeking funding from the Washington State L

  • State Senator Christine Rolfes spots Issues that matter (Cafe-005)

    11/01/2015 Duración: 26min

    Our much-liked State Senator Christine Rolfes has lived on Bainbridge Island for decades with her family. In this podcast, BCB catches Christine just before she departs for the State capitol for the January 12th start of the 2015 legislative session. This year’s session faces, once again, the legal requirement to find adequate funds for public education – which is the State’s paramount duty under the Washington Constitution. In this year's Senate session, Christine will be serving on three key legislative committees – including Education, plus Ways and Means (which handles all State spending measures), and Rules (which is the gatekeeper for all Bills seeking to reach the floor of the Senate). As you’ll see from the range of questions she addresses in this podcast, Christine Rolfes has a command of a remarkable array of issues important to Bainbridge Island, Kitsap, and our state as a whole. The numbers below tell the time in minutes and seconds that various topics are discussed in the podcast: 0:40How long d

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