Welcome to the first episode of KentNow.
In this episode, Josh Maasberg and Tracy Taylor talk about how the holiday travel crunch ruined travel plans for millions of people.
- Do you make a New Year's resolution? Josh is working on trying more things and Tracy says this is the year of no.
- January kicks off National Blood Donor Month, we talk about where you can make an appointment to make your donation.
- Mayor Dana Ralph's report card is out in mailboxes now, the team explains what that is.
- If you are looking for a way to connect with Chief Padilla and the Kent Police Department, you can have vino with the 5-0 on January 24th.
- Kent Parks and Recreation Spotlight series is underway, and the next show is January 20th.
- Kent restaurant Punjab Sweets was recently spotlighted in New York Times.
- At KentWa.gov we have a new episode of People of Kent where we spotlight people in our community who are making a difference.
To close out the episode, Tracy talks about the deadline to sign up for our cities 8-week civics course Kent 101.