EXCLUSIVE: Library president talks about challenges inherent in developing a new library and affordable housing in one development
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EXCLUSIVE: Library president talks about challenges inherent in developing a new library and affordable housing in one development

ByJeff Noedel

Saturday, December 7, 2024 An amazing 60 percent of San Juan Island’s nearly 7,000 residents carry a library card in their wallets. The library has robust book checkouts and runs tons of popular community programs, but it has outgrown its building and parking is difficult. The library trustees bought 2-1/2 acres in a better location….

CHIP program can fund just 25% of all applications it received – One of 62 applications is from San Juan County

CHIP program can fund just 25% of all applications it received – One of 62 applications is from San Juan County

ByJeff Noedel

Wednesday, November 13, 2024by Jeff Noedel The Washington State Department of Commerce received 62 applications from cities, counties and public utility districts for the 2024 Connecting Housing to Infrastructure Program (CHIP), which closed on Oct. 31. One of the 62 applications is San Juan County requesting $340,000 for utility improvements at the site where 20…

Boxed Out Episode 5: Fascinating talk between Amanda Lynn and OPAL’s Lisa Byers & Julie Brunner
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Boxed Out Episode 5: Fascinating talk between Amanda Lynn and OPAL’s Lisa Byers & Julie Brunner

ByJeremy Tyler

Recorded this morning, San Juan Community Land Trust’s Amanda Lynn talks shop with Opal (“Of People and Land”) Community Land Trust’s Lisa Byers and Julie Brunner. This SanJuans.Today/CNL2 video is 73 minutes in duration.

‘BOXED OUT’ EPISODE #3: Synergies between Conservation Land Bank & affordable housing
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‘BOXED OUT’ EPISODE #3: Synergies between Conservation Land Bank & affordable housing

ByJeremy Tyler

A CNL2 VIDEO IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE Originally Published Sunday, September 15, 2024 Directed by Jeremy TylerWritten summary by Jeff NoedelProduced at SanJuans.Today Studios in Friday Harbor, WA Boxed Out host Amanda Lynn welcomes Lincoln Bormann, Director of the San Juan County Conservation Land Bank. The conversation investigates the ways that conversation…

‘BOXED OUT’ EPISODE #2 – FRC is on the front line of personal housing crises – includes a caller question
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‘BOXED OUT’ EPISODE #2 – FRC is on the front line of personal housing crises – includes a caller question

ByJeff Noedel

A SANJUANS.TODAY VIDEO IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE Thursday, September 5, 2024Show produced by Amanda LynnDirected by Dave SchnuckelAudio Engineering by Jeremy TylerSummary written by Jeff Noedel Welcome to the second episode of “Boxed Out,” hosted by Amanda Lynn, executive director of the San Juan Community Home Trust! This is part 2 of…

PART 3 OF 3: Jennifer Armstrong Discusses Unhoused
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PART 3 OF 3: Jennifer Armstrong Discusses Unhoused

ByJeremy Tyler

A CNL2 VIDEO IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGEThe third and final part of our interview with the Family Resource Center’s Jennifer Armstrong starts with a discussion of homeless people on San Juan Island.About (5:00) minutes into part 3, Jennifer is asked if a person who has come to the island without work or…

PART 2 OF 3: Jennifer Armstrong Talks Affordable Housing, Island Neighbors, & Childcare
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PART 2 OF 3: Jennifer Armstrong Talks Affordable Housing, Island Neighbors, & Childcare

ByJeremy Tyler

A CNL2 VIDEO IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGETHIS VIDEO WAS AIRED LIVE ON TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2024 AT NOONThis video is part 2 of 3 parts. Part 3 will be published tomorrow (Friday).Part 1 is here.Part 2 begins with Jennifer Armstrong, Executive Director, explaining how the Joyce L. Sobel Family Resource Center assists…

BREAKING: BIG CHANGES AT COUNTY D.C.D. TODAY- Aims to Improve Reviewing & Processing Permits
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BREAKING: BIG CHANGES AT COUNTY D.C.D. TODAY- Aims to Improve Reviewing & Processing Permits

ByJeff Noedel

FOLLOWING IS A STATEMENT BY SAN JUAN COUNTY GOVERNMENTTuesday, July 9, 2024 @ 6:35 p.m.The San Juan County Council today approved a series of steps in an effort to improve services from the Department of Community Development (DCD). The County will begin contracting out services in the land use division, and hire an additional code…

Amanda Lynn: San Juan Island Needs 400 More Affordable Homes

Amanda Lynn: San Juan Island Needs 400 More Affordable Homes

ByJeremy Tyler

THE FULL EPISODE OF “HEY… WHAT’S GOING ON AROUND HERE” IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGEAmanda Lynn, who has led the San Juan Community Home Trust for three years and counting, is an incredible asset in the community. She is as committed to affordable housing as a human could be. She is articulate, well…