Climate Change

• August 2, 2025City Council, Climate Change, Downtown, Housing, Transportation

  #124: Parking or housing, pick one.

  Host emeritus and city council-member Dani Madrone rejoins the podcast for a discussion about housing, parking, parking minimums and how we’re going to turn empty parking lots on the Westside […]

• January 10, 2024Climate Change, Downtown, Housing

  #103: The Multifamily Tax Exemption and You

  We conducted a couple of interviews about how the Multifamily Tax Exemption (MFTE) impacts the city in terms of growth, housing affordability and finances. We sat down with Darian Lightfoot […]

• October 1, 2020Climate Change

  #74: An Indigenous View on Climate Change

  Many communities are preparing for a changing climate. The Squaxin Island Tribe, whose land on which the city of Olympia is located, has been studying how rising seas will impact […]

• June 25, 2018Climate Change, Downtown

  #17: Andy Haub and Sea Level Rise

  On this episode of The Olympia Standard, we talk about sea level rise in downtown Olympia with Andy Haub, Water Resources Director for the city. What’s up with the current […]