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March 2025 Government Affairs Report

April 14, 2025

City of Olympia *agenda and minutes can be found here: https://olympia.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx City of Olympia’s Fair housing proclamation will be 4/8/25 @ 6pm Home Energy Assessment briefing-TCRA is involved in this regional effort giving feedback. Timeline: Start date 5/1/26 with template to be developed 11/30/25 City of Olympia 2025 legislative priorities: Range from Homelessness, study of…

February 2025 Government Affairs Report

March 18, 2025

City of Olympia City of Olympia *agenda and minutes can be found here: https://olympia.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx Planning commission has been looking at Amendments to the city code 18.05 related to Master Planned Villages: Primary topic was to lower required commercial space. This seems to affect Briggs Village in particular. https://olympia.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=7142082&GUID=3DD86748-E5C5-4AF3-93D3-F1105F393D4B&Options=&Search= TCRA was happy to be a part…

January 2025 Government Affairs Report

February 10, 2025

City of Olympia City of Olympia City swore in new Council Member Green replacing Parshley who moved on to the House of Representatives City passed an ordinance to clean up business license/enforcement. The intent is to make the process and guidelines more clear. Approved agreement for Energize Thurston Heat Pump Group purchase program Approved Ordinance…

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January 13, 2025

JENN CHERNUT, ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE Jenn is the current Association Executive for TCRA, a role she took on in April 2024. She loves connecting with members, helping them make the most of TCRA’s three levels of membership benefits, and having a great conversation along the way. With over 20 years of experience in the world of…

December 2024 Government Affairs Report

January 7, 2025

City of Olympia City of Olympia City approved Resolution requesting WA State and Fed to create a commission to study reparations for descendants of enslaved African people and implement commission recommendations. Will be layoffs and re-org to help get budget deficit in line Community block grant report: City will continue to prioritize CDBG funding to…

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