Welcome to KentNow!

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.