This week: Washington Square has been nominated as an Opportunity Zone and here is what that actually means, Monday night's public hearing on the 1.89 billion dollar 2027 budget and how to speak at it, what I brought back from a national conference on employee healthcare and disaster recovery, and my episode of the Luminate podcast.

This week: why the Carpenters open house is worth a look for anyone considering a career change or a path after high school, Panda Express heads to an October 20 hearing with my support, talking land use and public health with students at Butler, and the two women from Millersville who organized four hundred neighbors and got their street fixed.

This week: Dutch Bros is approved after a two year zoning fight and your letters helped, an honest status on the hum, the Washington Street house and the camps behind Walmart, four east side councilors and LISC on the Far Eastside Quality of Life Plan, what the Red Cross could teach our Office of Public Health and Safety, and three public comment deadlines worth your calendar.