TagThe Airport Communities Podcast!(38)

The Airport Communities Podcast Last week we looked back at how the Port of Seattle’s tree cutting, originally known as the Flight Corridor Safety Program, led to a short-lived public interest about the SAMP, including the creation of a number of local groups, and the development of all the Port’s current community grant programs. Housekeeping:

The Airport Communities Podcast Last week we introduced the the STNI 2026 Legislative Agenda by talking about the HOK, a good study, responding to a previous environmental review, and a bad study trying to do the same thing in 2019. Housekeeping: We mention so many meetings including recent meetings of the Des Moines Aviation Committee,

The Airport Communities Podcast Last week we finished our last setup episode describing the Port of Seattle (Ep # 5 A Very Special Purpose District. This week’s episode moves onto current events, some longstanding issues with airport communities everywhere and an introduction to the STNI 2026 Legislative Agenda. Housekeeping: We mention the upcoming SAMP Draft

The Airport Communities Podcast The last (thankfully!) of three setup episodes where we ‘define our terms’. Last week we talked about the Railroad In The Sky, the FAA, which controls the airspace. Before that we described the airport as a parking lot, or rather two parking lots, because the airport operator does not control the

The Airport Communities Podcast Last week we described the airport as a parking lot, or rather two parking lots, because the airport operator does not control the roads, ie. flight paths. This week we talk about those roads, what the FAA calls ‘the railroad in the sky’. Why they’re so easy to change for them,

The Airport Communities Podcast Last week we described the process of community engagement as a Casino. This week is the first of three episodes where we try to describe what the various players are. JC opens by saying that airport communities need to figure out what they want besides “making the airplanes go somewhere else!”

The Airport Communities Podcast In our second episode, things start to get awkward. We use the metaphor of a Casino to describe a system that needs you to play. Wants you to play. Needs to be perceived as fair. But isn’t designed to give you the information you need to win. We tell a quick

The Airport Communities Podcast Welcome to the first episode of the Airport Communities Podcast. In this episode, we discuss why we began STNI by mentioning a few of the many initiatives that get half the way there – but are never followed up on. It’s a pattern; one that creates a cycle of frustration. Every