HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! How does a city get its look and feel? Who are the creatives who make it happen? How, exactly, does a banner get made? City of Auburn's lone Graphic Designer, Kevin McCoy, joins the Auburn on Main crew to chat about design work, making logos, how he moonlights as an illustrator, and everything in between. 

What's better than a series of Safe Auburn: Community Conversations meetings? How about a round two! That's exactly what's headed to schools across Auburn in January and February when the Safe Auburn series continues with the latest in greatest. We heard you, now we're ready to share. Keisha Taylor, Equity, Engagement and Outreach Coordinator, joins Jonathan, Chester, and Angee to talk about the meetings, further outreach efforts, and more! Plus, put your Christmas and holiday knowledge to the test.

Chester, Jonathan and Angee are joined this week by Amanda Valdez, one of City of Auburn Parks, Arts and Recreation's Special Events Coordinators, to talk SANTA! OH MY GOD !!!!! It's Santa, we know him. The big red guy is coming to Auburn this Saturday for the Lighted Santa Parade and Tree Lighting Ceremony, which is a fun parade down Main Street, ending at City Hall for the lighting of the tree in the plaza! Come downtown around 4:30 p.m. to catch the fun, and stay for the music and dancing after it's all lit up! Listen to the end of the episode to test your knowledge on Santa trivia! 

*extremely Tim Allen voice* uhhhuaaahhh?!? Jonathan, Chester and Angee are joined by South King Tool Library Executive Director Amanda Miller to talk...tools! And how you don't have to own em -- that's right, you can check out just about anything your heart desires at the South King Tool Library at the Outlet Collection Seattle. They've got leaf blowers, chain saws, hammers, drills, air fryers, and more! They also hold classes on how to do-it-your-self and how to preserve. There's just one question -- do you need the nail hammers, or do you need the hammer? Probably the former. They round out the podcast with everyone's favorite, "Is it Tool lyrics, or is it gibberish?" Test your knowledge!

Chester and Jonathan are joined by crowd favorite Angee Pogosian and making his debut, Economic Development Coordinator Emerson Folker! The quartet talk Auburn-area businesses (what's new, what's popping, what's moving, what's crabbing) and why it's a really great time to be a resident in the city -- especially if you love escape rooms and sea food YUM. Stay till the end to test your knowledge on political movies (sorry, dash of politics). 

Angee and Jonathan are joined by ... Chester! He makes his triumphant return to the podcast after being gone for a month in the Phillipines and the trio are already to chat about all of the wonderful public safety meetings happening across the City of Auburn. By the time you hear this, all of them will have concluded, but worry not! There's more in the future worth attending. We also chat Halloween Harvest Fest, Civics Academy, the upcoming Veterans Day Parade, and end strong with some spooky movie trivia. 

Angee and Jonathan are joined this week by City of Auburn Peer Support Specialist Christina Alexander, who as part of the Human Services department, interacts directly with homeless folks in Auburn, connecting them services and housing. Christina was homeless herself and addicted to drugs in the Seattle and South King County area, a story she's willing to tell because she knows it will help people just like her. Learn about Christina's role and how it's helping the homeless in Auburn, and stay tuned for info on Auburn Community Players' production of Prom and Prom movie trivia. 

I'm sorry, but it's fall. You know it, I know it, the leaves certainly know it. And that morning dew? It's a dead giveaway. Don't be distracted by the random 80-degree day here or there -- it's happening whether you like it or not. But that's OK, cause City of Auburn offers a variety of fall fun, like the type your kids are having at our fall camps run by Parks, Arts and Recreation coordinator Ashley Gain. She joins Jonathan and Angee to talk camps, Tom Petty's relationship to her grandma, if the kids really are alright, and tries her hand at camp movie trivia (hint: they slayed).

Chester and Jonathan are joined by Parks intern Jackson Conner to chat about summer camps, transporting kids to Leavenworth, how to improve your golf game, life after internships, and how, well, wouldn't you know it, all the leaves are falling (and the sky is gray). Which brings up the perfect trivia topic: does Jonathan like this fall past time? (hint: yes, probably). 

Well, it's happening, and it's time. The Auburn Avenue Theater is finally being demolished. It'll be a few weeks until the actual building itself starts to come down, but starting in early September, crews will begin clearing debris and materials before the inevitable. Chester and Jonathan are joined again by Angee Pogosian (who will co-chair in Chester's absence, bon voyage!) to chat the theater, downtown parking signage changes, some museum events, and Gen Alpha/Gen Z slang (they're both terrible at it).