A discussion with City of Lynden Mayor Scott Korthuis and Peter Fraizer, local businessman, entrepreneur, hotelier, and life-long Whatcom County resident on why Whatcom County voters should check "Yes" on the November 2023 ballot to approve a new behavioral health program and county jail.

City of Lynden Mayor Scott Korthuis and Lynden Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Gary Vis have another wide ranging morning chat, covering everything from the Panama Canal, the "other" Washington, and NUMEROUS streets detours and closures coming to the Lynden community in 2023!

A casual chat between Mayor Scott Korthuis of the City of Lynden and Gary Vis of the Lynden Chamber on taxes, coffee harvesters, trail bridges and city government in general. Oh, and listen for a mention of acerola (It's a fruit)

In this special episode, we give a star spangled salute to members of the community helping to keep us going, some important information to businesses, a touch current news about business hours, and some thoughts on working (and staying) at home!

In the this laughter-filled episode of the "Ourtown Lynden: Conversations with Friends" podcast, we visit with our friend and the Lynden Chamber's longest serving "Welkom Lady", Ada!

Over the past 20+ years, Ada, and her co-Welkom Lady Virgi, have welcomed over well over 2,000 new families into Lynden with a special basket of goodies from participating Lynden merchants! This show has lots of laughs, fascinating stories, and borderline tears! (We kept it together, but barely)

In Episode 6 of the Ourtown Lynden; Conversations with Friends podcast, we visit with Lynden Mayor Scott Korthuis! We chat about growth, density, Pepin Creek, taxes and how they are spent, future concerns, and the great employees of the City of Lynden!

Today we have a visit from our friend Jim Frey, superintendent of the Lynden School District. Jim came by to talk about the difference between a bond and levy, why schools still rely on local funding, what the Lynden Schools board of directors hopes to accomplish should the community pass the current levy, and the importance of maintaining a sense of community as Lynden grows.

We sit down for a conversation with friend Karen Kramer Occhiogrosso, our first true guest, who happens to be sponsorship coordinator for the non-profit Northwest Washington Fair and Events Center to talk all things Fair! We chat about exhibitors, family fun ideas, VIP tickets and meet and greets, discounted entry, and sponsorship and other opportunities for community-mined businesses!

In this edition of the Lynden Chamber Podcast, we get in a little more practice on the podcasting skills, introduce some new members, and a big ballgame happening in the community!

On this practice-cast, we take 5 minutes of your time to discuss the latest weather forecast for Whatcom County for this Tuesday, January 14th, 2020. Weather Watches from the Nation Weather Service, the forecast from Environment Canada, and a little music Trivia.