Amid pandemic slump, Redmond looks for a new way to bring in visitors
Looking for a vacci-cation? Redmond may pay you to visit. Plus, how one pop-up restaurant is finding a way to make it through the pandemic. And Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan on policing, homelessness, and vaccination.
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Redmond pilots a program to bring in tourists -- by paying them to visit
Beset by pandemic restrictions and a devastating wildfire, the city of Glenwood Springs, CO needed to find a way to support their resort industry. Their solution? Pay people to spend money at local businesses. Their model is now leading a similar program in Redmond. Bill Radke speaks with Lisa Langer, tourism director from Glenwood Springs, and Peter Klauser, tourism director of Experience Redmond, about what their programs hope to accomplish.
Karachi Cowboys brings Pakistani soul food to Seattle
With Washington now entering phase three of its COVID reopening plan, restaurants can now open to 50 percent capacity. As we've seen, keeping a restaurant afloat amid changing restrictions is difficult -- but it especially helps if you're a pop-up restaurant. Bill Radke is joined by Nasir Zubair, chef and owner of Karachi Cowboys, a Pakistani soul food pop-up.
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan 3.25.21
In our weekly conversation with Mayor Durkan, we discuss the Seattle City Council's approach to policing, the region's approach to homelessness, and we take your calls.
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Bill hosts Week In Review and Words in Review. After starting with KUOW as a University of Washington student in 1985, Bill was KUOW's morning host in the '90s and the creator of past show, Rewind, a news-satire show heard on KUOW and nationwide on NPR. Bill moved away to Southern California to host American Public Media's Weekend America and Marketplace Morning Report and returned to KUOW in 2012.
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