- By Natasha Ashenhurst, featured the The Voice Magazine-November 2018 If you want a glimpse of how vulnerable the downtown core of Olympia is to flooding, take a walk along Percival Landing in December at high tide. You'll see Budd Bay spilling over the boardwalk. Combine high tide with a storm and the Deschutes River at flood-stage, [...]
The City of Olympia, LOTT Clean Water Alliance and the Port of Olympia are in the preliminary stages of creating a response plan to protect Downtown Olympia and the Port peninsula from the impacts of sea level rise. Creating a response plan is consistent with the City’s Comprehensive Plan and is a priority action in [...]
One way to green your business is to identify ways to be more efficient with your outdoor water use. Some steps that business owners can take include efficient landscape design, efficient outdoor maintenance, minimizing turf areas and evaluating your sprinkler system. Your business may also want to hire a water efficient landscaping professional. Don’t forget [...]
Olympia, WA – The LOTT Clean Water Alliance partnered with artist Carrie Ziegler of Earth Art to create an engaging and educational art piece about water for the WET Science Center. Ziegler teamed up with LOTT and more than 1,200 Thurston County students and adults to create the new piece titled “One Water – The [...]
ON March 28, 2016, The Evergreen State College launched a new partnership with Zipcar, the world’s leading car sharing network, to offer a Zipcar car sharing program on campus, bringing Zipcar to Olympia for the first time. The convenient transportation option is now available at an affordable rate 24 hours a day, seven days a [...]
Beginning Tuesday, September 15, the City's contractor, Betschart Electrical Services LLC, will start construction of the Downtown Alley Lighting Project. Complimenting other City safety initiatives, this project will complete the installation of new LED lighting fixtures as well as the conversion of some existing lighting fixtures to LED in seven downtown alleys. The alleyways were chosen [...]
Using water efficiently, even during the rainiest of Olympia months, is important to help protect our precious drinking water resources for generations to come. We are proud to report that Olympian's have exceeded our original 5% goal and have reduced their water consumption by almost 9% - that’s over 98 million gallons! If you haven't yet joined the efforts of [...]
The City of Tumwater is installing high efficiency light emitting diode (LED) streetlights. This is part of an energy savings project to replace 80% of the City's existing High Pressure Sodium streetlights. The high efficiency LED system saves electricity and reduces maintenance while providing significantly better light quality and has the added advantage of eliminating [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date of Release: April 1, 2015 Released by: Erin Conine, Water Conservation Program Coordinator 360.570.3793 [email protected] Pledge to Conserve City of Olympia Mayor, Stephen Buxbaum, is joining mayors across the country in asking residents to make a commitment to conserve water by taking part in a national contest aimed at [...]
ColdCa$h for POW&R to benefit propane, oil & wood-heated homes, plus rentals in Thurston, Grays Harbor, Mason, Lewis & Pacific January 9, 2015 – Thurston Energy has recently launched a new weatherization rebate, ColdCa$h for POW&R. Designed specifically for homes that are heated with propane, oil or wood, and/or are rental homes, this rebate can help property [...]
