The Shawnee Pulse

The City of Shawnee has multiple ways to provide services to residents including with the help of volunteers across the community and through a variety of financial assistance programs including the Property Tax Rebate program. Elizabeth Griffith and Sophia Young join us on this edition of the Shawnee Pulse to talk all things resident assistance, how people can volunteer to help, and how residents can receive help.

George Kandt, the City of Shawnee's Economic Development Coordinator, joins us for the September Shawnee Pulse. He'll tell us what goes into working with City staff, the Governing Body, and local businesses to help spur economic development across the community to benefit everyone in Shawnee.

To find out more about economic opportunity in the City of Shawnee, click here to visit the City's economic investment page to learn about all the options in Shawnee.

Just like thousands of kids across Shawnee headed back for a new school at the end of summer, so too are two Shawnee Police Officers! Officers John Midiros and Darion Hillman serve as School Resource Officers during the school year. They join the Shawnee Pulse to talk about what goes into their days and why they both jumped at the chance to work with students at Shawnee Mission Northwest (Officer Midiros) and Mill Valley (Officer Hillman).

This month on the Shawnee Pulse, we're taking you to court! We sit down with Judge Karen Torline who serves as the City of Shawnee as municipal judge. We'll talk about her start as a prosecutor for Johnson County before coming to Shawnee, before eventually becoming judge.

Plus, we talk about her School Supplies for Fines program, designed to help students in Shawnee and people with eligible infractions to save some money by donating new supplies ahead of the upcoming school year.

Shawnee's Parks and Recreation Director Tonya Lecuru returns to the podcast! July is Parks and Rec Month across the country and right here in your Hometown with Heart. Tonya talks about the newly renovated Garrett Park, the department's upcoming reaccreditation through CAPRA, and the importance of Parks and Rec month.

Plus, Kate Kinkaid is here to talk all the special events during July spread across the entire Shawnee community from PARKED to Freedom Fling and more!