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	Podcast:		Other News
	Episode:		'Welcome to Olympia' host shows us 3 of his favorite capital city places
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:08:28
	Publish Date:		2020-01-13 14:00:00
	Description:		Olympia is home to about 52,000 people, and it’s growing. Rob Smith is one of the new arrivals. He came here about six years ago, and was so taken with the city that he started a podcast about it. “Welcome to Olympia” explores not just the sights in Washington’s capital city, but also the stories. As we explored stories from Olympia for our KNKX Connects reporting project, we wanted to journey beyond the Capitol Campus. Smith showed us some of his favorite places. WATERSHED PARK Built around the Moxlie Creek basin, this area once was laden with wells that supplied almost all of Olympia’s drinking water. The waterworks are long gone, with only a few remnants visible in the woods. Residents fought a plan to log the land in the mid-20th century, and today it’s a wooded area great for hikes, running, and even spotting wildlife from time to time. THE ARTESIAN WELL Enter off Fifth Avenue Southeast to find a bubbling well surrounded by a mosaic-tiled bench. The well is about 90 feet deep and
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