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How a 4,000 person town feels about getting 15,000 new neighbors

Posey Gruener

February 23, 2017 / 4:49 pm

caption: Notice of Proposed Land Use Action signs are ubiquitous in Black Diamond. The planned development will eventually bring 6,000 new homes to the area.

Residents of Black Diamond, Washington tell KUOW Producer Posey Gruener about their hometown and what they think of a planned development that will significantly change it.

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Posey Gruener
Producer, The Record

Posey coordinates on-air news coverage for KUOW's midday newsmagazine. Before joining KUOW, Posey worked at WNYC as a producer for The Takeaway, a live daily news program, and Studio 360, a weekly show about creativity, pop culture and the arts. She has also worked for The Moth, the live storytelling organization, and StoryCorps, the oral history radio project. Her freelance work has aired on Studio 360 and All Things Considered. Posey graduated Summa Cum Laude from Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa. She holds a certificate in writing from the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine, and a certificate in audio production from the Center for Documentary Studies in Durham, North Carolina.
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