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Tag: Everett
The Evolution Of Everett
Funny ol’ Everett. When I was a kid, I didn’t too highly of the town. Downtown felt so run down, south was over cluttered with bad signage. Not am interesting nor inspiring place. Well, it was fun to come up on the weekends and cruise. Yes, it was me and my cohort that got the cities of Everett and Edmonds to institute cruising bans.
Today I was in the northern part of town. I now love those old homes, even with their crazy, quirky problems.
But the town has changed, well since my teen years. That should be expected over a couple of decades. Id argue that it’s for the better. Personally, I believe Everett’s Navy Homeport is the root. Also there’s been serious effort to bring up the buildings in the downtown core.
Seems that it’s a much more dynamic and interesting city now. Maybe not as funky and hip as parts of Seattle. And it’s a rather quiet place, especially after normal business hours.
As I noted earlier, I think Everett has a lot of potential. There are a number of challenges ahead, but I think the city is well suited to not only “weather” them, but to thrive.
My curiosities, buildings, real estate and Everett
I noticed a classic older building in downtown Everett the other day. The building doesn’t look bad at all, but it’s completely vacant; not even the storefront spaces are occupied.
These are things that capture my attention.
I’m pulling a blog post together about this particular property, as it’s pretty interesting. Well, to me, at least.
Buildings and the politics around them fascinate me.
With this, Everett has begun to intrigue me. There are some very lovely structures and neighborhoods, with some significant regional history. With these sorts of buildings, a thriving arts scene and solid proximity to Seattle, we have some amazing potential up here.
Around 35 miles north of Seattle, with access to the Sounder Trains and buses, along with Snohomish County’s CT bus fleet, centering from the Everett Station, accessing Seattle is pretty easy and convenient. The Eastside is a little less easy, but not too much so. Microsoft’s Connector buses make their way up here (Snohomish and Mill Creek…maybe with enough lobbying, the Everett station can get a stop, too), and there’s Sounder and CT buses that head to Microsoft’s Commons and the Overlake Station, and downtown Bellevue. Within a few years, and the lightrail system gets fully launched, Everett’s interconnection with the greater Seattle economy will be solidified.
Everett does have a lot to offer, and the way the region’s developing, it will be far more interconnected and accessible to the rest of the region soon.
There’s a lot of opportunity for the forward thinking folks.
Everett’s Farmers Market Season Coming Mother’s Day
As someone who adores are area’s farmer’s markets, this email delights me. The start of local market season is a great deal of fun for me. Seeing all the people, with all the vendors, one of kind craft goods and locally grown food is simply a delight.
Also, Everett’s markets are a great success story. They continue to grow and expand, and work to ensure the whole community is able to take part, helping ensure that local produce is not just a middle/upper class experience.
24 Years Celebrating Fresh and Local from Washington
You Are Invited to Opening Day of the
Everett Farmers Market
Mother’s Day – May 14, 2017 from 11am to 4pm
Find us at the Port of Everett
Boxcar Park – 615 13th St, Everett, Washington
Some reflections on the windstorm
It’s been an interesting week. During Tuesday’s storm I was sitting in a class up above downtown Everett. Quite the bluster! Even in the 6th floor of a modern high-rise, we could hear the wind. Fortunately, my friends and family came through reasonably unscathed, with the greatest problems being power losses and fence destruction. Many in the region had far worse results (the Seattle PI has a great run-down of the aftermath).
With the storm, traffic was significantly eventful and my poor instructor quite late. I took the opportunity to chat with many of the good folks at Everett’s First American Title office. Such great people! A few folks I’ve known for years, but have never met. Such is the nature of modern business!
Our class covered the Escrow Process, where we focused on several key changes and issues facing this sector. One of the biggest: cyber-fraud.
I’ve been hearing an amazing number of cases of spoofed, or near-spoofed email addresses where funds are redirected. With this, we covered ways in which our business is responding to better protect your information.
Also, we looked at the way the CFPB’s new disclosure rules are getting implemented. The mortgage industry has taken this very, very seriously and implemented (for the most part) solid processes to keep closing timelines solid. Each lender has their own process, which is complicating things. And we’re having issues with certain folks not respecting the amount of time it takes the other players to act (“yeah, it closes tomorrow, here’s our stuff at 6pm. Too bad you don’t have time to get all your work accomplished. It’s your fault, of course”).
Anyway, always trying to learn more. Real Estate is vibrant and ever changing business. It is one of the things that delights me about it. This also speaks to the value of real estate agents. We stay up-to-date on all the changes occurring. Even if you bought a house last year, the market has changed. There are new processes, forms and documentation. Let us help you navigate this morphing realm.
WSDOT work this weekend in Everett, and other news
Snohomish County Highway and construction Updates
I-5 Everett bridge inspection Saturday
If you’re headed north on I-5 Saturday morning – maybe headed to the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival (see below) – be ready for some potential slowdown near the SR 526/SR 527 interchange. WSDOT bridge maintenance crews will be doing bridge inspection work that will close two lanes from about5:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. A single lane will remain closed until about 2 p.m.
Full SR 522 ramp closure Monday night
Monroe drivers should prepare for a full closure of the westbound SR 522 ramp to West Main Street/164th Street Southeast from 7 p.m. Monday, April 13 until 5 a.m. Tuesday, April 14. The section of West Main Street/164th Street between Fryelands Boulevard and the east roundabout will also be closed from 10 p.m. Monday to 5 a.m. Tuesday (a signed detour will be in place). During the closure, contractor crews working for WSDOT will continue their work on the new roundabout on the west side of SR 522. This is part of the SR 522 widening project.
Improved traffic flow coming to SR 99 in Everett
A project that will improve traffic flow on SR 99 at Airport Road in Everett begins this coming week. Contractor crews working for WSDOT will begin removing parts of traffic islands in both directions of SR 99 at Airport Road to create a third, bus-only through lane. Right now, the islands extend into the right lane, requiring vehicles to turn onto eastbound or westbound Airport Road. Once the islands have been reduced, about 150 Community Transit buses each day will be able to proceed through the intersection in the right lane. Cars and trucks can also use the lane but will have to make right turns onto Airport Road. Some other work is included in the project as well. No traffic control is planned for this coming week but there will be some lane closures in the future so be sure to stay plugged in to our Northwest Construction Update page.
Full southbound SR 529 closures complete
Full southbound closures of SR 529 between Marysville and Everett are finished, which is great news for drivers who have been detouring to I-5 while workers do maintenance work on the Snohomish River Bridge. We’ll still have some single-lane closures between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m.Monday, April 13 through Thursday, April 16 so be prepared for some delays.
Remember, it’s tulip time
I’ll admit it, I drove to Bellingham on Easter and forgot about traffic headed to the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. It’s not a mistake I’ll make again. So I’ll remind myself and you, prepare for significant traffic delays, especially on weekends, headed to the tulip fields. If you can, leave very early or as it gets dark. Otherwise, pack patience, great tunes and avoid the Big Gulps because it could be a real slow-go in the Mount Vernon area.
Hey, Everett is hosting the Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships
Everett’s Xfinity Arena hosts world class events all the time. Here’s another:
XFINITY Arena at Everett will again play host to more than 300 of the world’s best gymnasts when they compete in the 2016 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships April 8-10, 2016. In 2012, XFINITY Arena hosted the three-day international event that features the top gymnasts from the Pac Rim countries.
“The 2012 Pac Rim Championships in Everett was one of the most successful ever held,” said Steve Penny, president of USA Gymnastics. “The way the local community, civic leaders, facilities and the gymnastics family worked together to stage a great event put Everett at the top of our potential site list when we were awarded the event for 2016. We are looking forward to a repeat performance next year.”
The three-day event features athletes from more than 14 countries competing in men’s and women’s gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, and trampoline.
Held every two years, the Pacific Rim Championships traditionally feature gymnasts from Australia, Canada, China, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Russia, Singapore and the United States. NBC Sports will broadcasting onsite.
More about USA Gymnastics. Based in Indianapolis, USA Gymnastics is the national governing body for gymnastics in the United States. Its mission is to encourage participation and the pursuit of excellence in the sport. Its disciplines include men’s and women’s artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, trampoline and tumbling, acrobatic gymnastics and group gymnastics. For more complete information, log on to www.usagym.org .
XFINITY Arena at Everett
Washington’s Premier Sports and Entertainment Venue
Edward D Hansen Conference Center (EDHCC)
2000 Hewitt Avenue – Suite 200, Everett, Washington 98201
p 425.322.2600 – f 425.322.2601 – www.xfinityarenaeverett.com
Everett is building community one bad note at a time
One of the most clever fundraisers I’ve seen in some time. If nothing else, it shows the courage of your friends and neighbors.
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EVERETT DOESN’T HAVE TALENT
(ACTUALLY SOME DO)
Annual YMCA of Snohomish County Campaign
Karaoke Night
Friday, March 27, 2015 – 7 PM
Kroakers Neighborhood Bar
3021 Rucker Avenue, Everett, WA
(ACTUALLY SOME DO)
Annual YMCA of Snohomish County Campaign
Karaoke Night
Friday, March 27, 2015 – 7 PM
Kroakers Neighborhood Bar
3021 Rucker Avenue, Everett, WA
Come watch your friends get auctioned off to sing the worst karaoke this city has heard. Bid to choose their song and pay to strike the gong!
All proceeds benefit the Everett YMCA’s Annual Campaign. Cash or ATM available.
Friday, March 27 | 7 pm
Ages 21 and over
Tickets $10 minimum cash donation at the door includes two beer tickets
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Everett Family Branch
2720 Rockefeller Avenue Everett, WA 98201
P 425 258 9211 www.ymca-snoco.org/Ever
The Y is for everyone. Financial assistance is available.
Driving Frustrations
Oh, commuting joys! On my way home from the office, this clown tailgates me (in the left lane, passing a semi), then jets over two lanes, nearly hits said semi, tailgates someone in that lane, nearly hits them, jets over to the lane to my right, tailgates again, comes near inches from hitting them, ends up behind me again, blasts around me, cuts over to the far right lane, races past all those cars, cuts back to my lane, nearly hits me but finally has open enough road to keep on going. What particularly chafed me, beyond the sociopathic automotive antics, was that the car-pool lane was wide open. WIDE OPEN! So, it’s preferable to risk a vehicular assault or manslaughter charge over a single occupant in the car-pool lane ticket. Idiots!
So, if you know someone who was driving a blue Toyota pickup truck like an over-stimulated Cro-Magnon on I5 south through Everett around 5:20 pm, whap them in the head, please.
Open House at the Everett Herald – TONIGHT!
Sadly, I won’t be able to make it. But should be very interesting and insightful.
The Daily Herald – Open House
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014 – 4:00 – 7:00 p.m.
1800 41st Street, Ste 300, Everett
Contact: The Daily Herald jcampbell@heraldnet.com Phone: 425-339-3000
In partnership with Economic Alliance Snohomish County
Our new offices are starting to feel like home. We’re ready to invite our friends to visit. If you haven’t had the chance to visit the Daily Herald since we made the move, we’d like to give you a chance to join us at an open house on Tuesday, September 23, 2014 from 4p.m. until 7p.m. Light hors d’oeuvres and drinks will be served.
There will be a silent auction containing memorable pieces of our history available for you to take home. All of the proceeds raised will go towards The Herald Editorial Scholarship Fund through the Greater Everett Community Foundation. The fund provides annual scholarships to Snohomish County college students who have shown a dedication to community journalism.