Everett
Quarry eyed for big housing project
Four Everett neighborhood associations meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Evergreen Middle School, 7621 Beverly Lane, to talk about proposed zoning changes that could pave the way for a multifamily housing development with up to 2,150 units.
Cemex, formerly Rinker Materials, hopes to transform industrial land at its quarry at 6300 Glenwood Ave. into a residential and commercial development.
More info: 425-257-8736.
Learn how to get a government contract
The city of Everett is planning a workshop for small-business owners interested in learning how to compete for city government contracts.
The event is 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Everett Station, 3201 Smith Street, in the fourth-floor Weyerhaeuser Room.
The Economic Development Council of Snohomish County plans several workshops throughout the county this month.
More info: www.washingtonptac.org/SBDPSnohomish.shtml
Lake Stevens
Book program for tots comes to town
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program is now available to children in Lake Stevens.
United Way of Snohomish County and its partners are starting a pilot program in the Lake Stevens School District, with a sign-up and family fun day from 10 to 11 a.m. June 30 at the Lake Stevens Community-Senior Center, 1808 Main St.
Under the program, a new book is mailed each month to enrolled children, aiming to spark an interest in reading. Children from infancy to age 5 are eligible.
United Way, Sno-Isle Libraries, the Lake Stevens School District, Academic Beginnings for Children, the Lake Stevens Educational Foundation and the Rotary Club of Lake Stevens-Granite Falls are involved.
The cost is $27 per child per year.
More info: Katrina Ondracek at 425-374-5533 or katrina.ondracek@uwsc.org.
Marysville
Council to discuss cottage housing
The Marysville City Council meets to discuss adding a section to city law pertaining to cottage housing.
The meeting is 7 p.m. tonight at Marysville City Hall, 1049 State Ave.
The section would define cottage housing and spell out where it could be allowed in the city.
Cottage housing consists of smaller, single-family homes built close together.
More info: 360-363-8000.
Mukilteo
City to consider gulch contribution
The Mukilteo City Council is scheduled to vote today on whether to set aside $400,000 to help buy property alongside Japanese Gulch.
The meeting is 7 p.m. at Mukilteo City Hall at 4480 Chennault Beach Road.
A group of Mukilteo residents called the Japanese Gulch Group entered into a purchase agreement to buy the 8.76-acre parcel after a California-based company canceled plans to build an industrial park there.
If the council approves its expenditure, the Japanese Gulch Group would have two years to pay the rest of the purchase price.
The purchase price has not been named, but the property’s listed sale price was $1.9 million.
Snohomish
Getting ready for city’s 150th anniversary
A committee organizing the community’s 150th anniversary celebration meets at 6:30 p.m. June 24 at the Snohomish Library, 311 Maple Ave.
The celebration will be in 2009.
In 1859, white settlers came up the Snohomish River and built homes on both sides of the river, hoping to capitalize on a new road planned in the area. The road was never built, but the year marked the founding of Snohomish as a community. Steamboats brought loggers and supplies to the town.
Snohomish quickly became the economic and cultural center of Snohomish County. It served as a county seat for 36 years before it lost to Everett in 1897, said Warner Blake, president of the Snohomish Historical Society. Snohomish was incorporated as a city in 1890.
More info: Debbie Emge at 360-568-3115 or emge@ci.snohomish.wa.us.
Sultan
City gets $80,000 for road project
The city recently secured $80,000 from the federal government for a road project to improve the intersection at U.S. 2 and Sultan Basin Road. U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, who serves on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, helped Sultan secure the money.
The project aims to improve safety and traffic flow at the busy intersection.
More info: 360-793-2231.
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