Quick answer: Housing Hope is Everett’s largest affordable-housing nonprofit. It manages more than 650 affordable rental units across 24 sites in Snohomish County and Camano Island, has helped 328 households become homeowners through its Team HomeBuilding sweat-equity program, and is breaking ground in 2026 on a new 26,700-square-foot Tomorrow’s Hope Child Development Center at 4526 Federal Avenue in partnership with Compass Health. The organization has a new CEO and is chasing a 1,000-unit goal by 2030.

Housing Hope: The Complete 2026 Guide to Everett’s Largest Affordable-Housing Nonprofit and the New Tomorrow’s Hope at 4526 Federal Avenue

Drive past 4526 Federal Avenue right now and you will see survey stakes, fresh fencing, and site-prep equipment on the northeast corner of the Compass Health campus. That is a 26,700-square-foot child development center under construction. It belongs to Housing Hope — and most Everett residents have never heard of the organization that is building it.

That is unusual. Housing Hope manages more than 650 affordable rental units across 24 sites in Snohomish County. It runs a sweat-equity homeownership program that has produced 328 first-time homeowners. It operates a child development center that has served Everett families for more than thirty years. It is the largest affordable-housing nonprofit in the city. And it is in the middle of its biggest year in a long time.

This is the complete 2026 guide to Housing Hope: what it does, where it operates, the new Tomorrow’s Hope project at 4526 Federal Avenue, the new CEO at the top, and the 1,000-unit goal driving the next four years.

What Housing Hope Actually Does

Housing Hope’s mission is to promote and provide affordable housing and tailored services that reduce homelessness and poverty across Snohomish County and Camano Island. In practice, the organization operates five integrated programs:

1. Affordable rental housing. More than 650 units across 24 sites. Rents are set on a sliding scale based on household income and family size — not market rate. The portfolio runs from single-room transitional units to family-sized apartments specifically designed for households exiting homelessness.

2. Team HomeBuilding. A sweat-equity homeownership program where working families help build their own and each other’s homes. The program has produced 328 first-time homeowner households. Participants commit hundreds of hours of construction labor in exchange for a deeply discounted mortgage on a home they helped frame, side, and finish.

3. Tomorrow’s Hope Child Development Center. Quality childcare for kids aged four weeks through twelve years, with a sliding-scale fee structure that prioritizes families currently living in Housing Hope properties or recently exited from homelessness. The current facility has operated for more than 30 years and is being replaced by a much larger purpose-built building at 4526 Federal Avenue.

4. Workforce and family services. Career counseling, financial coaching, and family stability supports embedded inside the housing portfolio. The integration is the point — residents do not have to leave the property to access services.

5. Development and acquisition. Housing Hope’s real estate development arm acquires sites, secures funding stacks (federal LIHTC, state Housing Trust Fund, county and city contributions), designs new housing, and operates the resulting buildings. The organization has been one of the most consistent affordable-housing developers in Snohomish County for thirty years.

The New Tomorrow’s Hope at 4526 Federal Avenue

The signature 2026 project is a new 26,700-square-foot Tomorrow’s Hope Child Development Center on the Compass Health campus at 4526 Federal Avenue. Several things matter about that project:

Capacity triples. The current Tomorrow’s Hope serves a fraction of the demand the program receives. The new building expands enrollment dramatically, with classroom space designed for kids from infancy through age twelve.

The Compass Health partnership is real. Compass is the dominant behavioral-health provider in Snohomish County. Co-locating childcare on the Compass Health campus puts behavioral-health services and childcare in the same place — which matters for families navigating both at once.

Funding is layered. Affordable-housing-and-services projects of this scale do not get built with one funding source. The financing typically combines state, county, and city contributions with private philanthropy and tax-credit equity. The fact that the project has reached site-prep means that capital stack is closed.

The 30-year handoff. The existing Tomorrow’s Hope facility has been operating for more than three decades. Replacing it with a purpose-built modern center is the kind of generational handoff few nonprofits successfully execute. Housing Hope is doing it.

The Leadership Change

Housing Hope has a new CEO: Kathryn Opina. Leadership transitions at long-running nonprofits are inflection points — they reset strategy, relationships with funders, and operational culture. For an organization the size of Housing Hope at the moment of an active capital project and a 1,000-unit growth target, the timing is significant. Local civic watchers should be paying attention to how the new CEO frames the next four years.

The 1,000-Unit Goal

Housing Hope is publicly chasing a 1,000-unit goal by 2030. From the current 650+ portfolio, that is roughly 350 additional units across the remaining four years. At Snohomish County construction costs, that is a multi-hundred-million-dollar development pipeline. The organizations that move that kind of pipeline through approvals, financing, and construction usually sit at the table when local housing policy is debated. Housing Hope sits at that table for Snohomish County.

Where Housing Hope Operates in Everett

The 24 sites are spread across Snohomish County and Camano Island, with concentrations in Everett’s lower-income neighborhoods, on Casino Road in South Everett, near downtown, and along the corridors where transit access supports car-light households. Specific properties include transitional housing for families exiting homelessness, permanent supportive housing, family workforce housing, and senior housing — Housing Hope’s portfolio is intentionally diverse so that residents can move within the system as their circumstances change without leaving the network of services.

Why Housing Hope Matters in 2026

Three pieces of context make Housing Hope particularly relevant this year:

Snohomish County’s housing-and-behavioral-health funding wave. The County Council recently approved $23 million for housing and behavioral health programs. Housing Hope is structurally positioned to absorb funding allocations from those streams.

Everett’s CDBG / HOME / AHTF priority-setting. The city’s Community Development Advisory Committee is holding a May 5 public hearing on 2027 federal housing fund priorities. Housing Hope is both a funder applicant and a major operator of the kind of housing those funds target.

The 51.8% inventory jump. Snohomish County’s housing inventory rose 51.8% in March 2026. That is a market-rate signal. The affordable-housing tier — which is what Housing Hope operates in — is structurally separate from market-rate inventory, and its tightness is not relieved by a market shift. The need does not move with the inventory chart.

How Everett Residents Can Engage

For a household needing housing or services: contact Housing Hope directly to inquire about waitlist availability, eligibility, and program intake. The organization serves residents of Snohomish County and Camano Island.

For a household wanting to support the work: Housing Hope accepts financial contributions, in-kind donations, and volunteer hours, particularly for the Team HomeBuilding sweat-equity program where construction-skilled volunteers can directly accelerate move-in dates for participating families.

For Everett residents wanting policy influence: the May 5 CDAC public hearing is one of the more direct levers for shaping how 2027 federal housing dollars get spent locally.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Housing Hope and where is it based?

Housing Hope is an Everett-headquartered nonprofit that builds and operates affordable rental housing, supports homeownership through sweat-equity construction, and runs childcare and family services across Snohomish County and Camano Island.

How many units does Housing Hope manage?

More than 650 affordable rental units across 24 sites in Snohomish County and Camano Island, with a publicly stated goal of 1,000 units by 2030.

What is the new Tomorrow’s Hope at 4526 Federal Avenue?

A new 26,700-square-foot child development center under construction on the Compass Health campus at 4526 Federal Avenue in Everett. It replaces the current Tomorrow’s Hope facility and triples childcare capacity.

Who is the new CEO of Housing Hope?

Kathryn Opina is the new CEO of Housing Hope, leading the organization through its current capital expansion and the 1,000-unit growth target.

What is Team HomeBuilding?

Team HomeBuilding is Housing Hope’s sweat-equity homeownership program. Participating families commit hundreds of hours of construction labor on each other’s homes in exchange for a deeply discounted mortgage on a finished home they helped build. The program has produced 328 first-time homeowner households.

How does Housing Hope set rent?

Rent is set on a sliding scale based on household income and family size, not market rate. That is the structural distinction between affordable housing and market-rate housing.

How can Everett residents support Housing Hope?

Through financial contributions, in-kind donations, and volunteer hours, including direct construction labor on Team HomeBuilding projects. Residents seeking housing or services can contact Housing Hope directly to inquire about eligibility.

Is Housing Hope related to Compass Health?

Housing Hope and Compass Health are independent organizations. The new Tomorrow’s Hope facility is being built on Compass Health’s campus at 4526 Federal Avenue as a partnership project, co-locating childcare with behavioral-health services.

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Q: What is Kasch Park in Everett?

A: Kasch Park is the City of Everett’s premier athletic complex, located at 8811 Airport Road in the Westmont area of south Everett. It features four lighted multi-sport synthetic-turf fields, a four-field lighted softball complex, one Little League field, basketball courts, a Weevos-style playground, picnic shelters, restrooms, and walking trails. The park is open daily from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. and connects via trail to the nearby Loganberry Lane Dog Park.

Kasch Park is the south Everett athletic complex everyone in town has played at — even if they did not know its name

Kasch Park sits on Airport Road just past the Boeing fence line, inside the Westmont area of south Everett. If you have ever played adult-league soccer in Snohomish County, watched a kid’s softball tournament under the lights, or pushed a stroller through a quiet weekend afternoon while teenagers ran a flag-football scrimmage, there is a strong chance you have been here. It is the kind of public park that becomes invisible because it works. The fields show up on hundreds of league schedules every year. The playground stays full on summer weekends. The parking lot empties at 10 p.m. and refills at 6 a.m. the next morning, every day, year-round.

And quietly, over the last few years, it has become a much better park than most south-Everett residents realize. Here is what makes Kasch Park the city’s premier athletic complex, what got upgraded recently, and what locals should know before their next visit.

The basics: address, hours, parking

Address: 8811 Airport Road, Everett, WA 98204
Hours: 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily
Parking: Free, ample on-site lot

The park sits between Airport Road and 100th Street SW, a quick drive from Boulevard Bluffs, Pinehurst-Beverly Park, Glacier View, and Westmont — and convenient to Boeing, Paine Field, and the Cascade High School zone for Casino Road and Pinehurst families.

What Kasch Park has — by the field

Kasch Park is the City of Everett’s flagship athletic facility. The amenity list is long enough that it is worth grouping by use case.

Multi-sport turf fields. Four lighted, synthetic-turf fields sized for soccer but lined for multiple sports. After the most recent surface replacement, the fields are now playable for soccer, lacrosse, ultimate frisbee, flag football, and kickball. The lights mean evening league play continues year-round; the synthetic turf means rain rarely cancels a game.

Softball complex. A four-field lighted softball complex with bleachers anchors the eastern half of the park. This is where most of Everett’s adult coed leagues, men’s leagues, and tournament play happens. Under a recent management agreement with NWS Holdings, the previously dirt infields on softball fields one through four are being upgraded with turf surfacing, additional fencing, and safety netting — improvements that bring the complex closer to tournament-grade specification.

Little League field. One dedicated Little League diamond serves the park’s youth baseball programming.

Basketball courts. Outdoor courts available for casual pickup play.

Playground. The park’s playground, designed and built by PlayCreation, features a Weevos-brand structure with a Cozy Coaster Slide, Wee Pod Climber, and Boppity Bridge — the kind of contemporary play equipment designed for both motor-skill development and durability. Restrooms are immediately adjacent.

Picnic shelter. A reservable picnic shelter is available through the City of Everett’s facilities reservation system at everettwa.gov.

Walking trail. A short on-site loop connects the parking, playground, fields, and the trail spur that links to nearby Loganberry Lane Dog Park.

Restrooms. Permanent restroom facilities are available on the playground side; portable toilets supplement the field areas during peak league season.

Recent upgrades: what changed and why it matters

The biggest change in the last few years has been the synthetic-turf replacement on the multi-sport fields. The original turf had aged out of safe play; the replacement re-lined the fields for soccer plus multiple secondary sports, expanding the park’s usable league bookings dramatically. The Wildlife Recreation Coalition lists the project among its supported recreation grants for the region.

The second change is the softball management partnership. NWS Holdings now manages softball fields one through four under an agreement with the City of Everett, with infield turf upgrades, fencing improvements, and additional safety netting in progress. For league players, the difference is noticeable: fewer rainouts on dirt infields, better backstop coverage for tournaments, and a more consistent maintenance cadence.

What has not changed: dogs are still prohibited from all field areas. The trail connection to Loganberry Lane Dog Park gives dog owners a nearby alternative for off-leash play.

Who actually uses Kasch Park

If you visit on a weekday evening between April and October, the parking lot will be mostly league players — adult coed soccer, men’s softball, kickball nights, and the occasional ultimate frisbee tournament. Weekend mornings tilt toward youth: Little League, youth soccer, and the occasional flag-football clinic. Weekday afternoons before 5 p.m. lean stroller crowd — the playground area is genuinely well-shaded in the summer and the layout works for parents with multiple kids of different ages.

For visitors driving in from outside south Everett, the park is also a reliable rainy-day option. The combination of synthetic turf and field lights means scheduled play continues through Pacific Northwest spring weather that would shut down a grass-field park entirely.

How to book a field or shelter

The City of Everett handles all field reservations through the Parks Department. Reservations open seasonally; the most popular weekend slots fill quickly. Field permits are typically required for any organized group play of more than a casual pickup game. Picnic shelter reservations follow the same process. Both can be initiated through everettwa.gov/parks.

NWS Holdings handles the softball-fields-one-through-four scheduling separately under its management agreement. League organizers should reach out through the City Parks office for the current contact path.

Why Kasch Park belongs on every south Everett family’s short list

The Everett park system has more famous names — Forest Park draws the headlines, Howarth gets the Instagram shots, Sullivan at Silver Lake has the destination amenity, Garfield is the playground showpiece. Kasch is none of those things. It is the working park. It is where Everett actually plays. And after the recent turf and softball-field upgrades, the working park works even better than it used to. For families in Westmont, Boulevard Bluffs, Pinehurst-Beverly Park, Glacier View, and Twin Creeks, Kasch Park is probably the single most-used piece of public infrastructure in the neighborhood. It is worth knowing the address, the hours, and the booking process the next time a Saturday plan goes sideways and the kids need a field.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Kasch Park located?

Kasch Park is at 8811 Airport Road, Everett, WA 98204, in the Westmont area of south Everett. It is convenient to Boeing, Paine Field, and the Cascade High School attendance zone.

What are Kasch Park’s hours?

The park is open daily from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. The lighted fields support evening league play through the posted closing time.

Does Kasch Park have a dog park?

No. Dogs are prohibited from all field areas inside Kasch Park. The on-site trail connects to the nearby Loganberry Lane Dog Park, which is the closest off-leash option.

Are there pickleball courts at Kasch Park?

Not currently. Kasch Park’s primary courts are basketball and the multi-sport synthetic-turf fields. Pickleball courts in Everett are located at other parks; the City of Everett maintains a pickleball-court list at everettwa.gov/parks.

How do I reserve a field or picnic shelter at Kasch Park?

Field permits and picnic shelter reservations go through the City of Everett Parks Department at everettwa.gov/parks. Softball fields one through four are managed by NWS Holdings under a separate agreement; the City Parks office can route league organizers to the current contact path.

What sports can be played on Kasch Park’s turf fields?

After the synthetic-turf replacement, the four multi-sport fields are lined and approved for soccer, lacrosse, ultimate frisbee, flag football, and kickball.

Is Kasch Park a good park for young children?

Yes. The Weevos-brand playground, designed and built by PlayCreation, includes a Cozy Coaster Slide, Wee Pod Climber, and Boppity Bridge — equipment well-suited for early-childhood and elementary-aged kids. Permanent restrooms are immediately adjacent. The picnic shelter is reservable for parties.

Q: What is Housing Hope and what does it do in Everett?

A: Housing Hope is an Everett-headquartered nonprofit that builds and operates affordable rental housing, supports homeownership through sweat-equity construction, and runs childcare and workforce-training programs for families exiting homelessness or poverty across Snohomish County and Camano Island. It manages more than 650 affordable units across 24 sites, has helped 328 households become homeowners through its Team HomeBuilding program, and is building a new 26,700-square-foot Tomorrow’s Hope Child Development Center at 4526 Federal Avenue in partnership with Compass Health.

Housing Hope is the quietest big nonprofit in Everett — and 2026 is its biggest year in a long time

If you have driven past the Compass Health campus at 4526 Federal Avenue lately, you have probably noticed survey stakes and site-prep work on the northeast corner. That is a 26,700-square-foot child development center that has been thirty years in the making. It belongs to Housing Hope — Everett’s largest affordable-housing nonprofit and probably the most consequential community organization in town that most residents could not pick out of a lineup.

That is changing in 2026. Housing Hope has a new CEO. It is breaking ground on a new childcare facility that triples the capacity of its current Tomorrow’s Hope program. It manages more than 650 affordable units across 24 sites in Snohomish County. And it is doing all of this while quietly chasing a 1,000-unit goal by 2030. Here is what every Everett resident should know about the organization that is rewriting what affordable housing looks like in this corner of Puget Sound.

What Housing Hope actually does

Housing Hope’s mission is to promote and provide affordable housing and tailored services that reduce homelessness and poverty for residents of Snohomish County and Camano Island. That single sentence covers a lot of ground. In practice, the organization runs five integrated programs:

Affordable rental housing. More than 650 units across 24 sites. Rents are set on a sliding scale based on household income and family size — not market rate. Housing Hope’s portfolio includes everything from single-room transitional units to family-sized apartments designed for households exiting homelessness.

Team HomeBuilding. A sweat-equity homeownership program in which working families help build their own and each other’s homes. The program has produced 328 first-time homeowner households. Participants commit hundreds of hours of construction labor in exchange for a deeply discounted mortgage on a home they helped frame, side, and finish.

Tomorrow’s Hope Child Development Center. Quality childcare for kids aged four weeks through twelve years, with a sliding-scale fee structure that prioritizes families currently living in Housing Hope properties or recently exited from homelessness. The current facility has operated for more than 30 years out of a former Sizzler restaurant building. The new building changes that.

College of Hope. Workforce training, financial coaching, life-skills classes, and case management built directly into the housing-and-childcare model. Residents do not have to drive across town to access employment services — those services are delivered on-site.

HopeWorks. A separate but affiliated social-enterprise nonprofit that runs job-training businesses (catering, landscaping, building trades) where Housing Hope residents and other low-income community members earn paychecks while building career skills. HopeWorks shares leadership with Housing Hope.

Kathryn Opina takes over as CEO

The Housing Hope Executive Board appointed Kathryn Opina as Chief Executive Officer for both Housing Hope and HopeWorks effective September 1, 2025. The announcement followed the departure of previous CEO Donna Moulton in early 2025 for family reasons. The leadership transition was reported by My Everett News and confirmed on the organization’s leadership page.

Opina inherits an organization in the middle of one of its most ambitious capital phases in years — the new Tomorrow’s Hope facility, ongoing portfolio growth toward the 1,000-unit 2030 goal, and a continued role as the lead nonprofit voice in Snohomish County’s affordable-housing conversation.

The new Tomorrow’s Hope is the headline project of 2026

The current Tomorrow’s Hope center serves about 130 children. It has, in fact, outgrown the old Sizzler building it occupies. The new facility — sited at the northeast corner of Compass Health’s Federal Avenue Campus at 4526 Federal Avenue — solves three problems at once.

First, capacity. The 26,700-square-foot building is designed to substantially increase enrollment beyond the current 130-child level. Second, integrated services. The new building includes on-site showers, laundry, a pantry, and computer stations — features that recognize many of the families using Tomorrow’s Hope are working through housing instability and need wraparound support to stay in childcare. Third, the partnership. Compass Health, Snohomish County’s largest behavioral-health provider, is leasing the corner to Housing Hope as a continuation of a 35-year partnership between the two nonprofits. Both organizations serve overlapping populations. Co-locating the new childcare center on Compass’s campus means a parent receiving behavioral-health support can drop their child off in the same parking lot.

The site is in central Everett, walkable from several Housing Hope properties and on a Community Transit route. Construction is starting this year.

Why Housing Hope matters for Everett specifically

Snohomish County’s affordable-housing math is brutal. The 51.8% inventory jump that lit up the headlines in 2026 was concentrated in the market-rate single-family segment, not in the income-restricted units that working families actually qualify for. Housing Hope is the largest single producer of those income-restricted units in the county, and the bulk of its portfolio sits inside Everett city limits.

That portfolio is also unusually integrated. Most affordable-housing developers build the building and walk away. Housing Hope builds the building, runs the childcare center next door, employs residents through HopeWorks, trains them through College of Hope, and has built sweat-equity homeowners out of dozens of its own former tenants. The model is not new — Housing Hope has been doing it since 1987 — but the scale (650+ units, 24 sites, 35-year partnerships with major institutions) is.

For Casino Road residents, Boulevard Bluffs renters, and Twin Creeks families pricing out of Snohomish County’s higher-rent neighborhoods, Housing Hope is often the answer to “where do we go next.” The organization’s waitlists are long — as is the case for every affordable-housing operator in the region — but the units exist, and they keep getting built.

How to engage with Housing Hope

Housing Hope’s main offices are at 5830 Evergreen Way in Everett. The organization’s housing application process and waitlist information are available on housinghope.org, along with a current property list. For families seeking childcare, Tomorrow’s Hope information lives at tomorrowshopechildcare.com — and the new Federal Avenue location will list its enrollment process there once the building opens.

For neighbors who want to support the work, Housing Hope accepts both donations and volunteer hours through Team HomeBuilding (no construction experience required for many roles). HopeWorks’s social-enterprise businesses also welcome contracts for catering, landscaping, and small construction projects. The organizations are 501(c)(3) nonprofits; gifts are tax-deductible.

The bigger picture

The story of Everett’s housing crisis usually focuses on what the market and the city are not doing — the stalled stadium financing, the utility-tax debate, the Sound Transit timeline that keeps slipping. Housing Hope’s story is the inverse. It is a nonprofit that has been quietly stacking units, training workforce, and feeding children for nearly four decades while the broader debate has gone sideways. The new Tomorrow’s Hope center, the new CEO, and the unbroken march toward 1,000 units by 2030 are the same story Housing Hope has been telling all along — just with a bigger building, a new face at the top, and an unmistakable signal that 2026 is when the organization plans to be louder about it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Housing Hope located in Everett?

Housing Hope’s main administrative offices are at 5830 Evergreen Way in Everett. The organization manages more than 24 housing sites across Snohomish County and Camano Island. The new Tomorrow’s Hope Child Development Center is being built at 4526 Federal Avenue on Compass Health’s campus.

Who is the CEO of Housing Hope in 2026?

Kathryn Opina has served as Chief Executive Officer of both Housing Hope and HopeWorks since September 1, 2025. She succeeded former CEO Donna Moulton, who departed in early 2025.

How many affordable housing units does Housing Hope operate?

More than 650 affordable rental units across 24 sites in Snohomish County and Camano Island, with a stated goal of 1,000 units by 2030. The organization has also helped 328 households achieve homeownership through its Team HomeBuilding sweat-equity program.

What is Tomorrow’s Hope?

Tomorrow’s Hope is Housing Hope’s child development center. The current facility serves roughly 130 children aged four weeks to 12 years out of a former Sizzler restaurant building in Everett. A new 26,700-square-foot facility is under construction at 4526 Federal Avenue with significantly expanded capacity and on-site family services including showers, laundry, a pantry, and computer stations.

How can I apply for Housing Hope housing?

Housing applications and waitlist information are available at housinghope.org. Demand exceeds supply at every Housing Hope property, and waitlists can be long. The organization’s leasing staff can advise on which properties have the shortest current waitlists and what documentation is required.

How can I support Housing Hope?

Donations are accepted through housinghope.org and are tax-deductible. Team HomeBuilding accepts volunteer construction labor. HopeWorks’s catering, landscaping, and trades businesses welcome contracts from neighbors and local employers. Both organizations also publish event calendars on their respective websites.

Is Housing Hope related to Volunteers of America Western Washington or Cocoon House?

They are separate organizations with overlapping missions. Housing Hope focuses on long-term affordable housing and homeownership for families. Volunteers of America Western Washington runs the regional food bank and broader social-services portfolio. Cocoon House serves youth experiencing homelessness. All three are major Everett nonprofits and frequently collaborate through Snohomish County’s housing and homelessness coalitions.

For you as a Casino Road resident: Community Transit’s $25.35 million purchase of the Goodwill outlet at 2208 W. Casino Road means a major public agency has locked in a 7.55-acre anchor in your neighborhood — before the light rail redevelopment pressure arrives. Here is what that means for your daily life, your housing stability, and your community’s future.

Your Neighborhood Just Got a New Public Anchor

For residents of Casino Road, Community Transit’s February 2026 acquisition is the most significant land transaction on the corridor in years. The 7.55 acres at 2208 W. Casino Road — the Goodwill Bins site — is now owned by a public agency, not a private developer. That distinction matters more than it might appear.

Casino Road has two Sound Transit light rail stations planned as part of the Everett Link Extension. When light rail comes to a corridor, land values rise. In Seattle’s Rainier Valley and along the First Hill corridor, the combination of light rail investment and speculative land buying displaced thousands of residents and longtime businesses before communities could respond. Casino Road is watching those dynamics develop in slow motion — and Community Transit just placed 7.55 acres of the corridor in public hands before the speculative wave crests.

The Goodwill Bins Stay Open — For Now

The practical answer most Casino Road residents want first: the Bins are staying. Evergreen Goodwill signed a three-year leaseback with Community Transit, meaning the bulk-pricing outlet store at 2208 W. Casino Road continues operating through approximately early 2029. If you shop there regularly — or know someone who depends on it for affordable goods — no immediate change is required.

After the leaseback ends, Community Transit will use the site for operational purposes: vehicle storage, maintenance, and administrative functions to support its growing bus network. What that means for foot traffic on that block will depend on how the agency designs its buildout. Residents near the site should watch for Community Transit public planning meetings as the leaseback end date approaches.

How This Connects to the Everett Transit Merger

Casino Road residents who rely on bus service should know that Everett Transit is being consolidated into Community Transit. The state legislature’s SB 5801 sets the framework; Everett City Council voted April 29 to approve a formal letter to Sound Transit demanding full delivery of the Everett Link Extension as a paired commitment. The merged transit system — combining Everett Transit’s 22 routes and 115,000 daily riders with Community Transit’s regional network — will use the expanded Casino Road campus as part of its operational foundation.

For residents who depend on the Route 7 (Paine Field / Casino Road corridor) and other routes serving south Everett, the consolidation is designed to improve frequency and extend coverage. Community Transit’s Journey 2050 plan targets 30 million annual riders — more than triple current ridership — which requires both the Casino Road land and a fully funded light rail extension to work.

What to Watch as a Casino Road Resident

The three-year leaseback window (through roughly 2029) is the community engagement window. This is when Community Transit will be planning how it uses the property long-term. If community organizations, including Connect Casino Road, push for a mixed-use development that includes affordable housing or community space, that conversation needs to happen before the agency finalizes its operational buildout plans. Public agencies can — and sometimes do — include community benefit components in transit-adjacent development when community pressure is organized and early.

The NR-MHC zoning effort — Everett’s proposal to protect seven mobile home parks in the Casino Road area from conversion to market-rate housing — is a parallel protection mechanism. The Community Transit acquisition and the NR-MHC zone together represent two distinct forms of displacement protection arriving in the corridor at the same time. Neither is sufficient alone; together they create meaningful stability in a neighborhood under significant long-term pressure.

Frequently Asked Questions for Casino Road Residents

Is the Goodwill Bins closing on Casino Road?

No — not yet. Community Transit signed a three-year leaseback with Evergreen Goodwill, keeping the Bins open at 2208 W. Casino Road through approximately early 2029. After that, Community Transit will use the site for bus operations.

Will my bus routes change because of this?

Not immediately. The Casino Road campus acquisition is an operational expansion to support long-term ridership growth and the Everett Transit consolidation. Route changes will come through the consolidation planning process, not directly from this land purchase.

Does this protect Casino Road from gentrification?

It provides one form of protection: 7.55 acres of the corridor is now in public ownership and cannot be sold to a private developer without a public process. It does not, by itself, prevent rising rents or displacement pressure on the surrounding blocks. The NR-MHC zone and Connect Casino Road coalition are the primary community-led mechanisms addressing those pressures.

How does this relate to the light rail stations planned for Casino Road?

Two Sound Transit light rail stations are planned for the Casino Road corridor under the Everett Link Extension. Light rail typically accelerates land value increases and displacement pressure in station areas. Community Transit’s acquisition puts a large public parcel in the corridor before those dynamics peak — a meaningful protection even if it is not explicitly framed that way.

Can I get involved in planning how Community Transit uses this site?

Yes. Community Transit holds public board meetings and planning processes for major facility projects. Connect Casino Road and the associated neighborhood organizations are the most direct channel for organized community input. The three-year leaseback gives residents roughly a 2029 window before the site transitions to full operational use.

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Quick take: Glacier View is a mid-century neighborhood anchored by Lowell Elementary, the Everett Golf and Country Club, and easy access to Forest Park — with one of the most active neighborhood associations in the city and housing prices that have climbed significantly in 2025–2026. It’s a neighborhood that rewards locals who already know it and puzzles visitors who drive through without stopping.

Glacier View: The Mid-Century Everett Neighborhood That Rewards the People Who Actually Know It

Ask most Everett residents about Glacier View and you’ll get a vague wave southward. Ask someone who actually lives there and you’ll get a 20-minute conversation about block parties, the trail system behind their house, the view of the Cascades from their backyard, and the neighbors who’ve been around since before the kids were born.

That gap — between how the neighborhood looks from the outside and what it actually is — is Glacier View in a nutshell. It’s one of Everett’s more established residential pockets, filled with mid-century brick ramblers and craftsman bungalows, bounded by Interstate 5 to the east, Evergreen Way to the west, roughly 41st Street to the north, and 62nd Street SE to the south. It sits between the more frequently profiled south Everett neighborhoods and downtown, close enough to both to be convenient, quiet enough to feel like neither.

The Housing Stock That Defines the Neighborhood

Glacier View’s character is shaped heavily by its housing stock. Mid-century brick ramblers dominate — one-story homes with clean lines, good bones, and the kind of lot sizes that feel generous compared to newer infill construction. Craftsman cottages fill in the gaps. Most of the neighborhood was built out decades ago, which means the streets have mature trees and the lots have settled into something that feels lived-in rather than speculative.

The market has moved. The median sale price in Glacier View reached approximately $785,000 in early 2026, up significantly year-over-year — reflecting broader Snohomish County market dynamics as buyers pushed into south Everett in search of space and value relative to Seattle and the Eastside. The neighborhood scores 82 out of 100 on Redfin’s competitive market index, with homes averaging around 15 days on market as of early 2026.

For context: mid-century ramblers and cottages in Glacier View have ranged from roughly $415,000 to $850,000 depending on condition and lot, while craftsman-style homes have started around $500,000 and run into the $930,000 range at the high end. The 7,454 residents recorded by US Census data represent a homeownership-heavy community — approximately 70% owner-occupied, which contributes to the neighborhood’s stability and the active civic engagement its association is known for.

The Everett Golf and Country Club — Anchor and Anomaly

The single most distinctive feature of the Glacier View neighborhood’s geography is the Everett Golf and Country Club, which occupies a substantial portion of the neighborhood’s southwest side. Founded in 1910, the private club features an 18-hole course, a fitness center, a swimming pool, and seasonal dining and social events.

The club is members-only, which means the majority of the green space it sits on is not publicly accessible. But it shapes the neighborhood in other ways: it keeps a large area in the heart of the neighborhood at low density, it contributes to the neighborhood’s sense of green space and views, and it creates a geographic logic to Glacier View’s street layout that makes it feel more residential and less through-traveled than other Everett neighborhoods on the arterial grid.

Forest Park and the Trail System

Glacier View residents enjoy proximity to two significant green space assets. Forest Park — Everett’s largest and oldest park — is accessible from the neighborhood’s western edge. The park offers a splash pad, picnic areas, a large playground, sports courts, tennis courts, meeting halls, and trail access. It’s the kind of anchor amenity that makes a neighborhood feel self-contained.

The Interurban Trail also runs through the area, providing 12 miles of paved paths for biking, jogging, and walking. For residents who want outdoor recreation without driving, Glacier View is well-positioned relative to most of south Everett.

Schools

Glacier View students move through an Everett School District pathway: Lowell Elementary (Pre-K–5, located in the neighborhood at approximately 5010 View Drive), then Evergreen Middle School, and on to Everett High School. Lowell Elementary has a total enrollment of approximately 543 students and a 16:1 student-teacher ratio.

The Everett School District recorded a 96.3% graduation rate in 2025 — a district record — and Everett High was part of that picture. Parents in Glacier View looking at the school pathway are working with a district that has been putting up real numbers on student outcomes.

Families in the neighborhood’s southern portion may also fall within proximity of Mukilteo School District boundaries — the district’s service area runs through parts of south Everett, including Cascade View and corridor areas near Casino Road.

The Neighborhood Association

By most accounts — including the City of Everett’s own neighborhood documentation — the Glacier View Neighborhood Association is one of the more active in the city. Meetings are held in-person at the Lowell Elementary library at 6:30 PM, on a roughly bi-monthly schedule (typical dates: January, March, May, and November). Co-chairs Katie Shaffer and Crystal Cameron lead the association, which can be reached at GlacierViewNeighbor@hotmail.com.

In February 2026, Glacier View residents were part of a broad south Everett neighborhood meeting at the Cascade Boys and Girls Club at 7600 Cascade Drive, which brought together multiple neighborhood associations alongside Mayor Franklin and Police Chief Robert Goetz. The multi-neighborhood meeting format is one the city has been piloting for district-wide conversations — Glacier View participated as part of that broader civic engagement effort.

Getting Around

Glacier View sits west of Interstate 5, making highway access straightforward for commuters heading north toward Boeing’s Paine Field facilities, south toward Bellevue and Seattle, or east. The neighborhood is roughly 26 miles from downtown Seattle by car — a commute that, depending on the time of day, runs anywhere from 40 minutes to well over an hour.

Everett Transit runs bus routes along Evergreen Way, Colby Street, and Broadway — the major arterials that border or bisect the neighborhood — providing transit access for residents who prefer not to drive. This connectivity to south Everett’s main transit corridors will take on added relevance as Sound Transit’s light rail extension to Everett moves toward completion in the coming years.

Why People Stay

Neighbors who live in Glacier View tend to describe the same constellation of reasons for staying: quiet streets, homes with real yards, walkable access to Forest Park and the trail system, friendly block-level community, and proximity to south Everett amenities without the traffic intensity of Evergreen Way itself. The neighborhood scores high on family-friendliness and dog-friendliness on resident review platforms, and the 70% homeownership rate means most of the people on the block have chosen to be there long-term.

The housing prices that felt like a deal a few years ago have moved. But the neighborhood’s character — mid-century, stable, community-engaged, green-space-adjacent — is what it is because the people who lived there made it that way over decades. That doesn’t change when the comp prices move up.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where exactly is Glacier View in Everett?

Glacier View is bounded roughly by 41st Street to the north, Interstate 5 to the east, 62nd Street SE to the south, and Evergreen Way to the west. It sits in the southeast portion of central Everett, between downtown and the south Everett corridor.

What schools serve Glacier View?

Glacier View is primarily served by Everett School District. The pathway is Lowell Elementary → Evergreen Middle School → Everett High School.

Is the Everett Golf and Country Club open to the public?

No. The Everett Golf and Country Club (founded 1910) is a members-only private club featuring an 18-hole course, fitness center, and swimming pool. It is not open to the general public.

How do I get involved with the Glacier View Neighborhood Association?

Meetings are held at Lowell Elementary’s library at 6:30 PM on a bi-monthly schedule. Contact the association at GlacierViewNeighbor@hotmail.com. The City of Everett’s Neighborhood Associations page at everettwa.gov/334 has current meeting dates and neighborhood contacts.

What parks are closest to Glacier View?

Forest Park — Everett’s largest park — is accessible from the neighborhood’s western edge. The Interurban Trail runs through the area with 12 miles of paved paths. Lowell Park and Emma Yule Park are also within or adjacent to the neighborhood’s boundaries.

What’s happening: Community Transit’s board voted unanimously in February 2026 to purchase the 7.55-acre Goodwill outlet property at 2208 W. Casino Road for $25.35 million — the largest single land acquisition in the agency’s history. The “Bins” will stay open under a three-year leaseback. But for the Casino Road corridor, where two Sound Transit light rail stations are planned and displacement pressure is already climbing, this deal is about more than bus storage.

Community Transit Just Bought the Goodwill Bins on Casino Road — Here’s What It Means for the Neighborhood

If you’ve ever dug through the bins at the Everett Goodwill outlet on Casino Road — the one where clothes and housewares are priced by the pound — you’ve stood in the middle of one of south Everett’s most consequential pieces of real estate. In February 2026, Community Transit’s board of directors voted unanimously to purchase that 7.55-acre property at 2208 W. Casino Road for $25.35 million, acquiring a 108,000-square-foot warehouse complex right next door to the agency’s existing Cascade administration building.

For transit watchers, it’s a smart infrastructure play. For Casino Road residents, it’s one more piece of a much bigger puzzle about what this corridor is becoming — and who gets to stay in it.

Why Community Transit Bought the Property

The short answer: they’re running out of room. Community Transit’s internal analysis found that anticipated service growth will “consume” the agency’s current capacity for vehicle storage, maintenance, and administrative functions within the next few years. The Goodwill property sits directly adjacent to the agency’s existing Cascade administration building, making it the obvious acquisition for expansion.

“Identifying and securing nearby land and facilities is a key strategy to sustaining operational growth, supporting service expansion, and maintaining flexibility for future development,” the agency’s memo to its board stated.

The property itself is substantial: roughly 107,999 square feet of warehouse footprint, around 20,000 square feet of retail space, and a recycling center. Evergreen Goodwill, which purchased the site in 2011 for $10.9 million, will continue operating the outlet store and recycling center there under a three-year leaseback — paying Community Transit $120,000 per month in rent. So for at least the next three years, the bins stay open.

There’s another factor in the long-term calculus: Sound Transit’s Link light rail extension to Everett includes a station close to the Paine Field area, not far from the Casino Road corridor. The agency flagged proximity to that infrastructure as part of the property’s strategic value.

What This Means for Casino Road

Casino Road is one of Everett’s most culturally dense corridors — home to a large Latino community, significant Cambodian, East African, and Pacific Islander populations, dozens of small immigrant-owned businesses, and community anchors like the Stations Unidos community development corporation, which was established specifically to fight displacement on this corridor.

The Community Transit property acquisition isn’t a displacement threat in the direct sense — the transit agency isn’t building housing or retail that prices people out. But the deal is another signal of how much institutional attention and investment is concentrating along this corridor. Two planned light rail stations. A $25 million transit land grab. A new Boys and Girls Club facility at nearby Walter E. Hall Park, announced by Mayor Cassie Franklin in her 2026 State of the City address. Snohomish County housing funding flowing to the area. The $23 million housing award Everett received in 2027 that included Casino Road in its service area.

When investment and infrastructure converge in a neighborhood, property values tend to follow. That’s exactly the dynamic Stations Unidos has been working to get ahead of since 2014, when Casino Road stakeholders first organized around the light rail threat. The CDC’s goal: ensure that the people who built this community get to remain part of it as it changes.

The Boys and Girls Club Piece

The existing Boys and Girls Clubs of Snohomish County location serving south Everett sits at 525 W. Casino Road — about a mile west of the Goodwill site. That club, which opened in 2000 after renovating a former bus barn, serves children and youth ages 5–18 with before and after-school childcare, summer camp, and teen programs.

In her March 2026 State of the City address, Mayor Franklin announced that the City of Everett is collaborating with Boys and Girls Clubs of Snohomish County to support construction of a brand-new club location at Walter E. Hall Park, a flexible grass athletic complex at 1226 W. Casino Road. That park already serves as a hub for youth sports and hosts a skate park. Adding a Boys and Girls Club building there would be a significant community facility investment at the corridor’s geographic heart.

Details on the new club’s timeline and design were not publicly available at press time, but the announcement signals city commitment to youth-serving infrastructure on Casino Road — not just transit infrastructure.

What to Watch

The three-year Goodwill leaseback runs out sometime around 2029. At that point, Community Transit will need to decide how to use the acquired warehouse space — whether for bus storage, maintenance bays, administrative expansion, or some combination. That decision will shape the Casino Road corridor at exactly the moment the light rail timeline is approaching.

For residents of Cascade View and Twin Creeks — the two neighborhoods that flank Casino Road on its east side — the changes on this corridor are worth tracking. The road that most people think of as a thoroughfare rather than a destination has been quietly transforming for years. The institutions investing there in 2026 will set the shape of what comes next.

Community Transit’s purchase doesn’t change daily life on Casino Road today. The bins are still open. The taquerias, the pho shops, the halal markets, the beauty supply stores — still there, still doing business. But the long arc of what this corridor becomes is being decided, piece by piece, in board rooms and city halls. Organizations like Stations Unidos exist precisely to make sure the community’s voice is part of that process, not added as an afterthought.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Goodwill outlet on Casino Road closing?

No. Evergreen Goodwill signed a three-year leaseback agreement with Community Transit, so the outlet store and recycling center will continue operating at 2208 W. Casino Road at least through approximately 2029.

Why did Community Transit pay $25.35 million for the Goodwill property?

The property is adjacent to Community Transit’s existing Cascade administration building at 2312 W. Casino Road, and the agency projects its current facilities will be overwhelmed by service growth within a few years. The acquisition gives the agency land for vehicle storage, maintenance, and operational expansion.

Will the Community Transit purchase displace Casino Road residents?

The property at 2208 W. Casino Road is a commercial warehouse, not housing. The direct displacement risk is low. The broader concern is that concentrated investment on the corridor — transit, light rail, new facilities — can raise property values over time, creating indirect displacement pressure. That’s the issue Stations Unidos has been working on since 2014.

What is the Boys and Girls Club building planned at Walter E. Hall Park?

Mayor Cassie Franklin announced in her March 2026 State of the City address that the City of Everett is collaborating with Boys and Girls Clubs of Snohomish County to support construction of a new club location at Walter E. Hall Park, 1226 W. Casino Road. Specific construction timelines were not released publicly.

Where is the existing Boys and Girls Club on Casino Road?

The South Everett/Mukilteo Boys and Girls Club is located at 525 W. Casino Road, Everett, WA 98204, and serves children ages 5–18. Contact: (425) 355-6899 or bgcsc.org.

Last updated: April 30, 2026 | Cascade View is the south Everett neighborhood most outsiders drive through on Everett Mall Way without ever noticing it has a name. The 6,391 people who live there know better.

Where it sits: Cascade View is a primarily residential south Everett neighborhood bounded on its southern and western edges by Everett Mall Way and Evergreen Way, with Twin Creeks immediately to the east and Mill Creek a short drive to the south. Population is about 6,391; median home sale prices run around $765,000 in the most recent twelve-month window — up roughly 30 percent year over year. The neighborhood association meets quarterly under chair Michael Trujillo, who also chairs the adjoining Twin Creeks association.

The Neighborhood People Drive Through to Get Somewhere Else

If you’ve ever pulled off I-5 at Everett Mall Way to grab a coffee or hit the mall, you’ve been in Cascade View. Most people don’t realize it. The neighborhood doesn’t announce itself with the kind of arterial signage Boulevard Bluffs or Northwest Everett gets, and the commercial frontage along Everett Mall Way reads more like “south Everett retail strip” than “residential neighborhood with a name and a chair.”

But step a couple blocks back from the arterial and Cascade View turns into one of south Everett’s most stable single-family residential pockets. The streets curve. The lots are wider than the apartment-dense corridors closer to Casino Road. The trees are mature. The dogs get walked. It’s the kind of neighborhood that gets quietly recommended to families relocating to the Everett area who want decent schools, a manageable commute, and a price point south of the city’s historic core.

Where Cascade View Begins and Ends

Cascade View sits in the southeast corner of the City of Everett, northeast of Mill Creek and northwest of Twin Creeks. The neighborhood’s southern and western borders are formed by Everett Mall Way and Evergreen Way — the two arterials that funnel commuters between south Everett, Mill Creek, and I-5. To the east, the neighborhood butts up against the Twin Creeks corridor; to the north, the neighborhood feeds into the broader south Everett residential grid.

The whole footprint is about 1,522 occupied housing units, per the most recent demographic estimates available through Point2Homes and Niche. Of those, 60.8 percent are owner-occupied — a higher rate than south Everett’s apartment-dense corridors closer to Casino Road, but lower than the historic-core neighborhoods like Northwest Everett or Port Gardner. The remaining 39.2 percent are renter-occupied, which is consistent with what you’d expect from a neighborhood that’s mostly single-family but has a meaningful supply of duplexes and townhomes mixed in.

The People Who Live Here

Cascade View skews younger than Everett as a whole. The median age is 35, and adults between 25 and 44 make up about 32.2 percent of the neighborhood — the family-formation cohort. Another 23.6 percent are between 45 and 64, and roughly 13 percent are 65 and older. Average household income in 2023, the most recent year of full data, came in at $126,102.

Demographically, Cascade View is among the more diverse residential pockets in south Everett. Roughly 56.1 percent of residents identify as White, 16.5 percent as Asian, and 6 percent as Black. About 70.4 percent of residents are U.S.-born citizens, 15.9 percent are naturalized citizens, and 13.7 percent are non-citizens — a profile that tracks closely with the broader south Everett pattern documented in the desk’s coverage of Stations Unidos and the Casino Road corridor.

What a Cascade View Home Costs

The neighborhood’s housing market has moved sharply over the past year. Per Homes.com’s most recent twelve-month rolling data, the median sale price for a Cascade View home was about $765,457 — up roughly 30 percent over the prior twelve-month period. NeighborhoodScout’s broader estimate puts the median real estate price closer to $643,898, reflecting different methodology and a larger sample window. Either figure tells the same basic story: Cascade View is no longer the entry-level south Everett bargain it was a decade ago.

Rentals are a similar story. Average rent in Cascade View runs around $2,855 — meaningfully above Everett’s citywide average, but a notch below comparable Mill Creek and Lynnwood pricing. The math reflects the neighborhood’s position: residential enough to feel like a real neighborhood, accessible enough to I-5 and Everett Mall Way that it doesn’t carry the “you’ll need a car for everything” tax some of the more remote pockets do.

The Neighborhood Association — Quarterly, Not Monthly

The Cascade View Neighborhood Association is one of the more active in south Everett. Chair Michael Trujillo — a longtime fixture on Everett’s Council of Neighborhoods — currently chairs both Cascade View and the adjoining Twin Creeks association, with the explicit hope that a Twin Creeks resident will eventually step up so the two seats can be split again.

Starting in 2023, the association shifted from monthly meetings to quarterly Community Meetings — a format the chair has said is meant to bring civic leaders directly into the neighborhood: Everett Police, Everett Fire, Everett Parks, and Everett Traffic departments cycle through the agenda alongside neighborhood updates. The quarterly cadence is also more sustainable for a volunteer-run association in a neighborhood where most adults are working full time and raising kids.

Meeting dates and locations are published on the City of Everett’s neighborhood calendar at everettwa.gov/384/Cascade-View and on the association’s public Facebook page. Anyone who lives within the neighborhood boundaries can attend.

Schools, Parks, and the Everyday

Cascade View students are split between two school districts depending on the address — a quirk south Everett families know well. Some streets feed into Everett Public Schools and Cascade High; others fall inside Mukilteo School District boundaries and feed Mariner High School. The Mukilteo SD lookup at mukilteoschools.org/37434_3 is the cleanest way to confirm which district a given Cascade View address belongs to.

For green space, the neighborhood is well-positioned. Forest Park is a short drive north on Evergreen Way, and the regional draw of Thornton A. Sullivan Park at Silver Lake is a quick hop to the northeast. Day-to-day errands run through Everett Mall and the surrounding retail along Everett Mall Way, which means most Cascade View households can hit groceries, hardware, and a coffee shop without getting on I-5.

The Quiet Recommendation

If you talk to long-term Cascade View residents, the recommendation comes out the same way every time: it’s a neighborhood that delivers the practical version of what people say they want when they say they’re looking for a neighborhood. Walkable streets without being downtown. Diverse without being transient. Stable without being stagnant. A volunteer chair who actually shows up. A market that’s appreciating, but not so fast that long-time owners feel taxed out.

Cascade View is the next neighborhood on the city’s 19-neighborhood list to get a standalone spotlight on this desk — and after years of being the south Everett pocket people drive through to reach Mill Creek, that feels overdue.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where is the Cascade View neighborhood in Everett?

Cascade View is a south Everett neighborhood located northeast of Mill Creek and northwest of Twin Creeks. Its southern and western borders are formed by Everett Mall Way and Evergreen Way. The neighborhood is part of the City of Everett’s 19 official neighborhoods and is administered through the Office of Neighborhoods.

What is the population of Cascade View?

Cascade View has a population of about 6,391, with roughly 1,522 occupied housing units. About 60.8 percent of those units are owner-occupied and 39.2 percent are renter-occupied. The median age is 35, and the average household income in 2023 was $126,102.

How much do homes in Cascade View cost?

The median sale price for a Cascade View home over the past twelve months was about $765,457, up roughly 30 percent year over year, per Homes.com data. NeighborhoodScout’s broader median real estate estimate is closer to $643,898, reflecting a longer sample window. Average rent in the neighborhood is around $2,855.

Does the Cascade View Neighborhood Association still meet?

Yes. The association shifted from monthly meetings to quarterly Community Meetings starting in 2023, with civic leaders from Everett Police, Fire, Parks, and Traffic departments cycling through agenda time. Chair Michael Trujillo also currently chairs the adjoining Twin Creeks association. Meeting dates are published on the City of Everett’s Cascade View page at everettwa.gov/384/Cascade-View.

Which school district serves Cascade View?

Cascade View is split between Everett Public Schools and Mukilteo School District depending on the address. Some streets feed into Cascade High School (EPS); others feed into Mariner High School (Mukilteo SD). The Mukilteo SD address lookup at mukilteoschools.org/37434_3 is the cleanest way to confirm which district a specific Cascade View address belongs to.

Last updated: April 30, 2026 | South Everett families have two school district options depending on which side of Mukilteo Speedway and Casino Road they call home. Here’s what to know about the one most outsiders forget exists.

The short answer: Mukilteo School District serves more than 15,200 students across 24 schools — including a sizable chunk of south Everett residents who live south of Casino Road, along Picnic Point Road, around Lake Stickney, and west toward the Mukilteo waterfront. After voters narrowly rejected a $400 million capital bond in February 2026, district staff recommended bringing the measure back to the ballot in November. South Everett families will pay attention.

Two Districts, One Everett

Most coverage of Everett schools focuses on Everett Public Schools — the 19,000-student district that runs Cascade, Everett, Jackson, and Sequoia high schools and serves the bulk of the city. But a real piece of south Everett — the streets where Casino Road, Evergreen Way, and Mukilteo Speedway funnel commuters toward Boeing and Paine Field — actually lives inside the boundaries of Mukilteo School District No. 6, headquartered at 9401 Sharon Drive in Everett 98204.

If you live in Boulevard Bluffs, the western half of Pinehurst-Beverly Park, the Picnic Point corridor, or the streets around Lake Stickney, your kids likely catch a Mukilteo SD bus, not an EPS bus. The two districts share a city, but operate as completely separate institutions with separate boards, levies, and bond cycles.

The District at a Glance

Mukilteo School District was organized in 1878 — the same decade Everett itself was being plotted by James J. Hill’s railroad interests on Port Gardner Bay. Today the district enrolls more than 15,200 students across:

• 12 elementary schools: Challenger, Columbia, Discovery, Endeavour, Fairmount, Horizon, Lake Stickney, Mukilteo, Odyssey, Olivia Park, Picnic Point, and Serene Lake
• Four middle schools: Explorer, Harbour Pointe, Olympic View, and Voyager
• Three high schools: Mariner (opened September 8, 1970), Kamiak (opened September 8, 1993), and ACES/Big Picture (alternative)
• One kindergarten center

The district’s service area covers all of Mukilteo, a portion of south Everett, Picnic Point, the majority of Lake Stickney, and a portion of Martha Lake. To the north and east, the boundary hands off to Everett Public Schools. To the south, it hands off to Edmonds School District. The Emander district — a one-room schoolhouse founded in 1919 near what is now Mariner High School — was consolidated into Mukilteo SD in 1945, which is how the district’s service area first stretched into south Everett.

A District Built by South Everett Families

Mukilteo SD’s student population is a different mix than the district’s name suggests. Per the most recent federal data, the district’s minority enrollment runs about 70 percent, and roughly 39.5 percent of students are economically disadvantaged. Those numbers reflect the families packed into the apartment corridors along Casino Road, around Mariner High School, and through the south Everett neighborhoods that have absorbed decades of immigration from Latin America, Southeast Asia, the Pacific, and East Africa.

If you’ve read the desk’s coverage of Stations Unidos and the Casino Road anti-displacement work, the same demographic picture is showing up at the schoolhouse door. The students riding Mukilteo SD buses out of south Everett are part of the same community story — just a different institution telling it.

February 2026: The Bond That Almost Passed

On February 11, 2026, Mukilteo SD voters considered a $400 million capital bond — the district’s biggest ask in years. The measure landed at 57.2 percent yes. In any normal democratic context, that’s a comfortable margin. But school bonds in Washington require a 60 percent supermajority to pass, so the measure failed by 2.8 percentage points.

That outcome triggered exactly the conversation any district has after a near-miss: redo it, or rework it. On March 25, 2026, the Mukilteo school board received a staff recommendation to put the bond measure back on the ballot in November 2026. The proposal would impact several sites across the district, including Mariner High School — the campus that anchors south Everett’s Mukilteo SD experience.

The financial impact, as presented by district staff: passage of the 2026 bond plus renewal of the existing Educational Programs & Operations (EP&O) levy would add about 38 cents per $1,000 of assessed home value. For a home assessed at $659,200 — roughly the median in the district — that pencils out to about $5 a week.

Why South Everett Should Pay Attention

For families in Twin Creeks and the south Everett apartment corridors who fall inside Mukilteo SD lines, the November vote is a property-tax decision and a school-quality decision in the same breath. Aging buildings on the bond list include classroom additions, seismic upgrades, HVAC replacements, and program-space modernizations — the kind of work that determines whether a 1970s-era Mariner classroom feels like 2026 or like the year it was built.

It’s also a useful contrast point. Everett Public Schools’ record 96.3 percent graduation rate and Cascade High’s IB Program sit at the top of the district’s page. Mukilteo SD has its own headline numbers — Mariner’s comeback story over the past decade, Kamiak’s consistent placement on state academic recognition lists, and the district’s capacity to absorb the demographic complexity of south Everett. Different districts, different dashboards, but same kids in the same city.

How to Find Out Which District You’re In

The simplest way: pull up your address on the Mukilteo SD “Which School Should Your Child Attend?” tool at mukilteoschools.org. The tool returns the assigned elementary, middle, and high school in seconds. If your address comes back blank, you’re probably inside Everett Public Schools’ boundaries instead — and the EPS lookup at everettsd.org will confirm.

For new south Everett residents arriving from outside Snohomish County, the most common moment of confusion: assuming “Everett address” means “Everett Public Schools.” It often doesn’t. The Casino Road and Evergreen Way corridors, in particular, have addresses that read as Everett 98204 but feed into Mukilteo SD elementaries and Mariner High School. Knowing the difference before September is worth the ten minutes it takes to look up.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Mukilteo School District serve Everett?

Yes. Mukilteo SD’s service area includes a portion of south Everett — most prominently the apartment corridors along Casino Road, the Lake Stickney area, the Picnic Point Road corridor, and parts of the western edge of south Everett near Mukilteo Speedway. The district shares Everett with Everett Public Schools, which serves the rest of the city.

How big is Mukilteo School District?

The district enrolls more than 15,200 students across 24 schools: 12 elementary schools, four middle schools, three high schools (Mariner, Kamiak, and ACES/Big Picture), and one kindergarten center. Mariner High School, opened September 8, 1970, is the district’s south Everett anchor.

Did Mukilteo’s bond pass in February 2026?

No. The $400 million capital bond received 57.2 percent yes votes — strong support, but short of the 60 percent supermajority Washington requires to approve a school bond. On March 25, 2026, district staff recommended putting the measure back on the November 2026 ballot.

What would the 2026 bond cost a typical homeowner?

According to district staff figures presented in March 2026, passage of the bond plus renewal of the EP&O levy would add about 38 cents per $1,000 of assessed home value — roughly $5 a week on a home assessed at $659,200.

How do I find out which Everett school district my address is in?

Use the Mukilteo SD school lookup at mukilteoschools.org/37434_3, or the Everett Public Schools attendance area tool at everettsd.org. Both tools return your assigned schools by address. If you’re between districts, your assigned school will determine which lookup shows results.

Quick facts: Cocoon House (2726 Cedar St, Everett) is Snohomish County’s only nonprofit dedicated exclusively to ending youth homelessness. Founded in 1991. Serves young people ages 12–24 through emergency shelter, drop-in services, transitional housing, and education and employment support. CEO Joseph Alonzo. The U-Turn Drop-In Center is free and open to any youth ages 13–24 — no eligibility requirements.

When a teenager loses stable housing in Snohomish County, Cocoon House has been one of the consistent answers to that problem for more than three decades. In a region where housing costs keep rising and the youngest residents are often the most invisible, the organization’s consistency — running since 1991 with an expanding set of programs — matters more than most people realize. Here is the complete 2026 guide to what Cocoon House does, who it serves, and how to connect with it.

What Cocoon House Is

Cocoon House is the only nonprofit in Snohomish County focused exclusively on ending youth homelessness. It serves young people ages 12 to 24 through a continuum of programs designed to meet a young person exactly where they are — on the street, in an emergency, or in need of longer-term housing stability.

The organization has expanded its shelter capacity by 350% since its early years. It now houses more than 230 young people annually through shelter programs and reaches over 1,000 youth, parents, and community members each year across Snohomish County through its full program network.

The Programs

Emergency Shelter — Ages 12–17

The emergency shelter serves youth ages 12 to 17 who need immediate, safe housing. It is staffed, structured, and designed to feel as close to a real home as possible. Young people in the shelter have access to case management, basic needs support, and a plan for what comes next — not just a bed for the night.

U-Turn Drop-In Center — Ages 13–24

The U-Turn Drop-In Center is built for older youth who may not be ready for a shelter, don’t meet the age criteria for the emergency shelter, or need a lower-barrier entry point. There are no eligibility requirements beyond showing up. Walk in and you have access to hot meals, hygiene items, showers, laundry, clothing, transportation assistance, and case managers who can connect you to housing, healthcare, and referrals across the county’s service network.

Outreach Center — Ages 12–20

The Outreach Center extends the same core supports — meals, showers, clothing, drug and alcohol support, referrals, and case management — to youth ages 12 to 20. Outreach staff also work outside the building, meeting young people in the places where they actually are rather than waiting for them to come through a door.

Young Adult Housing — Ages 18–24

For youth who have aged out of the emergency shelter or who need more than drop-in services, Cocoon House provides transitional and permanent housing pathways. Director of Young Adult Housing Eric Jimenez and his team lead this work, connecting young adults to housing options and the support services that make housing sustainable.

Education and Employment

Director of Education and Employment Claire Petersen leads programs that help young people build the credentials and skills needed to stay housed long term. A safe place to sleep isn’t enough on its own — sustainable housing requires income, and income requires opportunity. This program works on both sides of that equation.

The New Colby Avenue Youth Center

Cocoon House has been developing a new youth center facility on Colby Avenue in Everett, expanding the physical capacity of its programs to serve more young people. The new center adds to the infrastructure available at the main Cedar Street location.

Why Cocoon House’s Model Works

The organization’s effectiveness comes from a tiered, no-barrier-to-entry model that serves youth across a wide age range without forcing them into a single pathway. A 14-year-old in an emergency is in a different situation than a 22-year-old who needs stable housing and employment support. Cocoon House’s programs address both ends of that spectrum and the points in between.

The U-Turn Drop-In Center’s no-eligibility model is particularly important: it serves young people who might not qualify for or seek out formal shelter programs. Getting them through the door — with a meal, a shower, and access to a case manager — is often the first step toward a longer-term stability path.

How Cocoon House Fits Into Everett’s Safety Net

Cocoon House operates alongside other Everett-area service organizations as part of the broader safety net for vulnerable residents. Volunteers of America Western Washington provides services across multiple populations including adult housing and food access. The $23M Snohomish County housing and behavioral health award approved April 24 is funding three Everett projects including the Everett Gospel Mission and new affordable housing units on Broadway. Cocoon House is the youth-specific anchor in this network.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Cocoon House in Everett?

Cocoon House (2726 Cedar St, Everett, WA) is Snohomish County’s only nonprofit dedicated exclusively to ending youth homelessness. Founded in 1991, it serves young people ages 12–24 through emergency shelter, drop-in services, transitional housing, and education and employment programs.

How does someone get help from Cocoon House?

Youth ages 13–24 can walk into the U-Turn Drop-In Center at 2726 Cedar St with no eligibility requirements. Hot meals, hygiene, showers, laundry, transportation assistance, and case manager access are available to anyone who comes in. Emergency shelter (ages 12–17) has a separate intake process through case management.

What age range does Cocoon House serve?

Cocoon House serves young people ages 12 to 24 across its programs: emergency shelter (12–17), U-Turn Drop-In Center (13–24), Outreach Center (12–20), and Young Adult Housing (18–24).

How many young people does Cocoon House serve each year?

Cocoon House houses more than 230 young people annually through its shelter programs and reaches over 1,000 youth, parents, and community members each year through its full program network across Snohomish County.

Who leads Cocoon House?

CEO Joseph Alonzo leads the organization. Directors include Eric Jimenez (Young Adult Housing) and Claire Petersen (Education and Employment).

How can people support Cocoon House?

Cocoon House accepts donations, volunteers, and in-kind support including hygiene items, clothing, and non-perishable food. The organization also accepts referrals from schools, families, and community organizations. Visit cocoonhouse.org for current needs and volunteer opportunities.

Is Cocoon House only in Everett?

Cocoon House is based in Everett and is the county-wide resource for youth homelessness in Snohomish County, reaching communities across the region through its outreach programs. The main facility is at 2726 Cedar St, Everett.