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  • Cocoon House Everett: Guide to Youth Homeless Programs

    Cocoon House Everett: Guide to Youth Homeless Programs

    Cocoon House (2726 Cedar St, Everett, WA) is Snohomish County’s only nonprofit dedicated exclusively to ending youth homelessness. Operating since 1991, it serves young people ages 12–24 through emergency shelter, drop-in services, housing programs, and education and employment support. The main U-Turn Drop-In Center is free and open to any youth who needs a meal, a shower, or a safe place to land.

    What Cocoon House Actually Does

    When a teenager loses stable housing in Snohomish County, there aren’t many places to turn. Cocoon House has been one of the consistent answers to that problem for more than three decades — and in a region where housing costs keep rising and the youngest residents are often the most invisible, that consistency matters more than most people realize.

    The organization runs several interconnected programs, each designed to meet a young person exactly where they are: on the street, in school, or searching for something more stable.

    Emergency Shelter (Ages 12–17)

    The emergency shelter is the most visible program. It serves youth ages 12–17 who need immediate, safe housing. It’s staffed, structured, and designed to feel as close to a real home as possible. Young people here have access to case management, basic needs, and a plan for what comes next.

    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 or don’t meet the age criteria. It’s deliberately low-barrier: no eligibility requirements beyond showing up. What you get when you walk in: a hot meal, hygiene items, showers, laundry, clothing, transportation assistance, and access to case managers who can connect you to housing, healthcare, and other referrals.

    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 12–20. Outreach staff also work outside the walls, meeting young people in the places where they actually are.

    Young Adult Housing

    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.

    Education and Employment

    Director of Education and Employment Claire Petersen leads programs that help young people build the credentials and skills they need to stay housed long-term. A place to sleep isn’t enough on its own — sustainable housing requires income, and income requires opportunity.

    The Numbers Behind the Work

    Cocoon House has expanded shelter capacity by 350% since its early years, now housing more than 230 young people annually through its shelter programs. Through outreach, prevention, education, and the U-Turn Drop-In Center, the organization reaches over 1,000 youth, parents, and community members each year across Snohomish County.

    CEO Joseph Alonzo leads the organization, which earned the Best Nonprofit in Snohomish County honor in 2025 — recognition that reflects 35 years of community trust.

    For broader context: Snohomish County’s January 2024 Point-in-Time count recorded 1,140 individuals in 890 households experiencing homelessness. Youth are among the most likely to avoid official counts — which means Cocoon House is often reaching people the data doesn’t see.

    The Annual Butterfly Celebration

    Each year, Cocoon House holds its signature fundraising event, the Annual Butterfly Celebration. In 2026, the event is scheduled for May 7. The name reflects the organization’s mission: transformation. The event brings together donors, volunteers, and community members who want to support the work. Information and tickets at cocoonhouse.org.

    How to Get Involved

    Volunteer: Cocoon House actively recruits volunteers, particularly for meal prep sessions. The organization is currently looking for groups to support meal prep in Summer and Fall 2026. Details at cocoonhouse.org/volunteer.

    Donate: Cocoon House is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN: 91-1497667). Monetary and in-kind donations support all programs at cocoonhouse.org.

    Attend a quarterly forum: Cocoon House holds quarterly community forums where leadership shares challenges, progress, and ways the broader community can help. The most recent forum was in February 2026.

    Spread the word: Much of Cocoon House’s impact comes from community members who know the organization exists. Knowing who to call when a young person is in trouble is itself a form of community safety.

    Why This Matters for Everett

    Youth homelessness is often invisible precisely because young people go out of their way to hide it. Cocoon House sits at the intersection of Everett’s housing challenges and its community strengths.

    The Snohomish County $23 million housing and behavioral health award approved in April 2026 included three Everett-based projects — a sign that the broader system is moving toward the kind of long-term investment organizations like Cocoon House have been calling for. Volunteers of America Western Washington operates in an adjacent lane — serving adults and families through the Everett Food Bank, Casino Road pantry sites, and the Carl Gipson Center — and together the two organizations represent the depth of Everett’s nonprofit safety net.

    On Casino Road, Stations Unidos has been working since 2014 on anti-displacement and economic stability for the corridor. Stable, affordable housing in neighborhoods like Twin Creeks directly affects the pipeline of young people who end up needing Cocoon House’s help. These organizations are part of the same ecosystem.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    How do I get help from Cocoon House?

    Youth ages 12–24 can walk into the U-Turn Drop-In Center for immediate assistance — no eligibility requirements. For emergency shelter or housing programs, visit cocoonhouse.org or call their main line.

    Where is Cocoon House located?

    2726 Cedar St, Everett, WA 98201. The address was confirmed as current on Yelp in April 2026.

    Is Cocoon House open to youth from outside Everett?

    Yes — Cocoon House serves all of Snohomish County, not just Everett.

    How do I volunteer?

    Visit cocoonhouse.org/volunteer for current opportunities, including meal prep groups for Summer and Fall 2026.

    What is the Butterfly Celebration?

    Cocoon House’s annual fundraising gala. In 2026 it takes place on May 7. Visit cocoonhouse.org for tickets and information.

    Does Cocoon House help families, not just youth?

    The outreach and community programs reach parents and community members as well. The core shelter and housing programs focus on young people ages 12–24.

  • Active Everett Construction Projects: April 2026 Update

    Active Everett Construction Projects: April 2026 Update

    Q: What major construction projects are active in Everett, WA right now?
    A: As of late April 2026, Everett’s active construction landscape includes: the Millwright District Phase 2 residential build-out (300+ apartments, LPC West), the Eclipse Mill Riverfront Park two-phase build (City Phase 1 underway July–November 2026), the Lenora Stormwater Treatment Facility (broke ground April 2026, $8.73M), the $113M West Marine View Drive pipeline, and the downtown stadium design process — plus two projects that just wrapped: the $34M Edgewater Bridge and the Port of Everett’s Segment E bulkhead.

    Everett is a construction site right now — and we mean that as a compliment. From waterfront infrastructure to riverfront parks to transit-adjacent housing, more physical transformation is underway in this city simultaneously than at almost any other point in its history. Here’s where every major project stands as of late April 2026.

    Just Completed

    Edgewater Bridge — $34M Seismic Replacement (Opened April 28, 2026)

    The most visible construction closure in Everett this year ended this week. The new Edgewater Bridge opened to vehicle traffic on April 28, concluding an 18-month replacement of the 1946 span connecting Everett and Mukilteo on SR-529. Contractor: Granite Construction Company ($25.4M contract). Total budget: $34M ($28M federal grants, $6M local). The replacement is 366 feet, seismically sound, and features 6.5-foot sidewalks and 5-foot bike lanes on both sides — a genuine upgrade in every dimension. Sidewalk and bike lane finishing work continues for approximately 2–3 more weeks.

    Port of Everett Segment E Bulkhead — $6.75M Final Phase (Completion: May 2026)

    The Port’s Segment E bulkhead rebuild on West Marine View Drive is at the end of its final phase. The $6.75M project, contracted to Bergerson Construction, replaces 165 linear feet of aging wood piling along the Port Gardner Landing area with modern steel — the final chapter of a 20-year, multi-segment bulkhead replacement program. When complete in May 2026, the entire Port of Everett marina-side wharf will have been systematically rebuilt. The work also stabilizes the SR-529 embankment above the marina and ties into ADA-compliant esplanade trail connections.

    Under Construction Now

    Millwright District Phase 2 — 300+ Waterfront Apartments (Under Construction, 2026–2028)

    LPC West (Lincoln Property Company) broke ground on the residential component of Millwright District Phase 2 in 2026. The development calls for 300+ apartments on the 10-acre district, which sits adjacent to the Central Marina esplanade. This is the first housing to be built on the Port of Everett’s waterfront in the project’s history. The full Millwright build-out over the coming five to seven years will also add 60,000+ square feet of retail and restaurants, 120,000+ square feet of pre-leasing Class-A office, and additional parking. Tenants should be able to move into housing within approximately two years of the groundbreaking. The Millwright Loop road infrastructure, which broke ground in August 2023, is already in place.

    Lenora Stormwater Treatment Facility — $8.73M Snohomish River Cleanup (Broke Ground April 2026)

    One of Everett’s newest active construction sites is the Lenora Regional Stormwater Treatment Facility at South 1st and Lenora in the Lowell neighborhood. The $8.73M project — funded by Washington State WQC grant WQC-2025-EverPW-00177 — will treat stormwater from 146 acres of drainage subbasins (LW-9, LW-10, LW-11) before discharge into the Marshland Canal and Snohomish River. The facility uses a five-cell Filterra Bioscape bioretention system. Expected construction timeline: approximately 8 months from the April 2026 groundbreaking, putting substantial completion around December 2026. This is one of the few significant environmental infrastructure projects currently active in the city.

    Eclipse Mill Riverfront Park — Two-Phase Build (Phase 1: July–November 2026)

    The Eclipse Mill Park on the Snohomish River is moving through its two-phase build. Phase 1 — the City of Everett’s portion, covering public infrastructure, riverbank work, and initial park improvements — is scheduled from July through November 2026. Phase 2, which covers the signature park structures and shelter elements, is under development by Shelter Holdings and is targeted for completion between Fall 2026 and Spring 2028. This is Everett’s most significant new riverfront public space in a generation, and it’s actively under pre-construction planning and permitting heading into the summer 2026 construction season.

    Approved and Starting Soon

    West Marine View Drive Pipeline — $113M Combined Sewer and Water Main Replacement (Summer 2026)

    The City Council approved the $113M West Marine View Drive pipeline project on April 2, 2026. The project replaces the combined sewer and stormwater pipe plus a 48-inch water main from Grand Ave Bridge to Hewitt Avenue along the waterfront corridor — a state-mandated CSO reduction project under order from the Washington Department of Ecology. The related Pacific Avenue Pipeline segment (1,000 linear feet, 42-inch pipe) is also funded and expected to begin construction summer 2026. The broader project feeds into the $200M+ Port Gardner Storage Facility program. Funded from restricted water/sewer utility funds — no new taxes required.

    Port of Everett Mukilteo Waterfront District — RFQ Expected Spring 2026

    The Port of Everett is assembling a second waterfront district in Mukilteo. In February 2026, the Port completed a quitclaim acquisition of 1.1 acres at 710 Front Street (former NOAA parcel), and the $closing for the adjacent Ivar’s Mukilteo Landing (0.55 acres, 9,637 sq ft building) is targeted for July 2026, with Ivar’s remaining as a long-term tenant. NBBJ Architecture is the design firm carried forward from prior planning. A Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for development partners is expected in spring 2026 — which means this site could enter serious pre-development this year, with the newly reopened Edgewater Bridge now providing restored road access between the two waterfronts.

    In Design / Pre-Construction

    Downtown Stadium — Design Phase (Vote April 29, 2026)

    The Everett City Council is expected to vote April 29 on the $10.6M design funding package — an interfund loan plus a $7.4M state Department of Commerce grant — that would allow DLR Group to proceed with final design of the downtown multi-sport stadium. The project is intended to eventually host the Everett AquaSox (baseball) and new USL men’s and women’s soccer teams. From a construction perspective, design completion is the prerequisite before any competitive contractor selection process. If the April 29 vote passes, detailed schematic and design development work begins. Actual construction groundbreaking is still multiple years away.

    Broadway Pedestrian Bridge — $3.1M Design Contract (Design Through 2028)

    The City Council approved a $3.1M contract with Kimley-Horn in late April to design a grade-separated pedestrian crossing over Broadway that connects Everett Community College’s main campus to its Learning Resource Center and WSU Everett. The likely location is north of 10th Street. Design is expected to take through end of 2028. Construction funding is a separate future vote. This is a design-only phase right now, but it fits Everett’s pattern of investing in pedestrian infrastructure along the transit corridor as Sound Transit Everett Link planning continues.

    What’s Done Since the Last Tracker

    Since our last full construction tracker in early April, several notable milestones have landed. The Segment E bulkhead moved into final phase and is nearly wrapped. The Edgewater Bridge — which appeared in the April tracker as a late-2025 project still pending — opened 18 months after its October 2024 closure. The $113M pipeline got council approval. The Lenora stormwater facility broke ground. And the Broadway bridge design contract was signed. That’s five significant project milestones in one month.

    Everett’s construction calendar for May through December 2026 is genuinely busy: pipeline work starts, Eclipse Mill Phase 1 starts in July, Lenora wraps around December, and Millwright’s residential frame continues going up. For a city that spent much of the last decade talking about what it wanted to become, the evidence of that becoming is now visible in the ground-level activity on almost every side of town.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    How many major construction projects are active in Everett in 2026?

    At least 6-8 significant projects are under active construction or in funded design in Everett as of late April 2026: Millwright District Phase 2 apartments, Lenora Stormwater Facility, Eclipse Mill Park, West Marine View pipeline, Broadway pedestrian bridge design, and the downtown stadium design process — plus recently completed projects including the Edgewater Bridge and Port Segment E bulkhead.

    When will Millwright District Phase 2 apartments be ready?

    LPC West (Lincoln Property Company) is the developer. The residential units — 300+ apartments — are expected to be move-in ready within approximately two years of the 2026 groundbreaking, targeting 2027–2028 occupancy. The full Millwright buildout of retail, restaurants, and office space is a 5–7 year program.

    What is the Eclipse Mill Park and when does it open?

    Eclipse Mill Park is Everett’s new riverfront signature park on the Snohomish River. Phase 1 (city infrastructure work) is scheduled July–November 2026. Phase 2 (Shelter Holdings, park structures and amenities) targets completion between Fall 2026 and Spring 2028. The full park opening is expected Spring 2028.

    What’s the status of the Everett downtown stadium construction?

    The stadium is in the design funding phase. A City Council vote on $10.6M in design funding is expected April 29, 2026. If approved, DLR Group proceeds with final design. Physical construction groundbreaking is still several years away — design and permitting come first.

    What is the $113M pipeline project on West Marine View Drive?

    The $113M project replaces the combined sewer/stormwater pipe and a 48-inch water main along the waterfront corridor from Grand Ave Bridge to Hewitt Avenue. It’s a state-mandated CSO (Combined Sewer Overflow) reduction project required by the Washington Department of Ecology, funded from restricted water/sewer utility reserves. Construction is expected to begin summer 2026.

  • Edgewater Bridge Everett Reopens: Inside the $34M Project

    Edgewater Bridge Everett Reopens: Inside the $34M Project

    Q: What is the Edgewater Bridge and why did it close?
    A: The Edgewater Bridge is a 366-foot span on SR-529 connecting Everett and Mukilteo, WA. Built in 1946, it closed October 30, 2024, for an $34 million full replacement needed to fix seismic vulnerabilities, deteriorating structure, and narrow lanes that no longer met modern safety standards. It reopened to vehicle traffic April 28, 2026.

    After 18 Months, the Bridge Is Back

    The Edgewater Bridge opened to vehicle traffic on April 28, 2026 — exactly 18 months after crews closed the span on October 30, 2024, to begin demolition. Nearly 300 people gathered the day before at a community celebration on April 27 to walk across the new structure before any cars touched it. By Tuesday evening, the lane striping was dry and Everett’s western connector to Mukilteo was carrying traffic again for the first time since fall 2024.

    For residents who commute between the two cities, use the Mukilteo ferry terminal, or work along SR-529, the 18-month detour was a real disruption. Transit routes rerouted. School buses took longer paths. Emergency response times to the western waterfront fringe lengthened. The bridge itself carried an estimated several thousand daily crossings before closure. Now all of that is restored — and then some, because what opened Tuesday is significantly better than what closed last fall.

    What Replaced a 1946 Bridge That Had Served 80 Years

    The bridge that came down was built in 1946. By the time Everett moved to replace it, the structure had served the community for 80 years — well past the typical 50-year design life for bridges of that era. Engineers determined it was seismically vulnerable: a major earthquake could have caused failure. The lanes were narrow, the sidewalks undersized, and the aging deck and piling needed either massive rehabilitation or outright replacement. The city chose replacement.

    The new bridge is 366 feet long — the same crossing, rebuilt from scratch. What’s different is everything else:

    • 12-foot travel lanes in each direction (wider than the old span)
    • 6.5-foot sidewalks on both sides of the bridge
    • 5-foot bike lanes buffered between the roadway and the sidewalks
    • Modern seismic design built to withstand a major Cascadia-scale earthquake
    • Improved lighting across the full span

    The sidewalk and bike lane combination is notable. The old bridge had minimal pedestrian accommodation. The new one has a genuine multi-use path system on both sides — connecting Everett’s western waterfront edge to Mukilteo’s waterfront district on foot or by bike. That’s a different kind of crossing than what existed before.

    A note for walkers: the sidewalks won’t be fully open immediately. Finishing work — permanent striping, barriers, and paint — is expected to take about two to three weeks after the vehicle lanes opened. Pedestrians should expect some temporary accommodation during that window.

    The Contractor, the Cost, and Where the Money Came From

    The City of Everett awarded the construction contract to Granite Construction Company — a firm with local Everett operations — at a bid price of $25,409,890.65. The total programmed project budget came to $34 million, with the difference covering design, environmental review, right-of-way, project management, and contingency.

    The funding breakdown: approximately $28 million came from federal grants, with $6 million supplied through local matching dollars from the city. This is a common structure for bridge replacement projects of this type — federal highway funds require a local match, and the grant process is what drove much of the pre-construction timeline.

    The total price works out to roughly $93,000 per linear foot of bridge — consistent with what comparable urban bridge replacements with seismic, bike-ped, and full utility upgrades have cost in the Pacific Northwest in recent years.

    Why It Took Longer Than Expected

    The Edgewater Bridge replacement was years in the making before a shovel touched the ground in October 2024. The city had initially aimed to start construction earlier — around 2022 — but a sequence of delays pushed the timeline back significantly:

    • COVID-19 disrupted the procurement schedule during the pandemic years
    • Environmental review took longer than projected, given the bridge’s position near the waterfront and tidal areas
    • A bidding error in an early procurement round required the process to restart from scratch

    Once construction finally started in fall 2024, the crew from Granite Construction ran into a challenge that doesn’t show up in the plans: the ground beneath the old bridge was full of debris from the previous bridge structure — old timber piling and concrete obstructions left behind from earlier bridge generations. Installing the new steel piling required working around and through material that simply wasn’t mapped. That slowed the foundation phase and contributed to the project finishing in late April 2026 rather than the original late 2025 target.

    What This Means for the Everett-Mukilteo Development Corridor

    The Edgewater Bridge isn’t just a commuter route. It’s the western land connection between Everett’s waterfront district and Mukilteo’s waterfront — two areas both undergoing significant investment right now.

    On the Everett side, the SR-529 corridor runs along the Port of Everett’s working waterfront — past the marina, past Waterfront Place, and toward the western edge of the Millwright District buildout. Restoring this connection matters for freight movement, marine service access, and visitor circulation from Mukilteo into Everett’s waterfront destination district.

    On the Mukilteo side, the Port of Everett is in the early stages of assembling a Mukilteo waterfront district of its own — having acquired the former NOAA parcel and the Ivar’s Mukilteo Landing site earlier this year, with an NBBJ architecture team already attached. The spring 2026 RFQ for that project is expected soon. The restored bridge connection is part of the context for how Everett and Mukilteo’s adjacent waterfronts function as a connected regional amenity, not just two separate city edges.

    Mukilteo officials made the point themselves at Monday’s ceremony: they see the bridge as a connector that should bring visitors in both directions, not just commuters. With the Everett waterfront’s restaurant row, marina, and Waterfront Place complex on one end and Mukilteo’s ferry landing, lighthouse, and forthcoming waterfront redevelopment on the other, the case for the bridge as a destination corridor — not just a traffic route — is real.

    How the Bridge Fits Everett’s Broader Infrastructure Moment

    The Edgewater Bridge opening is one piece of a larger infrastructure push Everett is moving through in 2026. In the past month alone:

    • The City Council approved the $113 million West Marine View Drive pipeline project — the biggest utility infrastructure move in years, replacing the combined sewer and water main along the waterfront corridor from Grand Ave Bridge to Hewitt Ave
    • The Port of Everett completed its Segment E bulkhead rebuild — a $6.75M project that ended a 20-year phased replacement program and stabilized the SR-529 embankment above the marina
    • The City approved a $3.1 million design contract for a new pedestrian bridge over Broadway connecting EvCC to WSU Everett

    The Edgewater Bridge is the project that’s been in the queue longest and now it’s done. It’s the kind of infrastructure that doesn’t get the attention of a stadium vote or a waterfront restaurant opening, but the 80 years of daily crossings — and the 18 months of inconvenience — say something about what it actually means to the people who depend on it.

    Frequently Asked Questions About the New Edgewater Bridge

    When did the Edgewater Bridge reopen?

    The new Edgewater Bridge opened to vehicle traffic on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. A community ceremony was held April 27, the day before vehicle traffic began.

    How much did the new Edgewater Bridge cost?

    The total project budget was $34 million. The construction contract was awarded to Granite Construction Company for $25,409,890.65. Funding came from approximately $28 million in federal grants and $6 million in local matching dollars.

    What is the Edgewater Bridge made of and how long is it?

    The new bridge is 366 feet long. It was built with steel piling (replacing the original structure) and features modern seismic design. The 1946 original used older structural materials that engineers determined were earthquake-vulnerable.

    Can you bike or walk across the new Edgewater Bridge?

    Yes — the new bridge has 6.5-foot sidewalks on both sides and 5-foot bike lanes between the roadway and the sidewalks. Finishing work on the pedestrian infrastructure is expected to take about 2-3 weeks after the vehicle lanes opened on April 28.

    Why did the Edgewater Bridge take so long to build?

    The project was delayed by COVID-19 disruptions, extended environmental review near the waterfront, and a bidding error that required a restart. Once construction began in October 2024, crews also encountered old timber and concrete obstructions underground from previous bridge generations, slowing the foundation work.

    Who built the new Edgewater Bridge?

    Granite Construction Company, which has local operations in Everett, won the construction contract at $25,409,890.65.

    What cities does the Edgewater Bridge connect?

    The Edgewater Bridge connects the cities of Everett and Mukilteo along SR-529 (West Mukilteo Boulevard). It serves commuters, school buses, transit routes, freight traffic, and emergency responders in both cities.

  • Everett Critical Areas Update: Approved April 15, Effective June 1, 2026

    Everett Critical Areas Update: Approved April 15, Effective June 1, 2026

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    **What is Everett’s Critical Areas Regulations update and when did it take effect?**

    Everett has updated Chapter 19.37 of the Everett Municipal Code — the section that governs how close anything new can be built to a wetland, stream, frequently flooded area, geologically hazardous area (landslide-prone slopes and bluffs), or critical aquifer recharge area. The update is required by Washington’s Growth Management Act, which had a December 31, 2025 deadline. Per the City’s 2025 Critical Area Ordinance Update Status Update (April 16, 2026), the City Council approved the periodic update ordinance on April 15, 2026, and the updated regulations are effective June 1, 2026. The adopted ordinance updates wetland buffer width tables, stream classifications, mitigation sequencing, and the technical-study requirements that property owners and developers must meet on parcels that touch any of those features.

    If you’ve ever wondered why a vacant Everett lot has stayed vacant for years even when home prices were climbing, the answer is often hidden in a single section of city code: Chapter 19.37, the Critical Areas Regulations.

    That chapter — which protects wetlands, streams, frequently flooded areas, landslide-prone slopes, and important wildlife habitat — sets the buffer widths, building setbacks, mitigation requirements, and technical-study requirements every Everett property owner has to follow before disturbing those features. It is one of the most frequently misunderstood parts of the municipal code, because it cuts across so many properties. Lots near Howarth Park, Pigeon Creek, Forest Park, the Snohomish River edge, and the city’s many ravine-cut blocks all carry critical-area overlays.

    The ordinance is now adopted. This is the complete 2026 guide to what changed and what the June 1 effective date means for property owners.

    What the City Is Required to Do — and Why

    Critical Areas Regulations updates are not optional. Under Washington’s Growth Management Act (GMA), every city in the state has to periodically review and update its critical-area rules to incorporate Best Available Science — the current scientific consensus on what actually protects sensitive habitat.

    Everett’s last comprehensive update was in 2007. The state’s deadline for the current periodic update was December 31, 2025. The city has been working toward this update for several cycles.

    The city published a first review draft on October 31, 2025 and a second review draft on February 13, 2026. The February 13 draft is the version under active council consideration.

    The council does not have the option of leaving the rules alone. The only choice is what version to adopt and on what schedule.

    The Five Categories of Critical Areas

    The Everett Municipal Code defines five categories of critical areas:

    • Wetlands — areas saturated long enough to support hydrophytic vegetation
    • Streams and other Fish and Wildlife Habitat Conservation Areas — including riparian corridors and habitat for state-listed species
    • Frequently flooded areas — typically the regulatory floodplain
    • Geologically hazardous areas — landslide-prone slopes, erosion zones, and seismic hazard areas
    • Critical aquifer recharge areas — zones where surface activity affects groundwater used for drinking water

    Each category has its own buffer requirement and its own mitigation standard, and a single parcel can be touched by more than one. A property near a wetland on a steep slope is subject to both wetland and geologic-hazard rules, with the more restrictive prevailing.

    What Changed in the Adopted Ordinance

    The adopted ordinance (built from the February 13, 2026 second review draft) preserves the basic five-category framework but updates several technical components that determine how the rules apply on a given lot. Among the most consequential:

    Wetland Buffer Widths

    The draft updates Tables 37.2 and 37.3 — the wetland buffer width tables — to reflect current Best Available Science. In practice, that adjusts how many feet of undisturbed land must remain between a wetland edge and a building, fence, or hard surface.

    For some wetland categories, the draft buffers are wider than the rules currently in place. For property owners with parcels touching wetland edges, that translates into different developable area calculations than the 2007-vintage code allowed.

    Stream Buffer Standards

    The draft revises stream classifications and corresponding buffer widths. Stream buffers were one of the most-discussed elements at the planning commission’s February 17 hearing.

    Streams in Everett include named corridors (Pigeon Creek, the Snohomish River edge, smaller drainages within Forest Park and Howarth Park) and a number of unnamed reaches. The classification of a given stream determines its buffer width. Reclassification under the new draft can move a parcel from one buffer regime to another.

    Mitigation Sequencing

    The draft tightens the standard sequence applicants have to follow when an impact to a critical area is unavoidable. The standard sequence — avoid, minimize, mitigate — is the framework state law requires; the draft reinforces and clarifies how Everett applies it.

    Technical Study Requirements

    The draft updates the qualifications, scope, and content expectations for the wetland delineations, stream studies, geotechnical reports, and habitat assessments that applicants must submit. For property owners, that often means engaging credentialed consultants earlier in the design process than was practiced under the old rules.

    Geologic Hazard Areas

    Buffer and setback rules for landslide-prone slopes and bluff edges are recalibrated in the draft. The Everett bluff is the most visible example, but the city has many smaller landslide-classified slopes inland.

    Adoption Status

    The procedural path completed as follows:

    • October 31, 2025 — first review draft published
    • February 13, 2026 — second review draft published
    • February 17, 2026 — planning commission hearing on the draft
    • April 15, 2026 — City Council public hearing; ordinance approved
    • June 1, 2026 — updated regulations effective (city Status Update, April 16, 2026)

    The April 15 public hearing was the formal moment for residents and developers to put their objections, support, or technical concerns into the record. Council approved the ordinance the same day; the rules took effect June 1, 2026.

    Who Is Affected

    The set of properties touched by Chapter 19.37 is broader than most residents realize. Critical area overlays in Everett include:

    • Lots fronting or backing onto Pigeon Creek
    • Properties near Howarth Park’s wetland edges
    • The bluff and slope corridors in north and west Everett
    • Parcels along the Snohomish River edge, including the Bayside and Riverside corridors
    • Forest Park’s perimeter and the ravine-cut blocks adjacent to it
    • Any lot inside a geologic hazard overlay (frequently visible on the city’s GIS map)
    • Properties inside the regulatory floodplain
    • Lots inside a critical aquifer recharge area

    For homeowners doing additions, fences, or accessory dwellings, the rules apply. For developers proposing infill, the rules drive site design. For homebuyers evaluating a lot, the rules determine what the parcel actually allows.

    How Resident and Developer Concerns Tend to Diverge

    The two largest constituencies have predictably different stakes:

    • Residents near wetlands, streams, and bluffs generally support stronger buffer protections, citing flooding, slope failure, water quality, and habitat
    • Developers and property owners with affected parcels generally argue against wider buffers, citing reduced developable area and the difficulty of meeting the technical-study burden

    The April 15 hearing reflected both. The Council’s job is to adopt a version that meets the GMA’s Best Available Science requirement while balancing the city’s affordability and housing supply objectives — including the buildable land assumptions that underpin the city’s Comprehensive Plan.

    What Property Owners Should Do Under the Adopted Rules

    • Check your overlay. The city’s GIS map shows critical area overlays on individual parcels. Knowing what categories touch your property is the first step.
    • Confirm effective-date timing. New permit applications after June 1, 2026 are reviewed under the adopted Chapter 19.37 standards (city CAO update).
    • Read the adopted ordinance text. The February 13 draft was the version advanced to council; the adopted code is the authoritative reference.
    • Engage a credentialed consultant if you are planning a build, addition, or sale. Wetland delineations and geotechnical reports take weeks; starting early gets you ahead of any application backlog under the new rules.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Q: When did the Everett Critical Areas Regulations update take effect?

    A: The City Council approved the ordinance on April 15, 2026; the updated regulations are effective June 1, 2026 per the City’s Critical Area Ordinance Update Status Update (April 16, 2026).

    Q: What is Chapter 19.37 of the Everett Municipal Code?

    A: Chapter 19.37 is Everett’s Critical Areas Regulations — the section governing development near wetlands, streams, frequently flooded areas, geologically hazardous areas (landslide-prone slopes), and critical aquifer recharge areas.

    Q: When was Everett’s last Critical Areas Regulations update?

    A: 2007. The current update is the periodic state-required refresh under Washington’s Growth Management Act. The state deadline was December 31, 2025.

    Q: What categories of critical areas does Everett regulate?

    A: Five: wetlands; streams and Fish and Wildlife Habitat Conservation Areas; frequently flooded areas; geologically hazardous areas (landslide, erosion, seismic); and critical aquifer recharge areas.

    Q: What is changing in the February 13, 2026 draft?

    A: The most consequential changes are updated wetland buffer width tables (37.2 and 37.3), revised stream classifications and buffer standards, tightened mitigation sequencing, updated technical-study requirements, and recalibrated buffer and setback rules for landslide-prone slopes and bluff edges.

    Q: Does the update apply to existing buildings?

    A: The Critical Areas Regulations primarily govern new development, additions, and disturbance of critical areas. Existing legally established structures are typically grandfathered, though substantial alterations or expansions trigger review.

    Q: Where can I read the actual draft ordinance?

    A: The City of Everett’s planning portal publishes the February 13, 2026 second review draft. The ordinance text and supporting maps are the authoritative reference.

    Q: What is “Best Available Science” in the context of this update?

    A: A standard required by Washington’s Growth Management Act. Cities must consider current peer-reviewed scientific consensus on habitat protection, water quality, flooding, and slope stability when adopting critical-area rules. The February 13 draft is Everett’s attempt to incorporate that standard for the first time since 2007.


  • Everett Sports Calendar: Stadium Vote & WHL Playoffs

    Everett Sports Calendar: Stadium Vote & WHL Playoffs

    Q: What’s happening in Everett sports the week of April 27-May 3, 2026?
    A: A Western Conference Final road swing, a stadium funding vote, the Wolfpack’s 2026 home opener against the defending Arena Crown champions, and the start of an AquaSox road trip — five things to watch all in one week.

    Some weeks the Everett sports calendar trickles. Then there are weeks like this one, where you’ve got Silvertips playoff hockey trying to close out a Conference Final, a stadium-funding council vote that decides what the next decade of pro sports in Everett looks like, and a Saturday afternoon football kickoff against the team that just won the championship. It’s the kind of week you build a calendar around.

    Here are the five things on the Everett sports calendar between Monday April 27 and Sunday May 3 — what time, what venue, and why it matters.

    1. Silvertips at Penticton Vees — Game 3, Monday April 27

    The Tips fly north up 2-0 in the Western Conference Final after Rylan Gould’s double-OT winner Saturday. Game 3 is at 7:05 PM PT at South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton, BC. Win, and they’re a Tuesday win away from sweeping into the WHL final for the second time in three seasons. Lose, and the Vees finally get the lifeline they’ve been chasing.

    Anders Miller has been a wall in net (8-0, 1.55 GAA, .948 save percentage). Penticton’s only WHL Draft pick of consequence, Jacob Kvasnicka, is the guy who can flip a series — he leads the Vees with 13 playoff points and scored the OT winner that beat Wenatchee in Round 2. WHL Live is the streaming option for fans staying home.

    2. Silvertips at Penticton Vees — Game 4, Tuesday April 28

    Back-to-back. Same time, same place: 7:05 PM PT at South Okanagan Events Centre. If the Tips win Game 3, this is the sweep night. If they lose, this is the chance to take the series back to Everett with a 3-1 lead. Either way, this is the swing game.

    Game 5, if necessary, would be back at Angel of the Winds Arena on Friday, May 1.

    3. Stadium Funding Vote — Wednesday April 29 at City Hall

    This one isn’t on a scoreboard, but it might be the most consequential thing on the Everett sports calendar this year. Wednesday at 12:30 PM, the Everett City Council votes on a $10.6 million package — $5.6 million for property acquisition plus $4.8 million in contractor amendments via interfund loan — that keeps the new downtown stadium project moving toward its late-2027 opening.

    The stadium is the future home of the AquaSox (whose Funko Field doesn’t meet post-2021 MLB facility standards, meaning the team loses affiliation if a new park isn’t built) and two USL professional soccer teams (one men’s, one women’s) starting in 2028. Total project cost is now $120 million, up from $82 million in June 2025, with about $25 million in funding still unidentified.

    The vote happens at Everett City Hall, 2930 Wetmore Ave. The meeting is livestreamed on the city’s website. Fan voice take: this is the kind of vote you call your council member about beforehand.

    4. AquaSox at Hillsboro Hops — Series Opener, Tuesday April 29

    The AquaSox close their homestand against Spokane on Sunday April 26, then hit the road for Hillsboro, Oregon. The Tuesday April 28 series opener at Ron Tonkin Field is the start of a six-game set against the Diamondbacks’ High-A affiliate. After that homestand against Spokane (3-2 heading into Sunday’s finale, with Bryce Miller’s rehab assignment as the standout headline), the Frogs need road wins to keep building momentum.

    Watch list: Felnin Celesten still searching for his power stroke, Josh Caron’s catcher-power profile starting to show up, Carlos Jimenez riding momentum after a 6-RBI Thursday. Eike’s bat (the 418-foot bomb on Wednesday) is the one to track if you’re watching for breakout candidates.

    5. Washington Wolfpack vs. Albany Firebirds — Saturday May 2

    The Wolfpack play their 2026 home opener Saturday May 2 at 3:00 PM PT at Angel of the Winds Arena, hosting the defending Arena Crown champion Albany Firebirds. This is the rematch nobody asked for and everybody should watch.

    Albany finished 2025 at 10-0 in the regular season and beat Nashville 60-57 to win the championship. The Wolfpack lost their road opener to Nashville earlier this month and fell to Oregon Lightning in their first 2026 home matchup, so this is a chance to set the season’s tone against the league’s biggest measuring stick.

    The game is on Fox 13+ in the Seattle market and is “A is for Applebee’s — Teacher’s Night” at the arena, with a drawstring bag giveaway. Doors open early. Tickets are still available at washingtonwolfpack.com/tickets.

    Bonus: AquaSox Sunday Fun Day Series Finale (April 26)

    Before the week officially starts, the AquaSox close out the Spokane series Sunday April 26 with a 4:05 PM first pitch at Funko Field. Kids run the bases postgame. The Frogs lead the homestand 3-2 — a Sunday win locks the series.

    The Big Picture

    This is what makes Everett sports work right now: a WHL playoff team chasing a championship sweep, a baseball club whose new stadium future hangs on a Wednesday city council vote, a pro football team trying to find its 2026 footing against the league’s reigning champion, and a minor league baseball team building toward bigger things. All of it within a 10-block walk of downtown.

    It’s the kind of week that reminds you why you live here.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    What’s the biggest Everett sports event this week?
    The Silvertips Western Conference Final road games at Penticton — Monday April 27 and Tuesday April 28 — and the Wednesday April 29 stadium funding vote. Both have major implications for the next season.

    Where can I watch the Silvertips Game 3 in Penticton?
    WHL Live streaming or you can drive up — South Okanagan Events Centre is in downtown Penticton, BC, about a 6.5-hour drive from Everett (border crossing required). Tickets via the Vees’ box office.

    What time is the Wolfpack home opener?
    Saturday, May 2, 2026, at 3:00 PM PT at Angel of the Winds Arena. Tickets at washingtonwolfpack.com/tickets.

    Where is the Everett City Council stadium vote?
    Everett City Hall, 2930 Wetmore Avenue, on Wednesday April 29 at 12:30 PM. The meeting is livestreamed via the city’s website.

    When do the AquaSox come back home after this week?
    The AquaSox open a six-game road series at Hillsboro on April 28 and don’t return to Funko Field until early May. Check milb.com/everett for the full schedule.

    Will Game 5 of the Western Conference Final be in Everett?
    Yes, if it’s needed. Game 5 (if necessary) would be Friday, May 1, 2026, at Angel of the Winds Arena.

    How is the AquaSox season going?
    The AquaSox are riding a strong homestand against Spokane (3-2 heading into Sunday) with prospect performances from Celesten, Caron, Jimenez, and Eike, plus the headline Bryce Miller rehab assignment that wrapped Friday at Funko Field.

  • Everett NR-MHC Zone: A Guide for Mobile Home Park Residents

    Everett NR-MHC Zone: A Guide for Mobile Home Park Residents

    What does Everett’s proposed NR-MHC zone mean if I live in one of the seven mobile home parks? If you live at Creekside, Fairway Estates, Lago De Plata Villa, Loganberry, Mobile Country Club, Silver Shores Senior, or Westridge — the City of Everett is about to put your community on the zoning map in a way it has never been before. The new Neighborhood Residential – Manufactured Home Community (NR-MHC) zone restricts redevelopment of your park’s land into apartments, retail, or any other use without an explicit, public rezone. The Everett City Council holds the public hearing on the ordinance on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. at 3002 Wetmore Avenue. Show up if you can.

    This is the resident-side read of the NR-MHC zone complete guide. The core walks through the ordinance and the Comprehensive Plan policies it implements. This one walks through what it actually means for the residents of the seven parks.

    The basic protection, in plain language

    If you own your manufactured home but rent the lot, your housing security has historically depended on whether the park owner decided to sell to a redeveloper. The standard pattern in Puget Sound has been simple and unkind: a park sells, residents get notice to relocate, and the land becomes apartments or townhomes. Moving a manufactured home is often more expensive than the home is worth. Many older units cannot legally be relocated under current code at all. The home equity you carry — even if modest — disappears in the relocation.

    The NR-MHC zone does not stop a sale. It does change what a buyer can do with the land after the sale. A buyer who wants to redevelop the parcel into apartments, retail, or any other non-manufactured-home-community use has to go through an explicit rezone — a slow, public, politically visible process — rather than the quieter administrative paths that have historically made park redevelopment relatively frictionless.

    That changes the math for park owners weighing a sale to a redeveloper. It does not eliminate redevelopment risk; it raises the friction.

    The seven parks the ordinance would cover

    • Creekside Mobile Home Park — 5810 Fleming Street
    • Fairway Estates Mobile Home Park — 1427 100th Street
    • Lago De Plata Villa — 620 112th Street
    • Loganberry Mobile Home Park — 9931 18th Avenue W.
    • Mobile Country Club — 1415 84th Street
    • Silver Shores Senior Mobile Home Park — 11622 Silver Lake Road
    • Westridge Mobile Home Park — 7701 Hardeson Road

    Several of these are 55+ communities. Several have been in place for decades. None of them, until now, have had a zoning designation that says “this is a manufactured home community and that is the use we are protecting.”

    What does not change

    It is worth being clear about what the NR-MHC zone is and is not.

    It does not regulate lot rents. Rent increases between you and the park owner are governed by Washington state landlord-tenant law and any specific manufactured home community statutes — not by this zoning ordinance.

    It does not change park ownership. The park owner still owns the park. Sale to another owner who continues operating it as a manufactured home community is unaffected.

    It does not change park rules. Internal park rules, lot leases, age restrictions, and pet policies are governed by your lot lease and park rules, not by city zoning.

    It does not stop a sale or transfer. The protective zoning is on the use, not on the transaction.

    It is not permanent. A future City Council can amend or rescind the zone, just as the current council is creating it. The protection is real but it lives inside the political process.

    What the May 6 hearing is for

    The public hearing on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. in council chambers at 3002 Wetmore Avenue is the formal opportunity for residents, neighbors, advocates, and park owners to address the council before adoption.

    If you live in one of the seven parks, the most useful thing you can do is show up — or submit written comment in advance through the city’s standard public-comment channels. The council is implementing two specific Comprehensive Plan policies (HO-10 and HO-19) through this ordinance; testimony from the residents the policies are designed to protect carries real weight in that record.

    If you cannot attend in person, ask a neighbor to read your written comment, contact your council member directly, or work with a neighborhood organization or housing advocate to ensure your voice is in the record.

    What to ask, what to bring

    If you plan to testify, useful frames include:

    • How long you have lived in the park, and what the park means to your household
    • What the equity in your manufactured home represents to your finances
    • What the lot rent in your park is compared to nearby apartment rents — that is the affordability story in concrete numbers
    • Why a stable, protected community matters for older residents, fixed-income households, or 55+ neighbors
    • What questions you have about the long-term durability of the protection

    You do not need a polished speech. The lived experience is the testimony.

    How this fits with the broader anti-displacement work in Everett

    The NR-MHC zone is part of a broader effort across the city to slow displacement before larger market and infrastructure pressures arrive. Two parallel pieces:

    • Stations Unidos — the rebranded community development corporation focused on Casino Road and the Everett Station District ahead of Sound Transit Link. See our complete Stations Unidos guide.
    • The City of Everett’s broader Comprehensive Plan implementation across all 21 neighborhoods.

    Read together, the NR-MHC zone is the regulatory side of the strategy. Stations Unidos and the Housing Authority are the acquisition and development sides. Each addresses a different slice of the same problem.

    The honest read

    The NR-MHC zone is one of the strongest structural anti-displacement tools the city has put on the table for manufactured home communities. It is not a guarantee — no zoning is — but it materially raises the friction on redevelopment and gives residents a meaningful structural backstop. The May 6 public hearing is the moment to get it on the record. If you live in one of the seven parks, your voice is the one the council most needs to hear.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    What is the NR-MHC zone?

    NR-MHC stands for Neighborhood Residential – Manufactured Home Community. It is a new zoning category restricting the underlying land of seven specific Everett mobile home parks against redevelopment into other uses without an explicit rezone.

    When is the public hearing?

    Wednesday, May 6, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. in council chambers at 3002 Wetmore Avenue.

    Will my lot rent change because of this?

    No. The NR-MHC zone does not regulate lot rents. Rent between you and the park owner remains governed by your lot lease and Washington state landlord-tenant law.

    Can my park owner still sell the park?

    Yes. The zone does not prohibit sale or transfer. It restricts what a buyer can do with the land afterward — specifically, redeveloping it into a non-manufactured-home-community use requires an explicit rezone.

    Can a future council remove the zone?

    Yes. A future City Council can amend or rescind the zone through the same legislative process. The protection is durable but lives inside the political process.

    What if I cannot attend the May 6 hearing?

    Submit written comment through the city’s standard public-comment channels in advance of the hearing. You can also contact your council member directly. Working with a neighborhood organization, housing advocate, or trusted neighbor to make sure your voice is in the record is a strong fallback.

    How do I find out my parcel’s current zoning?

    The City of Everett Planning Department is the authoritative source. Their public counter and online zoning map will show your parcel’s current designation and the proposed NR-MHC change. Contact Planning at (425) 257-8810 or visit everettwa.gov for current zoning information.

    Does this affect the city’s broader budget or my taxes?

    The NR-MHC ordinance is a zoning code amendment with no direct tax or budget line item. The broader anti-displacement strategy interacts with the city’s housing programs and Comprehensive Plan implementation, which sit inside the larger 2027 budget conversation covered in our complete budget guide.


  • Everett NR-MHC Zone: Protecting 7 Mobile Home Parks

    Everett NR-MHC Zone: Protecting 7 Mobile Home Parks

    What is Everett’s NR-MHC zone and when is the public hearing? The Neighborhood Residential – Manufactured Home Community (NR-MHC) zone is a new land use category the City of Everett is creating to protect seven existing manufactured home parks from being redeveloped into other uses. The proposed ordinance amends Sections 15.02 and 19.03–19.13 of the Everett Municipal Code and repeals Title 17 (Mobile Home Parks). The Everett City Council holds a public hearing on the ordinance on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. in council chambers at 3002 Wetmore Avenue. The new zone is one of the most consequential anti-displacement tools the city has on the table this year.

    What this ordinance actually does

    The proposed code amendment, posted by Everett Planning – Public Notices on April 10, 2026, would do four things at once:

    1. Create the new NR-MHC zoning category in Title 19 EMC (Sections 15.02, 19.03, 19.04, 19.05, and 19.13).
    2. Apply the new NR-MHC zone to seven specific manufactured housing communities (addresses below).
    3. Repeal Title 17 of the Everett Municipal Code — the older “Mobile Home Parks” chapter — folding that regulation into the unified development code.
    4. Implement two specific policies from the city’s adopted Comprehensive Plan: HO-10 (Protect manufactured/mobile home communities from redevelopment into other uses) and HO-19 (Collaborate with local partners to preserve and maintain affordable housing units).

    Goal 4 of the Comprehensive Plan, which the city is invoking here, reads: “Ensure equitable access to opportunity and housing choice throughout the city’s neighborhoods so that all residents may choose their neighborhood.”

    The seven communities being put on the map

    Per the city’s public notice, the new NR-MHC designation would apply to:

    • Creekside Mobile Home Park — 5810 Fleming Street
    • Fairway Estates Mobile Home Park — 1427 100th Street
    • Lago De Plata Villa — 620 112th Street
    • Loganberry Mobile Home Park — 9931 18th Avenue W.
    • Mobile Country Club — 1415 84th Street
    • Silver Shores Senior Mobile Home Park — 11622 Silver Lake Road
    • Westridge Mobile Home Park — 7701 Hardeson Road

    That is roughly the manufactured-housing population of Everett’s south end, plus a chunk of the Silver Lake area. Several of these are 55+ communities. Several have been in place for decades. None of them, until now, have had a zoning designation that says “this is a manufactured home community and that is the use we are protecting.”

    Why this matters more than a typical code update

    Manufactured home parks are one of the only forms of unsubsidized affordable homeownership left in Snohomish County. The standard pattern in Puget Sound over the last 20 years has been straightforward and unkind: a park sells, residents get notice to relocate, and the land is redeveloped into apartments or townhomes. Households that owned their manufactured home but rented the lot lose the home equity they had — moving a manufactured home is often more expensive than the home is worth, and many older units cannot legally be relocated under current code at all.

    The NR-MHC zone does not make a sale impossible. It does make redeveloping the land into a different use a slow, public, and explicit process — one that requires the city to actively rezone the parcel out of the protective designation. That changes the math for park owners weighing a sale to a redeveloper, and it gives residents a structural backstop that lease-side protections alone cannot provide.

    The May 6 public hearing

    The Everett City Council will hold the public hearing on the ordinance on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. in the city council chambers at 3002 Wetmore Avenue, Everett.

    This is the formal opportunity for residents of the seven affected parks, neighbors, housing advocates, and park owners to address the council before adoption. Written comment is also accepted through the city’s standard public-comment channels in advance of and at the hearing.

    How this fits with the rest of Everett’s anti-displacement work

    The NR-MHC zone is one piece of a broader anti-displacement strategy taking shape across the city. Read it alongside:

    • Stations Unidos — the rebranded community development corporation explicitly built to slow displacement in Casino Road and the Everett Station District ahead of Sound Transit Link. See our complete Stations Unidos guide.
    • The City of Everett’s broader Comprehensive Plan housing implementation across all 21 neighborhoods.
    • The Everett Housing Authority’s portfolio work.
    • The broader 2027 budget conversation that determines what additional anti-displacement programs the city can fund — see our complete 2027 budget guide.

    The NR-MHC zone is the regulatory side of the strategy. Stations Unidos and the Housing Authority are the acquisition and development sides. Together they form an anti-displacement toolkit that addresses different parts of the same problem.

    Park-by-park: what is being protected

    Each of the seven communities has its own demographic and physical character. The common thread: residents who own the manufactured home but rent the underlying lot, often older households on fixed incomes, often in 55+ communities. The total resident count across the seven parks is in the low thousands. The lot rents in these communities are meaningfully below market apartment rents in the same parts of the city, and the home equity residents carry — even modest — is a significant piece of household wealth that disappears in a relocation.

    The city’s framing of the proposed zone as a furtherance of HO-10 and HO-19 in the Comprehensive Plan is the key institutional signal. This is not an emergency response to a specific pending sale; it is the implementation of an adopted housing policy through the zoning code.

    What to watch next

    • The May 6 City Council public hearing — testimony, council questions, any proposed amendments
    • Council vote schedule following the hearing
    • Park owner positions on the proposal
    • Resident advocacy and organizing in the seven affected communities
    • Any parallel or follow-on housing code amendments the council pursues alongside the NR-MHC adoption

    Frequently Asked Questions

    What is the NR-MHC zone?

    NR-MHC stands for Neighborhood Residential – Manufactured Home Community. It is a new zoning category the City of Everett is proposing to apply to seven specific manufactured home parks, restricting redevelopment of those parcels into other uses without an explicit rezone.

    When is the public hearing?

    The Everett City Council holds the public hearing on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. in council chambers at 3002 Wetmore Avenue.

    Which parks are covered?

    The proposed NR-MHC designation would apply to Creekside Mobile Home Park (5810 Fleming Street), Fairway Estates Mobile Home Park (1427 100th Street), Lago De Plata Villa (620 112th Street), Loganberry Mobile Home Park (9931 18th Avenue W.), Mobile Country Club (1415 84th Street), Silver Shores Senior Mobile Home Park (11622 Silver Lake Road), and Westridge Mobile Home Park (7701 Hardeson Road).

    What does the ordinance change in the Municipal Code?

    The ordinance creates the NR-MHC category in Title 19 EMC by amending Sections 15.02, 19.03, 19.04, 19.05, and 19.13, applies the new zone to the seven specified parks, and repeals Title 17 EMC (the older Mobile Home Parks chapter).

    What Comprehensive Plan policies does this implement?

    HO-10 (Protect manufactured/mobile home communities from redevelopment into other uses) and HO-19 (Collaborate with local partners to preserve and maintain affordable housing units), under Goal 4 (Ensure equitable access to opportunity and housing choice throughout the city’s neighborhoods).

    Does the NR-MHC zone make a park sale impossible?

    No. The zone does not prohibit sale or transfer. It does require any redevelopment of the underlying land into a different use to go through an explicit rezone — a slow, public, and politically visible process — rather than the quieter administrative paths that historically have made park redevelopment relatively frictionless.

    Can I comment if I do not live in one of the parks?

    Yes. Public hearings are open to anyone who wants to address the council. Written comment can be submitted through the city’s standard public-comment channels in advance of and at the hearing.

    How does this connect to Stations Unidos?

    Both are anti-displacement tools, but they target different problems. The NR-MHC zone protects mobile home parks across multiple Everett neighborhoods through zoning. Stations Unidos is a community development corporation focused on Casino Road and the Everett Station District, working through real estate acquisition and development. Read together, they are pieces of a broader strategy.


  • Stations Unidos Casino Road: Anti-Displacement Guide 2026

    Stations Unidos Casino Road: Anti-Displacement Guide 2026

    What does Stations Unidos mean for me as a Casino Road resident? If you live in Casino Road or one of the apartment complexes along Evergreen Way, the Stations Unidos rebrand and expanded service area give you something the neighborhood has never had before: a community development corporation with explicit governance representation from South Everett, an explicit anti-displacement mission, and an explicit timeline tied to Sound Transit’s Link light rail planning. Two planned Link stations are coming. Stations Unidos exists to slow the displacement that historically follows.

    This is the resident-side read of the Stations Unidos complete guide. The core walks through the structure and history. This one walks through what it actually means for renters, homeowners, and small-business owners in Casino Road.

    The pattern Stations Unidos is built to interrupt

    If you have lived in Casino Road for any length of time, you already know the rhythm. A new apartment complex goes up, the rents on the older buildings climb to match, and the families who made the neighborhood what it is start quietly disappearing. It happens in the spaces between the news cycles, and by the time anyone outside the neighborhood notices, it is done.

    That is the pattern Stations Unidos was built to slow down. The rebrand from Everett Station District Alliance, the expanded service area into Casino Road, and the equal-board representation are the structural answer to the question: who is at the table when these decisions get made?

    What changed for Casino Road specifically

    Three concrete shifts as of early 2026:

    1. Equal board representation. The Stations Unidos board now has three South Everett seats — Julio Cortes, Alvaro Guillen (Chair), and Tony Hernandez — sitting at the same table as three Everett Station District seats. Future board seats are nominated by neighborhood advisory boards in each area.
    2. An organization with money to spend on real estate. The mission is to invest in real estate to preserve the affordability of existing housing and small businesses, plus build new affordable housing and commercial space. That is a different operating model than a placemaking nonprofit.
    3. An explicit anti-displacement mandate ahead of light rail. Sound Transit’s Chief Planning and Development Officer publicly endorsed the work as critical preparation for the Link extension. The institutional alignment is real.

    What this means if you rent

    If you rent in Casino Road, the displacement risk you are reading about in the news is not theoretical. The Link extension brings property speculation 5 to 10 years before the trains run. The most exposed renters in the corridor are:

    • Tenants in older apartment complexes that change ownership in the run-up to light rail
    • Tenants in buildings with expiring affordability covenants
    • Tenants in the small mixed-use buildings along Casino Road and Evergreen Way that are most attractive to redevelopment

    Stations Unidos’s strategy includes acquiring and stabilizing at-risk buildings before market pressure forces them out of reach. The practical implication: as renters, your most useful move is to know your rights, document your tenancy, and stay engaged with neighborhood organizations like Connect Casino Road that work alongside Stations Unidos.

    What this means if you own

    For homeowners, the Link extension is a property-value story with a complicated edge. Property values in transit-oriented neighborhoods historically rise meaningfully ahead of station openings. That is good news on paper. The complication is that the same forces that lift homeowner values displace renters and small businesses, and a neighborhood that loses its character loses some of what made the property valuable in the first place.

    Stations Unidos’s anti-displacement work is not at odds with homeowner interests. A stable neighborhood with preserved small-business commercial frontage and durable affordability is a better long-term place to own a home than a neighborhood that gets reshaped by speculative redevelopment in the run-up to light rail. Engaging with the work — through neighborhood advisory channels, through the City of Everett’s Comprehensive Plan implementation, through the broader anti-displacement effort — is in homeowner interest.

    What this means if you run a small business

    The corridor’s working-class, immigrant-rooted character is anchored by small businesses — the tortillerías, the family-run restaurants, the immigrant-owned services that anchor day-to-day life in Casino Road. Stations Unidos’s mission explicitly includes preserving the affordability of small business space, including new affordable commercial space in mixed-use buildings the organization develops or acquires.

    For business owners, the practical near-term move is to get on the radar — through neighborhood organizations, through direct outreach to Stations Unidos at stationsunidos.org, through the City of Everett’s small-business resources. Anti-displacement programs work best when the organizations doing the work know exactly which businesses are most at risk and which would benefit most from acquisition or partnership.

    The Sound Transit timeline context

    Sound Transit’s Everett Link extension is on a long planning horizon. Construction is years away. Service is further away still. The deeper read on the timeline is in our Everett Link complete guide from the April 15 run.

    The crucial point for residents: the displacement pressure does not wait for the trains. Property speculation, ownership change, and rent pressure tend to start showing up 5 to 10 years before a station opens. That is exactly the window Stations Unidos is operating in right now.

    How to plug in

    • Visit stationsunidos.org to follow the organization’s announcements and acquisition priorities
    • Engage with Connect Casino Road and the broader LISC Puget Sound network in South Everett
    • Attend neighborhood advisory board meetings as those structures form
    • Follow City of Everett Comprehensive Plan implementation in Casino Road
    • Watch for affordability covenants expiring on local apartment buildings — those are the highest-leverage acquisition targets

    The honest read

    No single organization can stop transit-driven displacement. The market forces around a Link station are too large for that. But Stations Unidos is the organization explicitly built to slow the pattern, with the governance structure, the funding access, and the institutional alignment to do meaningful work in the years before the trains arrive. That is something Casino Road has not had before. Whether the throughput matches the structural promise is the next 24 months’ question — and resident engagement is part of what determines the answer.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Where is Stations Unidos located?

    Stations Unidos’s institutional roots are in the Everett Station District at 3201 Smith Avenue. The expanded service area now covers both downtown’s Station District and Casino Road in South Everett. The organization operates across both neighborhoods.

    How is this different from Connect Casino Road?

    Connect Casino Road is a long-standing community network coordinating dozens of immigrant-owned businesses, social service providers, and resident organizations. Stations Unidos is a community development corporation with the capacity to acquire and develop real estate. The two work in coordination — Connect Casino Road provides the deep neighborhood knowledge; Stations Unidos brings the housing and commercial real estate strategy.

    Will rents stop rising in Casino Road?

    No single intervention stops the broader rent pressure that comes with transit-oriented investment. Stations Unidos’s strategy is to acquire and stabilize specific at-risk buildings as long-term affordable assets, preserving affordability for existing residents in those buildings. The wider rental market will continue moving with regional dynamics.

    What if I want to nominate someone for the board?

    Future board seats will be nominated by neighborhood advisory boards in both the Everett Station District and South Everett as those structures form. Engagement through the advisory boards, once announced, is the formal nomination path.

    How does the NR-MHC mobile home zone connect?

    The proposed NR-MHC manufactured housing zone is separate but parallel anti-displacement work — the city’s effort to preserve seven mobile home parks against redevelopment. Read the two together as parts of a broader anti-displacement strategy in Everett. Our NR-MHC zone coverage walks through the proposed ordinance and the May 6, 2026 public hearing.

    What’s the most useful thing a resident can do right now?

    Document your tenancy, know your rights, stay engaged with neighborhood organizations, and watch for the affordability covenant expirations and ownership changes on apartment buildings near you. Those are the leading indicators of where the next acquisition decisions will need to land.


  • Stations Unidos: Everett’s New Anti-Displacement CDC

    Stations Unidos: Everett’s New Anti-Displacement CDC

    What is Stations Unidos? Stations Unidos is the Everett community development corporation that emerged in early 2026 from the rebranding of the Everett Station District Alliance (ESDA) (stationsunidos.org). It is a 501(c)(3) housing-and-placemaking nonprofit with an expanded service area that now covers both downtown’s Everett Station District (around 3201 Smith Avenue) and the Casino Road corridor in South Everett. Its board is split equally between the two neighborhoods. Its mission is to invest in real estate to preserve the affordability of existing housing and small businesses, and to build new affordable housing and commercial space, ahead of Sound Transit’s Link light rail arrival.

    Why this matters now

    Two planned Sound Transit Link light rail stations are years away from opening on the Everett extension. But the planning is happening now, the property speculation is happening now, and the displacement risk is happening now. Marshall Foster, Sound Transit’s Chief Planning and Development Officer, said at the Stations Unidos launch that the work the organization will be doing in the years before the trains arrive is going to be critical. The lesson the agency took from earlier Link extensions in Seattle — neighborhoods like Rainier Valley and Beacon Hill — is that you cannot wait for the station to open before protecting the people who will need it most. By then it is already too late.

    Casino Road is one of the most economically and ethnically diverse neighborhoods in Snohomish County. It is home to large Latino, Cambodian, Vietnamese, and East African communities, several of the most-trafficked food banks and pantries in the city, and dozens of immigrant-owned businesses. The Everett Station District anchors the city’s transit hub, civic agencies, and a working downtown employment center. Both neighborhoods carry displacement risk as transit-driven property speculation accelerates.

    What changed in 2026

    The pre-2026 ESDA was, for several years after its 2017 incorporation, primarily focused on cleaning, safety, and placemaking work in the immediate Everett Station footprint. The board contracted with LISC Puget Sound — the regional intermediary that has anchored years of community investment in Casino Road — in 2024 to figure out how to evolve from a station-area alliance into a full community development corporation.

    After more than a year of community engagement, the ESDA board adopted LISC’s recommendations in 2025, and the organization formally rebranded as Stations Unidos in early 2026. The official launch announcement landed on February 24, 2026.

    The new name is the most visible change. The bigger one is structural.

    The board structure is the story

    Under the new governance, the board of directors is split equally between the Everett Station District and South Everett. The Casino Road side of the table is just as full as the downtown side. Future board seats will be nominated by neighborhood advisory boards in each area.

    The current board reads like a who’s who of two neighborhoods that historically have not always talked to each other:

    From the Everett Station District: Roland Behee, Mary Anne Dillon (Vice Chair), and Joe Sievers (Secretary).

    From South Everett: Julio Cortes, Alvaro Guillen (Chair), and Tony Hernandez.

    At-large members: Victor Caesar, Amber Harrington (Treasurer), and Bobby Thompson.

    Brock Howell is CEO and President. Ed Petersen serves as Chief Strategic Housing Officer.

    The fact that a Chief Strategic Housing Officer is in the room — at all — is the tell. This is not a placemaking nonprofit anymore. This is a housing organization with placemaking in its toolkit.

    The mission, in concrete terms

    Stations Unidos’s mission is to invest in real estate to preserve the affordability of existing housing and small businesses, as well as to build new affordable housing and commercial space. In a transit-oriented development context, that translates into a specific set of activities:

    • Acquiring at-risk properties — apartment buildings, mobile home parks, small commercial properties — and stabilizing them as long-term affordable assets before market pressure forces them out of reach.
    • Partnering with existing housing operators to extend affordability covenants on properties that would otherwise convert to market rate at covenant expiration.
    • Developing new affordable housing on properties the organization acquires or assembles, including mixed-use buildings that preserve commercial frontage for small immigrant-owned businesses.
    • Coordinating with the City of Everett, Sound Transit, the Everett Housing Authority, and LISC on funding stacks that combine federal, state, local, and philanthropic capital.

    Why Casino Road specifically

    Casino Road carries the highest near-term displacement risk in Everett because of the Link light rail timeline. Two planned stations — including one near Casino Road — bring the kind of property speculation that historically precedes resident and small-business displacement by 5 to 10 years.

    The corridor’s working-class, immigrant-rooted character is exactly what gets lost first under transit-driven displacement — and exactly what is already showing up in pressure on places like the small Casino Road tortillerías and family-run restaurants that anchor day-to-day life in the neighborhood. For the deeper neighborhood read, our Casino Road neighborhood guide walks through the demographic and economic context.

    The funding stack

    Community development corporations like Stations Unidos do not run on a single funding source. The typical capital stack combines:

    • Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) for new construction
    • Federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME funds, channeled through the City of Everett
    • Washington State Housing Finance Commission programs
    • Snohomish County housing funds
    • LISC Puget Sound capital, which has anchored years of Casino Road investment
    • Philanthropic and private capital from Puget Sound foundations and community development financial institutions

    The transit-oriented dimension also opens specific federal and state programs designed to fund anti-displacement work in station areas before the transit infrastructure arrives.

    How Stations Unidos fits with the broader Everett picture

    Stations Unidos is not the only organization doing this work in Everett, but it is the one with explicit governance structure built around the two neighborhoods carrying the highest near-term transit-driven displacement risk. Read it alongside:

    • The Everett Housing Authority’s ongoing portfolio
    • The City of Everett’s Comprehensive Plan implementation in Casino Road and the Station District
    • The proposed NR-MHC manufactured housing zone protecting seven mobile home parks (separate but parallel anti-displacement work — see our NR-MHC zone coverage)
    • LISC Puget Sound’s broader Casino Road work
    • The Sound Transit Everett Link extension planning — see our Everett Link complete guide

    What to watch next

    • First Stations Unidos real estate acquisitions or development announcements
    • Funding stack signals — LIHTC awards, CDBG allocations, philanthropic commitments
    • Sound Transit Link extension milestones and the resulting property-speculation patterns
    • Coordinated work with the City of Everett on Comprehensive Plan implementation along Casino Road
    • Board expansion as neighborhood advisory boards nominate additional seats

    The honest framing

    Stations Unidos is not going to single-handedly stop transit-driven displacement in Everett. The market forces around a Link extension are too large for any single nonprofit. But it is the organization specifically built to slow displacement in two neighborhoods where the displacement risk is most concentrated — and to do that with the explicit governance representation that historically has been missing from these conversations. The structure tells you the seriousness. The next 24 months will tell you the throughput.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    What did Stations Unidos used to be called?

    Stations Unidos is the rebranded form of the Everett Station District Alliance (ESDA), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit incorporated in 2017. The official name change and expanded service area were announced February 24, 2026.

    Who runs Stations Unidos?

    Brock Howell serves as CEO and President. Ed Petersen serves as Chief Strategic Housing Officer. The board chair is Alvaro Guillen, with Mary Anne Dillon as Vice Chair, Joe Sievers as Secretary, and Amber Harrington as Treasurer.

    What neighborhoods does Stations Unidos serve?

    The expanded service area covers both the Everett Station District in downtown and the Casino Road corridor in South Everett. The board is split equally between representatives from the two neighborhoods, with three at-large members.

    How is Stations Unidos connected to Sound Transit?

    Sound Transit’s Link light rail extension will bring two planned stations to the Stations Unidos service area — one near downtown Everett, one near Casino Road. Sound Transit’s Chief Planning and Development Officer Marshall Foster publicly endorsed the Stations Unidos work at the launch as critical anti-displacement preparation.

    What is LISC Puget Sound’s role?

    LISC Puget Sound is the regional community development intermediary that has anchored years of community investment in Casino Road. ESDA contracted with LISC in 2024 to design the evolution into a full community development corporation; LISC’s recommendations were the foundation of the 2025 board adoption and the 2026 rebrand.

    How can residents get involved?

    Stations Unidos’s governance includes neighborhood advisory boards in both the Everett Station District and South Everett. Future board seats will be nominated through these advisory boards. Resident engagement runs through Stations Unidos directly at stationsunidos.org and through community events in both neighborhoods.

    What’s the relationship to the Casino Road neighborhood organizations already there?

    Stations Unidos is built to coordinate with — not replace — existing community-based organizations in Casino Road, including the long-standing Connect Casino Road network and dozens of immigrant-owned business organizations. The expanded board structure is designed to bring those voices into a unified anti-displacement governance.


  • West Marine View Pipeline: Everett Waterfront Business Guide

    West Marine View Pipeline: Everett Waterfront Business Guide

    How will the $113 million West Marine View pipeline project affect waterfront businesses? Two business-relevant headlines: (1) sustained corridor disruption from approximately June 2026 through the end of 2027 along the only direct route between the north end and the downtown waterfront, marina, and Port; and (2) longer-term water-quality improvement of Port Gardner Bay — engineers project a 95% reduction in combined sewer overflows — that meaningfully strengthens the waterfront’s commercial value over the next decade.

    This is the business and developer read of the $113 million pipeline core guide. The core walks through the engineering and the funding mechanism. This one walks through the operational impact for waterfront restaurants, marina-adjacent businesses, hotel and tourism operators, and developers with active or planned projects in the corridor.

    Map your exposure to the corridor

    Three operational variables to model right now:

    1. Customer access. If your customers reach you via West Marine View Drive between Grand Avenue Bridge and Hewitt Avenue, plan for sustained lane impacts during pipe-trench excavation phases. Phased lane closures with traffic-control management are the standard pattern for projects of this scope; full corridor closure is unlikely but not impossible during specific phases.
    2. Delivery and supplier access. Suppliers accessing waterfront tenants need realistic delivery-window assumptions. Construction corridors compress the time bands when heavy delivery vehicles can move efficiently. Renegotiating delivery windows with suppliers in advance is cheaper than fixing missed loads in real time.
    3. Staff commute patterns. Waterfront staff arrival and departure timing should be reviewed. Shift starts and ends that pre-construction tracked one corridor pattern will need to track a different one once active work begins.

    The marina, port, and Waterfront Place tenants

    The Port of Everett’s marina and the active commercial development at Waterfront Place sit at the southern end of the affected corridor. The boater experience and the dine-and-dock pattern that the Port has been building (covered in our Waterfront Place complete guide) keeps functioning during construction, but operational planning should assume that visiting boaters and waterfront visitors arrive having navigated more friction than usual on the way in.

    The honest customer-experience read: the businesses that win during the construction window are the ones who actively help customers navigate to them — clear directions in marketing materials, real-time updates on access status, and partnerships with the city’s project communication team to push closure information to mailing lists.

    Hotels, tourism, and event venues

    Waterfront hotel and short-term rental operators should price the corridor reality into 2026-2027 reservation marketing. Visitors arriving by car for a downtown stay will encounter the construction corridor; visitors arriving for a marina-side or waterfront event will encounter it more directly.

    For event venues with logistics tied to the corridor — load-in, parking, shuttle routes — build a 2026-2027 logistics playbook that assumes corridor congestion. The lift on event ops is real but manageable with planning; the operators who get blindsided are the ones who run a 2024 playbook against 2026 conditions.

    Developers with active or planned projects in the corridor

    Three considerations:

    Permitting interactions. Site-specific permits along West Marine View Drive will reference the active construction corridor. Coordinate with the city on staging, deliveries, and traffic control to avoid conflicts with the public project’s phasing schedule.

    Long-horizon valuation. The combined sewer overflow program is the foundation that lets future shoreline development continue. A waterfront with chronic CSO events constrains shoreline use; a waterfront with a 95% overflow reduction expands the development envelope. The $113 million is the unglamorous infrastructure that protects the value thesis of every shoreline development project on the books.

    Connection to the broader $200M+ storage facility procurement. The pipeline construction is the first half of a two-part program. Watch the Port Gardner Storage Facility procurement milestones — they signal the second half of the construction window and the ultimate compliance schedule the city is operating against.

    Utility rate context for commercial ratepayers

    The $113 million pipeline funding comes from the city’s water and sewer utility fund. Commercial ratepayers carry a portion of that fund’s revenue base alongside residential ratepayers. As the city absorbs the broader cost of the Port Gardner Storage Facility program, the pressure on the rate-setting calculus increases.

    For commercial operators with high water and sewer consumption — restaurants, hotels, food production, laundries — the medium-term outlook should assume continued upward pressure on utility costs. The exact rate impact depends on bond structure, federal and state grant offsets, and procurement timing on the larger storage facility. The broader budget context is in our complete 2027 budget deficit guide.

    The 24-month operational checklist

    • Update customer-facing wayfinding for corridor access
    • Renegotiate supplier delivery windows in advance
    • Review staff commute patterns and shift-start logistics
    • Subscribe to city project communications for West Marine View Drive
    • For events: build a 2026-2027 logistics playbook that assumes corridor congestion
    • For developers: coordinate permits with the public project’s phasing schedule
    • For high-consumption commercial ratepayers: model continued utility rate pressure into 2026-2028 budgets

    The longer view

    The combined sewer overflow program is one of the largest infrastructure investments the city has made in years. It is unglamorous and will not get a ribbon cutting that draws a crowd. But its downstream effect — a meaningfully cleaner Port Gardner Bay over the next decade — strengthens the waterfront’s commercial fundamentals in a way that no marketing campaign can match. For waterfront businesses and developers willing to absorb the construction window, the post-construction waterfront is a stronger commercial environment than the pre-construction one.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    When does construction start?

    Construction could begin as early as June 2026 and is expected to continue through the end of 2027.

    Will the corridor close completely?

    Full corridor closures are unlikely as the standard pattern for projects of this scope. Phased lane closures with traffic-control management are typical. Watch the city’s project page for phase-by-phase closure schedules; the lane configuration in place today is not what will be in place for much of 2026-2027.

    How will customer access be affected?

    Customers reaching waterfront businesses via West Marine View Drive should plan for sustained lane impacts during active pipe-trench excavation phases. Operators who push real-time access information to their mailing lists and social channels typically maintain customer flow better than those who do not.

    How does this affect Waterfront Place?

    Waterfront Place tenants and Port marina users continue operating during construction; the corridor congestion is the variable. The post-construction waterfront — with reduced overflow events and a meaningfully cleaner bay — is a commercially stronger environment than the pre-construction one.

    Will commercial water rates go up?

    The $113 million is funded out of the utility fund, and the broader Port Gardner Storage Facility program is estimated at more than $200 million total. As the city carries those costs, upward pressure on rates is realistic. Exact impact moves with bond structure, grants, and rate-setting decisions; commercial operators with high consumption should model continued pressure into 2026-2028 budgets.

    What’s the upside for waterfront businesses?

    Engineers project a 95% reduction in combined sewer overflow events into Port Gardner Bay once the system is operational. Cleaner bay water compounds the commercial value of the working waterfront — for restaurants, hotels, marina operators, and developers — over the next decade.