NEWS BITES for August 11, 2021
Coffee with the Mayor
SNOHOMISH — Meet Mayor John Kartak to chat on city issues at 9 a.m. Friday, Aug. 13 at the Starbucks at Snohomish Station shopping center on Bickford Avenue. The mayor will be at the standalone Starbucks in the corner of the shopping plaza, not the Starbucks inside Fred Meyer.
Carl Gipson Senior Center on path to reopening as contract approved
EVERETT — The Carl Gipson Senior Center will be reopening with some functions this fall under a contract with the Volunteers of America Western Washington (VOA).
The VOA said it foresees providing some services to the community starting in October. The VOA says that in January, the senior center at 3025 Lombard Ave. will operate Monday through Saturday each week barring any COVID-19 closures.
The City Council approved contracting with the VOA in 7-0 vote last week. More on this story is in the Aug. 4 Tribune.
Fair competitive displays canceled
MONROE — The Evergreen State Fair is unable to accept quilts, Afghans, photos, artwork, crafts, baking goods, floral, food preserves, homemade beverages, general agriculture or educational displays for the 2021 fair. Due to the timeline and decrease in staff and volunteers, there was not enough time to plan and properly prepare the handbook and programs for the 2021 Still Life exhibits.
Town historian dies
SNOHOMISH — Mildred “Middy” Ruthruff spent decades with the Snohomish Historical Society in its 51-year history, including as the group’s president. Never afraid to speak up at City Council, Ruthruff, who was born in Snohomish, died July 12 at age 88. Her obituary says that ceremonies will be Friday, Aug. 13 at 1 p.m. at Belle Chapel, 231 Ave. B
(corner of Third and Avenue B).
Another Everett housing meeting
EVERETT — A public input meeting about a plan to upzone areas for denser housing, among other ways to accommodate growth, will be 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 12.
What kinds of housing, and where, are key pieces to the city’s Housing Action Plan. The draft version was published in June and can be read at www.everettwa.gov/rethinkhousing
City planners are preparing a final version of the housing plan. It’s scheduled to be voted on by the City Council sometime this fall, which if approved would start a process of altering city code to follow through on the plan’s recommendations.
More on that story here:
EVERETT — What kinds of future housing should sprout, and where, are key pieces to the city's Housing Action Plan.
It calls for increasing housing variety, housing stock and housing equity.
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