Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Port of Everett was established on July 13, 1918, via a referendum of Everett citizens. The port was formed in hopes of luring a naval shipyard amid a maritime boom caused by World War I, which would end a few months later. [4] The new port instead became a major lumber trader in the 1920s, owing to the dominant industry in Everett at the time.
Another proposal would have a 500-stall parking garage built to replace the southernmost lot at a cost of $15–18 million, [23] allowing Everett Transit to transform the existing western lot into mixed-use development.
The new $4.75 million museum, a former Everett Mutual Bank branch with 20,000 square feet (1,900 m 2) of space, opened on October 17, 2004, and was renamed the Imagine Children's Museum. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In its first year at the expanded location, the museum reported an attendance of 146,000, more than quadruple its annual attendance at its ...
The highway gains a set of high-occupancy vehicle lanes that are also open to right turns into parking lots and side streets. [1] [10] From northern Federal Way to the Redondo area of Des Moines, SR 99 is concurrent with SR 509, which continues southwest to Dash Point State Park and northwest to downtown Des Moines, for four miles (6 km). [8] [9]
This page was last edited on 24 December 2023, at 09:37 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
On April 17, 1984, Everett was selected from among 13 ports as the ideal location for the new homeport, ahead of a site near the Port of Seattle. [2] The decision to build the base in Everett was opposed by local residents and the longshoreman's union, and an advisory ballot measure on whether to accept the base was held in the city on November 6, 1984.
On March 19, 2019, the Everett School Board approved a $1.1 million, eight-year sponsorship agreement with local toymaker Funko to brand the baseball field as Funko Field at Everett Memorial Stadium. [14] The stadium's parking lot was home to a temporary COVID-19 testing center during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Port of Everett has also developed its own industrial park in North Everett that is home to an aerospace supplier and distribution centers for Amazon and FedEx. [ 199 ] [ 200 ] As of 2018 [update] , the largest industry in Everett is manufacturing, with 18 percent of residents employed there, followed by educational services (18%), retail ...