Lynnwood CC liaisons and council positions for 2022
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LYNNWOOD, Wash., January 11, 2022 – Council President George Hurst is returning to his role as Lynnwood Council President for 2022, joined by Council Vice President Jim Smith reclaiming his role as Vice President. At the Lynnwood City Council meeting January 10, Council Vice President Smith nominated George Hurst for Council President, seconded by Councilman […]
Op-Ed: Northgate Station opening windows of opportunity
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The Emerald City’s most northern neighborhood, Northgate, often feels like its resident island of misfit toys – forgotten, detached, isolated. It is the neighborhood I have called home since returning to the Pacific Northwest after years of living in New York City and, quite honestly, that’s why I fell in love with it. It is […]
Northgate Station parking garage closed Friday night through Sunday
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SEATTLE, Wash., December 7, 2021 – Due to scheduled maintenance, the Sound Transit owned Northgate Station parking garage will be closed starting at 11:59 p.m. Friday, December 10 through midnight Sunday, December 12. The garage is located at 120 NE 103rd Street, adjacent to the Northgate light rail station. Passengers have to remove their vehicles […]
Lynnwood Link extension achieves another milestone
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LYNNWOOD, Wash., November 24, 2021 – Two years after groundbreaking on the project, civil construction on the Lynnwood Link extension has reached the fifty percent completion mark. Construction teams continue to advance the work on the project, which is scheduled to open in 2024. “In just two years, riders will be able to avoid some […]
Lynnwood City Council votes to eliminate $40 vehicle fees
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Yesterday, the City of Lynnwood’s mayor and city council members met via Zoom for their regular Business Meeting. The agenda’s big-ticket item was the ongoing debate and eventual vote regarding the $40 car tab fee residents pay annually. The ordinance to remove the fee was brought forth during the council’s October 11 Business Meeting. From […]
Northgate Station Now Open: Fast and Convenient Bus Connections to Light Rail Are Here!
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SEATTLE, Wash., October 4, 2021 – Local public transit options just got an upgrade as the newest light rail station at Northgate opened on Oct. 2. Today, people traveling from Snohomish County have even more travel options for getting to destinations in Seattle, King County, and beyond. Bus service to the station also got an […]
Snohomish County residents will have frequent bus connections to Light Rail starting October
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With the opening of the new Northgate light rail station on October 2, people traveling from Snohomish County will have more travel options to and from destinations in Seattle, King County, and beyond. Taking the bus to light rail is easy, with frequent routes serving many areas of Snohomish County. Community Transit and Sound Transit […]
Snohomish County bus riders will have direct connection to light rail this fall
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Snohomish County, Wash. – Starting in early October, people traveling from Snohomish County will have more travel options to and from destinations in King County. Select Community Transit routes and most Sound Transit buses operated by Community Transit will connect to the new 1 Line (Link) light rail station at Northgate. Whether riders are going […]
Night work to affect I-5 overnight traffic
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SEATTLE – Seattle City Light crews will be relocating an overhead transmission line on I-5 at Northeast 195th Street in Shoreline as part of Sound Transit’s Lynnwood Link Extension project. The reliability work will result in nightly traffic impacts on Aug. 3-4. To complete this work safely, Washington State Patrol troopers and construction crews must […]
Snohomish County leaders discuss affordable housing
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SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash. – Gary Clark, Economic Alliance Snohomish County president & CEO, joined HASCO, Lynnwood Mayor Nicola Smith, and Everett Mayor Cassie Franklin June 15 to discuss Snohomish County’s affordable housing needs at a virtual coffee chat. Chris Collier, AHA Program Manager for Housing Authority Snohomish County (HASCO), began the conversation by addressing that […]