Mayor Hurst touts a balanced budget, major infrastructure projects and community initiatives in State of the City address
LYNNWOOD — Lynnwood Mayor George Hurst struck an optimistic tone in his first State of the City address, highlighting the elimination of a $25 million budget deficit, progress on long-anticipated infrastructure projects and new initiatives aimed at public safety, housing and immigrant support. Speaking to a packed audience at the Lynnwood Neighborhood Center (approximately 200 […]
Lynn Sordel Returns: From Retirement to Lynnwood’s New Interim Assistant City Administrator
LYNNWOOD—Former Lynnwood Parks and Recreation Director Lynn Sordel has emerged from retirement to once again serve the people of Lynnwood, this time as the City’s Interim Assistant City Administrator, replacing Julie Moore. According to the job listing, the Lynnwood Assistant City Administrator is responsible for planning, organizing, and directing city operations, implementing policies, and providing […]
Lynnwood Neighborhood Center Grand Opening: New One-Stop Social Services Hub
LYNNWOOD—The new 40,000 square-foot Lynnwood Neighborhood Center, that will serve over 20,000 community members annually, from the most vulnerable needing support to at-risk children and youth, is now open to the public. Hundreds of community members attended the official grand opening on Saturday, January 24, two weeks after the facility’s ribbon-cutting ceremony on January 9. […]
‘We Are All Children of God:’ Rick Steves celebrates opening of $26M Lynnwood Neighborhood Center
LYNNWOOD—Philanthropist Rick Steves hailed the opening of the Lynnwood Neighborhood Center on Friday, Jan. 9, as the realization of a 30-year dream, a community hub nicknamed the “piazza” that will foster connection and provide vital services to vulnerable residents. Speaking at the Lynnwood Neighborhood Center ribbon-cutting ceremony, Steves described the 40,000-square-foot facility as a living […]
Lynnwood Neighborhood Center actualizes 30-year vision with ribbon cutting: An investment for ‘generational twinkles’
LYNNWOOD—Volunteers of America Western Washington (VOAWW), travel writer guru Rick Steves, multiple stakeholders and investors, and community supporters finally cut the ribbon on Lynnwood’s brand-new, highly anticipated, Lynnwood Neighborhood Center (LNC) near Trinity Lutheran Church and Schools on Friday, January 9. “The Lynnwood Neighborhood Center is a long-awaited dream and it’s about to open its […]
2025 Recap of Transformative Developments Across Snohomish County
In 2025, Snohomish County witnessed a surge of major construction projects and community-focused developments that reshaped infrastructure, housing, and public spaces. Below is our highlights for our coverage in 2025. Senator Liias and Sno-Isle staff visit future site of new Mariner Library Community Campus Demolition of Patty’s Eggnest restaurant in South Everett’s Mariner neighborhood began […]
Larsen tours Lynnwood Neighborhood Center that opens January 2026
LYNNWOOD—Congressman Rick Larsen (D-WA02) got to see firsthand the newly constructed Lynnwood Neighborhood Center (LNC) on November 21 after securing a $3 million federal earmark in 2023 for the 40,000-square-foot facility that will serve over 20,000 community members annually when it opens in January 2026. “I like to be involved with projects that help build […]
No Kings protesters rally for Democracy against what Rick Steves calls an authoritarian ‘coup’
EDMONDS—An estimated 7 million Americans (according to organizers) flooded streets, parks, and town squares across all 50 states on Saturday, October 18, in the latest wave of “No Kings” protests in solidarity to what they perceive as President Donald J Trump’s assault on Democracy with monarchical and authoritarian tendencies. Some 2,500 events were organized by […]
Community leaders get first look inside upcoming Lynnwood Neighborhood Center
LYNNWOOD—Elected officials and community partners got their first look inside Volunteers of America (VOA) and philanthropic travel writer Rick Steves’ upcoming new Lynnwood Neighborhood Center which, when it opens in January, will serve over 20,000 community members annually, from the most vulnerable needing support to at-risk children and youth. “It’s called the Lynnwood Neighborhood Center […]
Rick Steves Issues Challenge Grant to Help Save Music Education in the Edmonds School District
LYNNWOOD—Imagine Edmonds not being able to afford music programs in its schools. No orchestra. No jazz. No band concerts filling gymnasiums with applause and pride. That’s the future we face if critical funding isn’t restored for the 2025–26 school year. When Deborah Brandi, Executive Director of the Foundation for Edmonds School District, shared this reality […]
