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city of everett: A University for Everett - Questionable - 02/14/08 09:27 AM
Those fighting to bring a University of Washington campus to Everett suffered a great setback yesterday.  The Senate Ways and Means Committee failed to act by a Tuesday deadline on competing bills to bring the University to Lake Stevens, Marysville or Everett, killing them in the Senate this session.
"We are not going to jump into any kind of decision prematurely," said the powerful chairwoman, Sen. Margarita Prentice, D-Renton. "This is a decision we take very seriously and we don't want to blow it."While she said she can wait until 2009 to decide on a site and classes, the launch of a … (1 comments)

city of everett: Tax Break - Is there Such an Animal - 03/26/07 05:40 PM
Be careful what you wish for - tax breaks in the core of downtown Everett.  The Everett City Council voted to extend the downtown redevelopment toll for ten more years.
As Everett is bracing for explosive residential growth, bringing thousands of residents into the downtown core, this tax break makes buying a condo a more attractive proposition.
With a dozen of projects expecting to blossom, this tax break will spur residential development.  Under the program owners of new condos can skip ten years of taxes on the value of eligible residentail buildings, paying taxes only on the land value.  When the ten years … (3 comments)

city of everett: Everett City Hall Fills Vacancies - 02/12/07 09:04 PM
How do you feel?  Everett City Hall has vacancies since the Snohomish County government workers moved into their new building.  The first commercial tenant is a mortgage company. There are mixed emotions about this, supporters sa opening the building to business tenants is a prudent use of a public asset.
The "private use" restrictions were lifted; however, city officials still had to consider establishing a fair price since the building was paid for, in part, with $10.1 million in tax exempt bonds.
One city council member says "City Hall should be devoid of commercialism. It should be used for government purposes."
What are your thoughts … (0 comments)

 

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