[100][102] The city also annexed 465 acres (188ha) near Paine Field in March 2000, bringing Everett's population to over 91,000. [400] Commercial passenger service to Paine Field resumed on March 4, 2019, after the construction of a new terminal operated by a private company. Please remove any contact information or personal data from your feedback. The airport was opened in 1936 and was used as a military base and commercial airport until 1966, when Boeing selected it for the site of a major assembly plant. [136] The southern boundary wraps around Silver Lake and follows State Route 527 to State Route 96 at Murphy's Corner, where it borders Mill Creek. [353][354] The southern and western neighborhoods of Everett are served by the Mukilteo School District, which also has its own high school (Mariner) in the area. The transit agency opened a multimodal train and bus center, Everett Station, in February 2003 to replace scattered downtown facilities for Amtrak, Greyhound, and local transit. Camera Direction: Southbound. To your left, at the large Appalachian Trail sign, the AT also ascends the mountain but more steeply. [185] Toymaker Funko is also headquartered in Downtown Everett, where it has its own retail store that opened in 2017, and operates a distribution center in the city. "The trick is to stop thinking of it as "your" money." [21][22] The Everett Land Company did not initially organize a municipal government, leaving local issues to be resolved by a "citizen's committee" formed by 21 residents on March 21, 1892. The Everett Museum of History was established in 1953 as a countywide historical association and maintained its own museum until 2007. The organization's collections were then moved to several buildings for storage, including the former Everett Carnegie Library and part of the Everett Mall, while a permanent location was sought. [5][6] Hitchcock ignored this accountand proposed naming the peak after Edward Everett, governor of Massachusetts (1836-1840) who later served as Harvard president, U.S. senator and U.S. secretary of state. [302], Everett is home to 14 properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [121] The original concept for the 139-acre (56ha) property was an entertainment center with shopping, housing, offices, and parks. [87] The final Weyerhaeuser mill closed in 1992, leaving the Scott Paper Company as the last remaining paper mill in Everett until its closure in 2012. [206], There were 36,325 households, out of which 31.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.1% were married couples living together, 12.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.5% were non-families. [58], Everett's central commercial district grew from a handful of businesses into a busy downtown during the 1920s, including the construction of several multi-story office and retail buildings, two junior high schools, a modern city hall, and additions to the city's two hospitals. [208] The number of reported crimes in Everett has declined since reaching a peak in 200910, with 610 violent crimes and 7,672 property crimes. Close to the popular Bash Bish Falls in Mount Washington State Forest is this amazing summit and perfect day hike! [80] Boeing approved early development of its Boeing 747 passenger jetliner in March 1966 and purchased 780 acres (320ha) near Paine Field in June to build its assembly plant for the plane, which would become the world's first "jumbo jet". The peak isabout a half-mile south of the Massachusetts state line on the Appalachian Trail. [211], The city has a high rate of opioid abuse, particularly OxyContin and heroin, fueled by cross-state drug trafficking. [306], The Everett Museum of History was established in 1953 as a countywide historical association and maintained its own museum until 2007. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 3.04. [173] Everett workplaces have employees who live across Snohomish and King counties, with 15 percent from within the city, 7 percent from Marysville, 5 percent from Seattle, and 4 percent from Lake Stevens. [390] The countywide Community Transit system, based in Everett, connects to surrounding cities and operates a commuter bus network. [271] The city government launched a logo design contest in 2014 that had 850 entries and 5,700 votes from local residents. [47][49] The city government passed a new ordinance to restrict street speaking as a result of tensions between the IWW and county sheriff Donald McRae, who armed a local militia and beat 41 union members who were attempting to enter the city by boat on October 30, 1916. Drive towards the large concrete building. Please let us know how we can improve this page. [201][202] The city's population growth since 1990 has largely been driven by non-Caucasian racial groups, with the white majority decreasing from 92 percent in 1990 to 75 percent in 2010. [331][332], The city's first park, now known as Clark Park, was established in 1894 and functioned as a town square with regular concerts and protests until its bandstand was demolished in 1979. [90] A city landfill southeast of Downtown Everett was turned into a recycling plant for millions of rubber tires, nicknamed "Mount Firestone", which caught fire in September 1984 and burned for seven months as the incident gained national media attention. [138][139] The city boundaries also include 3,729 acres (1,509ha) of forest surrounding Lake Chaplain, a reservoir in the Cascade Mountains that provides part of the municipal water supply. The zookeeper position was eliminated in 1958 and the zoo was demolished in 1962 after three bond issues to upgrade the facilities failed. Mt. [303] The city maintains its own register of historic places that began in 1987 and has 35 listed properties. [116], Boeing selected Everett as the main site of its 787 Dreamliner and 747-8 programs, which did not require major building expansions. [296] Everett is also the home to KWYZ-AM (Radio Hankook), a Korean language news and entertainment station that launched in 1997 and is broadcast from Federal Way. 205 West Stewart Road, Suite 106 Mount Vernon, WA 98273 [Driving Directions] Phone: (360) 488-4800. By the end of the 1920s, the port had opened the county's first airport on Ebey Island and acquired the 14th Street Dock and Jetty Island from the Everett Improvement Company. [389], The city-run Everett Transit system was established in 1969, replacing a private operator that had opened the first streetcar lines in the city in 1893. This is your destination as the road switchbacks in that direction. [199] Everett's population grew by 47 percent from 1990 to 2000 and 13 percent from 2000 to 2010, due to annexations and increased housing development. [74][75] Everett's second high school, Cascade High School, opened in 1961 to serve the annexed areas. Hidden in the southwest corner of Massachusetts lies Mount Everett. Soon you will see a stone shelter up the mountain to your right. Drive in and first you come to Guilder Pond, drive further and find parking for the [410] The Sultan River basin has been used as the main source of the city's water since 1917 and uses a 25-mile (40km) network of pipes to reach Everett; the modern Spada Lake reservoir was formed in 1965 by the construction of the Culmback Dam, co-owned by Everett and the Snohomish County PUD. 2006-2021 SummitPost.org. Everett within the 1,675-acre Mount Everett State Reservation in the Town of Mount Washington. The call center is open Monday through Sunday 8 am to 8 pm between April and Labor Day. [162][163] The city government approved plans in 2018 to allow for high-rise buildings as tall as 25 stories and with reduced parking requirements to encourage denser development in anticipation of a future Link light rail station. [55] The Port of Everett was created on July 13, 1918, to enable public ownership of the waterfront and promote economic development in the city. [275] The Fisherman's Village Music Festival, established in 2014, takes place annually over a three-day weekend in May at four stages in Downtown Everett. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.8 males. [70], Downtown Everett continued to grow as the regional commercial center following the end of the war, with four large department stores and dozens of smaller retailers and restaurants in a six-block radius of Hewitt Avenue and Colby Avenue. [246] The Everett Civic Auditorium at Everett High School was completed in 1939 and is home to the Everett Philharmonic Orchestra, which was formed in 2010 by musicians from the former Everett Symphony after it ran into financial issues. The two-mile (3.2km) island was formed from dredging of the Snohomish River in the early 20th century and acquired by the Port of Everett in 1929. The area is also prone to mudslides that interrupt passenger and freight service on the railroad that runs along the coastline of the bay. [416][417] The existing Providence Hospital was renamed the Providence Pacific Campus, while the former General Hospital became the Colby Campus, which was expanded in 2011 with a 12-story medical tower. [12] The HewittColby syndicate decided to use a name that would not identify a specific location, naming their planned city after Everett Colby, the fifteen-year-old son of investor Charles L. Colby, who had displayed a "prodigious appetite" at a group dinner. Bryan, founder of Good Housekeeping magazine (1885), offered descriptions of the mountain (and its environs) in several separate passages of his guidebook, referring to it exclusively as "The Dome. Everett rises nearly 2,000 feet in about a mile from its eastern footings around Sheffield, Mass., and is known for its expansive views; for scrubby old-growth vegetation (pitch pine and scrub oak) on its upper reaches and for the Appalachian Trail's north-south traverse of the mountain. [200] It is projected to increase by 40,000 to 60,000 residents by 2035 as part of state-mandated growth plans. Comprised of bluish-green Everett Schist, and an old-growth dwarf pitch pine forest, where pines grow no more than 6 feet tall but live between 200-300 years, Mount Everett provides access to extremely rare flora. It was acquired by the city in 1894 and named Forest Park in 1913. The gates are generally open in the summer during the day (closed at night) so people can drive all the way up to the picnic areas at Guilder Pond. [174][175] The intersection of the two corridors is home to a large auto row that developed in the 1980s after dealerships relocated from Downtown Everett. [292] The Skotdal family owns two stations in Everett that share facilities with the Everett Post: KRKO-AM, which began broadcasting in 1922 and primary plays classic hits along with local sports;[293] and KKXA-AM, a country music station launched in 2011. [143] The city government established its emergency management and preparedness office in 2002 and conducts regular disaster drills to simulate a potential response. [183][184], As of 2018[update], the largest industry in Everett is manufacturing, with 18 percent of residents employed there, followed by educational services (18%), retail (12%), professional services (11%), and entertainment (11%). [329] The department manages a total of 693 acres (280ha) of land, with most areas set aside for nature conservation and others developed for use by residents and visitors. [355], Everett Public Schools has three high school campuses: Everett High School near downtown, Cascade High School near Casino Corner, and Henry M. Jackson High School in Mill Creek. [74] The areas surrounding the highway were developed into suburban housing and made up the bulk of the city's then-largest annexation, of 900 acres (360ha) near Madison Street on December 31, 1959. This is an administrative site and not open to the public. The pair sought to build an industrial center at a site they speculated would be the first ocean port for Great Northern Railway, to be constructed by James J. Hill, and turn it into a "Pittsburgh of the West". [378][379] The city also has branch campuses for EmbryRiddle Aeronautical University near the Boeing assembly plant and Columbia College at Naval Station Everett. Overnight parking is restricted. [347] The city began operating a seasonal ferry between the island and a waterfront parking area in 1985; the ferry now runs from July to September, serving 50,000 visitors annually. [336], The municipal parks system includes several miles of public shoreline access at Howarth Park on Port Gardner Bay, Rotary Park and Langus Riverfront Park on the Snohomish River, and Thornton A. Sullivan Park on Silver Lake. [59][60] The county's first radio station, KFBL (now KRKO), began broadcasting on August 25, 1922, and was among the earliest in the state. [54] The massacre was largely unacknowledged by local residents until the late 20th century, when book accounts were published and a historic marker was installed overlooking the former docks. [412][413] The company is based in Everett at a building near the Boeing Factory that was completed in 1981 for GTE. The feedback will only be used for improving the website. A public zoo was established at Forest Park in 1914 by parks director Oden Hall, who collected animals through trades and gifts from other zoos and traveling circuses. Taughanuk and Dome of the Taconics. [78][79], The Boeing Company opened its first Everett factory in 1943 as part of its wartime production for the B-17 program. [173] Electronics manufacturer Fluke Corporation (now part of Fortive) is based in Everett and has 1,000 employees in Washington state. Hiking along the Appalachian trail I made a detour in Mt Everett State reservation. [90] The U.S. Navy selected the former shipyard site on Port Gardner Bay as the site of a new military base in 1984 under the Strategic Homeport program. Enjoy this 17.5-mile loop trail near South Egremont, Massachusetts. Senator Henry M. Jackson, Washington governors Roland H. Hartley and Monrad Wallgren, and several other members of the U.S. Congress and Washington state legislature. [53] As a result of the massacre, the state government passed laws to prohibit citizens from advocating for anarchy or violent overthrow, which were not repealed until 1999. [179], Forest Park, located southwest of Downtown Everett, is the largest park in the city system at 197 acres (80ha). Additional trails are available for hiking and cross-country skiing. 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The northeastern boundary includes portions of Smith Island in the river delta reaching towards Marysville;[135] a series of highway bridges connect Everett to Marysville to the north and Lake Stevens to the east by crossing the Snohomish River delta. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest Supervisor's Office 2930 Wetmore Ave., Suite 3A Everett, WA, 98201. [301] In 2017, Sno-Isle Libraries, the countywide library system, opened a demonstration branch at a strip mall in South Everett to serve the Mariner area. From the Mt. Enjoy the beautiful old growth forest of Guilder Pond, the highest natural body of water in Massachusetts, to stunning panoramic views on the way up to Mount Everett. [241] The Everett Theatre is the last surviving theater from the era, having been partially rebuilt following a fire in December 1923, renovated into a triplex theater in 1979, closed in 1989, and restored to its original state beginning in 2000. Mt. The tallest of the South Taconic Mountains (and the second tallest peak in the state) Everett rewards those who climb to its summit with views into New York, Connecticut and across Massachusetts. For this description, we will keep straight beyond the barrier on the gravel road. Turn right as the blue-blazed Guilder Pond Trail joins with the white-blazed Appalachian Trail for a tenth of a mile before the two split apart in the upper parking lot. A neighboring industrial park along Seaway Boulevard was developed in the 1980s as demand for commercial space in the city grew. [130] It is primarily situated on the Port Gardner Peninsula, bordered to the west by Port Gardner Bay (part of Possession Sound in the Puget Sound estuary), and to the north and east by the Snohomish River delta. In the extreme southwest corner of Massachusetts is a cluster of parks noted for their spectacular scenery and stunning views. [218] The city government filed a lawsuit against OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma in January 2017, claiming that the company had been grossly negligent in distributing the drug and containing its effect on Everett residents. Use this button to show and access all levels. [123] A new development, named Waterfront Place, began construction in 2018 with a hotel, apartments, restaurants, and shops adjacent to the city's public marina. [424] The non-profit Community Health Center of Snohomish County operates four medical clinics in Everett, providing services to primarily low-income and uninsured patients. Everett from Mt. [133], Approximately 28 percent of Everett workers are employed at businesses within the city limits, while 15 percent commute to Seattle. [282][283] The Herald launched its online website on January 5, 1997, the monthly Herald Business Journal in 1998,[284] and began publishing a weekly Spanish-language newspaper, La Raza del Noroeste, in April 2006. 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