Editor’s Update 3:10 PM, In response to our inquiry MyEverettNews.com received the following statement from Kris Rietmann Abrudan, Communications Director with the Washington State Department of Transportation: Thanks for reaching out. WSDOT has this statement to share for today: WSDOT is in receipt of the letter from the City of Everett and Snohomish County and […]
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Everett Mayor Calls Out WSDOT For Bringing Unhoused People From Outside Everett And Putting Them In Motels Here
Unsheltered Persons In Everett And Snohomish County Won’t Be Counted This Year
January 9, 2021
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Snohomish County has announced that a major portion of the annual Point In Time Count that tries to determine the number of people living on the streets of our community will not be held this year due to COVID-19 concerns. Here’s the explanation sent out Friday from Snohomish County Human Services. The annual Point-In-Time Homeless […]
UPDATE: VOA Downtown Now Only Site Currently Being Studied For Expanded Shelter Site
November 5, 2020
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Editor’s Update 2:00 PM Friday 11/6/2020: It seems our article has stirred up some changes and clarifications. The former Sears store on Everett Mall Way is officially not under consideration as a shelter location. This morning we spoke by email with Ray Chavez, the General Manager of the Everett Mall. At 12:10 PM they responded […]
Everett Considering 20 “Pallet Shelters” For Those Experiencing Homelessness
November 3, 2020
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At their Wednesday night meeting members of the Everett City Council will get a briefing on a plan to spend a grant of $735,139.00 to begin a pilot shelter program for up to 20 reusable shelters made by Pallet. Here is a brief description from Snohomish County who is administering the grant. Everett is proposing […]
Camp For Those Experiencing Homelessness Pops Up On Rucker
July 7, 2020
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On Sunday a privately owned lot in the 3200 block of Rucker filled with tents housing people experiencing homelessness. Many of the people now in tents on the private lot had been staying on Snohomish County property in downtown Everett next to the County Administration building. MyEverettNews.com received multiple inquiries about the encampment and found […]
Community Progress Update On Everett Homelessness Issues Set For Tuesday
September 22, 2019
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If you think there has been progress in the issue of homelessness in Everett, Washington or if you are not sure, there is an event you may want to attend Tuesday night to get more information from those working on the front lines. Hearing about and celebrating Everett’s progress in housing our homeless neighbors will […]
November 4, 2022
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