My Everett News

In front of a packed house Tuesday evening the Port of Everett Commissioners voted unanimously to condemn the property along the Everett Waterfront where the Kimberly-Clark plane once stood. That move blocks the sale of the property by Kimberly-Clark to a maritime partnership that wanted to use the property for cold storage, fish processing, fleet […]

The people who want to bring FOSS Maritime operations to Everett have hired Jim Langus to oversee their due diligence efforts in researching the Kimberly-Clark site. Here’s the announcement released today by Emily Reiter from Saltchuk: Jim Langus has been named Project Leader for Saltchuk’s due diligence efforts as the company evaluates the Kimberly-Clark property […]

With Brenda Stonecipher casting the lone no vote, the Everett City Council voted 6-1 to accept the Everett Planning Commission’s recommendation that the Kimberly-Clark property stay an industrial site. The so-called prefered alternative 4 allows for both water dependent and non-water dependent uses at the site. It’s been a long process since Kimberly-Clark first announced […]

In the long-term the Port of Everett may purchase the former Kimberly-Clark property to expand its shipping and maritime industrial uses. For right now though the Port of Everett is asking the City of Everett to keep the current zoning on the property and not allow recreational, retail or other changes to the zoning code […]

The failed re-development of the Everett Marina, Kimberly-Clark closing and demolishing the plant, an extended rail spur on the south end. Given what’s happened in the recent past, the Mayor and Everett City Council want to know what Everett citizens would like to see in the future on Everett’s Central Waterfront. A special meeting of […]

The Everett City Council Wednesday night declared an emergency and passed an emergency ordinance establishing a six month moratorium on issuing building permits in the area surrounding the Kimberly-Clark plant on the Everett waterfront. The ordinance states in part… “Because of the site’s unique nature, it is a critical economic engine for North Everett, downtown […]