My Everett News

Word in from the Port of Everett on movement to bring a new terminal to the former Kimberly-Clark site on the Everett waterfront. This month, the Port of Everett Commission unanimously authorized three significant actions that move the Port’s Mills to Maritime initiative – also known as the Norton Terminal Development & Model Toxics Control […]

It was a controversial tactic that looks to have worked as the Port of Everett today announced a sale agreement with Kimberly-Clark for property on the Everett waterfront. Here’s a press release sent out tonight. Today, the Port of Everett Commission unanimously authorized Port CEO Lisa Lefeber to enter into a Purchase and Sale Agreement […]

Today it was a battle of the press releases as interest at the Kimberly-Clark site on the working waterfront in Everett, Washington heats up. First here’s a press release from a Seattle public relations firm announcing a plan for a partnership to buy the site and invest up to $100 million dollars. A new partnership […]

Word in yesterday from the City of Everett that the Department of Ecology is accepting public comments on a plan for a second cleaning at the site of the former Kimberly-Clark plant on the Everett waterfront. To get a full idea of what is happening here are some links: Click here for the link to […]

Earlier this month we reported on the status of the Kimberly-Clark property on the Everett Waterfront. At that time both the Port of Everett and Kimberly-Clark reported ongoing talks but little progress. This morning we received a press release that a third of the property will be used as a cold storage operation. Here is […]

The former Kimberly-Clark property on the Everett waterfront is likely one of the most valuable pieces of land for sale in the city. Because of major environmental clean up needed it’s also likely the most complicated to buy. The land has been for sale since early 2012 after Kimberly-Clark decided to close their Everett plant. […]

Tonight Port of Everett Commissioners voted unanimously to move forward to acquire the property on the Everett waterfront where the Kimberly-Clark plant once stood. In December of 2011 Kimberly-Clark announced it planned on closing the plant in 2012 after talks with suitors to buy the plant that employed 750 workers failed. In February of 2012 […]

On Monday, the City of Everett filed a lawsuit against Kimberly-Clark for failing to cover the area that formerly contained a pulp mill and paper processing plant with grass or ground cover as provided in its demolition permit. Here’s the information as provided by city spokesperson Meghan Pembroke… The City of Everett today filed a […]