North Sound

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Sound Transit Braces for Overcrowding As It Launches Lynnwood Link in 2024

The full opening of East Link will bring a reprieve, but overcrowding issues could resume with Federal Way Link. With approximately one year until Sound...

Everett Turns a Corner with Madison Street Bike Lanes

The project is a big step for Snohomish County's largest city, which has been slow to expand safe bike and pedestrian infrastructure. This spring, city...

Susan Paine Charts Her Own Path on Edmonds City Council

Often a lone voice for housing, Paine makes a pitch for another council term. In December when the Edmonds City Council pushed back on the...

Lynnwood Avoids Defunding Transportation Department with Mayoral Veto and Failed Override

By close vote Monday, the Lynnwood City Council failed to override Mayor Christine Frizzell's veto of a bill repealing a $40 car tab fee,...

Lynnwood Votes to Streamline Additional Housing in City Center, Avoiding Reactionary Backslide

On Monday night, the Lynnwood City Council voted to continue permitting new housing units and office space in its City Center neighborhood, immediately adjacent...

Lynnwood Considers Toothless Complete Streets Ordinance

A relative flood of new grant opportunities for tribes, cities, towns and counties is on its way as a result of the passage of...

Is Lynnwood Headed for a Housing Backlash?

Sound Transit plans to open Lynnwood Link in 2024, but the Lynnwood City Council is already signaling some hesitancy about transit-oriented development near the...
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Lynnwood’s City Center: Transforming Strip Malls into a Dense Urban Neighborhood

Like many suburban American cities that saw major growth in the second half of the 20th century, Lynnwood lacks a defined central commercial area....