I noticed a classic older building in downtown Everett the other day. The building doesn’t look bad at all, but it’s completely vacant; not even the storefront spaces are occupied.
These are things that capture my attention.
I’m pulling a blog post together about this particular property, as it’s pretty interesting. Well, to me, at least.
Buildings and the politics around them fascinate me.
With this, Everett has begun to intrigue me. There are some very lovely structures and neighborhoods, with some significant regional history. With these sorts of buildings, a thriving arts scene and solid proximity to Seattle, we have some amazing potential up here.
Around 35 miles north of Seattle, with access to the Sounder Trains and buses, along with Snohomish County’s CT bus fleet, centering from the Everett Station, accessing Seattle is pretty easy and convenient. The Eastside is a little less easy, but not too much so. Microsoft’s Connector buses make their way up here (Snohomish and Mill Creek…maybe with enough lobbying, the Everett station can get a stop, too), and there’s Sounder and CT buses that head to Microsoft’s Commons and the Overlake Station, and downtown Bellevue. Within a few years, and the lightrail system gets fully launched, Everett’s interconnection with the greater Seattle economy will be solidified.
Everett does have a lot to offer, and the way the region’s developing, it will be far more interconnected and accessible to the rest of the region soon.
There’s a lot of opportunity for the forward thinking folks.
