Around the County
Published 1:28 pm Monday, December 13, 2010
Everett: Housing Hope gets $50K Boeing grant
Housing Hope, a local affordable housing and services agency, has received $50,000 grant from the Boeing Co. Charitable Trust. The grant will launch Housing Hope’s HopeWorks. The program’s goal is to create training and employment opportunities for Housing Hope residents and other low-income families in Snohomish County.
Lynnwood: Survey seeks city’s identity
What makes Lynnwood special? That’s one of the questions city leaders hope to answer in 2010 as the city crafts a brand to aid in its marketing efforts.
Lynnwood residents can help the city define its brand by completing a survey, available at the city’s branding-project Web site, www.brandlynnwood.com, and on the city’s Web site, www.ci.lynnwood.wa.us. Surveys are also available at City Hall, 19100 44th Ave. W.; the Lynnwood Senior Center, 5800 198th Ave. W.; and the Lynnwood Library, 19200 44th Ave. W.
Consultant North Star Destination Strategies is working with the city to develop a community brand identity.
Monroe: Las Posadas celebrates Christmas
All are invited to the city’s third annual celebration of Las Posadas, a Latin-American celebration that takes place in the days before Christmas.
The free event will take place from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the Frank Wagner Elementary School Commons Area, 115 Dickinson Road.
Festivities will include folk dances, Christmas music, traditional food and hot chocolate.
Las Posadas translates to “The Inns.” The celebration marks the search, as told in the Bible, by Joseph and Mary to find a place to stay before the birth of Jesus.
More info: 360-794-0566 or 360-863-4559.
Mukilteo: Holiday event at flight museum
The public is invited to a holiday open house from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Future of Flight Museum, 8415 Paine Field Blvd. Snacks and refreshments will be served.
More info: 425-438-8100.
Stanwood: Work set along Highway 532
Crews working on improvements to Highway 532 from I-5 to Camano Island plan several projects this week.
Tonight, traffic on the highway at 52nd Avenue NW will be alternated while a guardrail is removed.
Today through Thursday morning, all lanes of Hanstad Road at near the highway are scheduled to be closed overnight for lighting installation.
Tuesday night through Thursday morning, storm drain work on the highway between Hiechal Road and Foxtrot Road could delay traffic.
On Friday, traffic on the Gen. Mark Clark Bridge is set to be alternated and could be delayed from 9 p.m. to 8 a.m. Saturday for ground improvements near the roadway.
