Everett: New board members at art center
The Schack Art Center has appointed four volunteers to its board.
The new members are Elizabeth Geiger Lund, a Mukilteo artist; Lloyd Weller, a faculty member from Everett Community College; Rachel Woods, an employee at the University of Washington’s Medicine Advancement; and Marita Zyskowski, a Boeing employee from Mill Creek.
The four join a 16-member board that leads the nonprofit Schack Art Center, 2921 Hoyt Ave.
EvCC center temporarily moving
Everett Community College’s Corporate &Continuing Education Center will move to 9930 Evergreen Way in January while its office at 2333 Seaway Blvd. undergoes a renovation.
The temporary location is about three miles away from the Center’s current home. The center will move back to its Seaway Boulevard location in September.
When the remodel is complete, the center will have 12 classrooms with new technology, four technology classrooms with high-speed Internet, one large meeting room for up to 100 people, a conference room and a student gathering space and lounge.
The center provides professional development and career training for more than 10,000 individuals each year. Courses also can be customized and delivered on-site for employers throughout Snohomish County and the Northwest.
More info: www.everettcc.edu/ccec, 425-267-0150 or email learn@everettcc.edu.
Human need grant applications available
Non-profits may apply to receive money set aside by the city for human services.
The city sets aside around $300,000 to give to organizations rendering services to people who need help in Everett.
Applications are available at the city website at http://tinyurl.com/HumanNeeds.
The due date for those applications is 5 p.m. Dec. 8.
More info: Jan Meston, 425-257-7164
City Council approves property tax hike
The Everett City Council unanimously passed a 1 percent property tax increase that would amount to about $2 more than last year for a home assessed at $250,000, bringing the city an extra $322,000 next year.
That 6-0 vote came a week after the proposal sparked a 45-minute debate on whether voters could afford even a slight increase. The vote also came a day after the election.
The 1 percent increase applies to the total $32 million amount collected, not the amount of each property owner’s tax bill.
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