Marysville: State funds low-income housing
Housing Hope has secured $7.4 million in financing from the state Housing Finance Commission to build a 50-unit apartment complex in Marysville.
The Twin Lakes Landing complex on 164th Street Northeast will use modular construction elements to cut costs and include meeting spaces for employment services, life skills classes and other services to help residents get out of poverty.
The financing was part of $67 million approved recently by the commission to build or renovate 457 affordable homes statewide, including five affordable apartment projects in the I-5 corridor between Olympia and Marysville.
The package includes a $1.2 million tax-exempt bond for the Dawson Place Child Advocacy Center in Everett, which will use it to refinance a commercial loan.
Stanwood and Snohomish: Schools compete in national art contest
Art students at two Snohomish County high schools are hoping people will vote for their work in a national art contest.
Students at Stanwood High School and Glacier Peak High School in Snohomish designed shoes as part of a contest sponsored by Vans shoe company. Their works are among the top 50 designs in the country.
People can vote until 5 p.m. Monday for their favorite designs at vans.com/customculture/vote.
One team from each region will be flown to New York City to compete for the national prize, $50,000 for the winning school’s art department.
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