The Port of Everett suggests that the Collins Building lacks enough value to warrant protection and further investment despite its registration as a historical site. I’m wondering if collectors and sellers of products from our nation’s past have this same point of view.
Would a highly qualified antique shop owner in Snohomish recommend that a one-of-a-kind, limited-edition vase be destroyed, or even broken into bits and then recast into a stepping stone, as a viable memorial to its past or to improve on its future value? Of course not.
The historical and well-built Collins Building is definitely a limited commodity with roots to our wood products/industrial past and worthy of distinction of “valuable antique.” We need to save this building and the past it represents. Please attend the Port of Everett’s public hearing at 6 p.m. Thursday at the former Yacht Club, now the Marine View Conference Center. Learn how to participate in the process to save this building from destruction and hear ideas about other options. Your input will be heard.
Every taxpayer in the port district, which includes parts of Everett, Mukilteo and Marysville, is a stakeholder in this project. You have a right and a say in the future of this incredible structure and its preservation. The North Marina Redevelopment Project is an important investment in Everett’s future and the Collins Building deserves to be included in this project. There are options.
Annie Lyman
Everett
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