I came to an Open Mic in Everett at Journey Church. They are talking of having this as an ongoing event. We met up with friends there we had not seen in many years, and others who live near Everett.
I used to find myself in Everett a lot 15 years ago and I have seen a change in this city. It has always been a nice place, but kind of depressed before.
Everett sure has changed since. It is very clean, the people are very friendly and there are many new buildings and businesses. The architecture is beautiful and I have always liked the historical buildings there, as well, being a photographer.
No one up there was rude. Even the people coming out of the hockey game were not rude and no one was walking across on red traffic lights as they would in Seattle or here in Tacoma.
Everett has always been a quiet place from what I remembered, and it still has not lost that home-like feeling. Parking downtown we did not have a feeling we needed to worry about people doing something to our car, for the whole place felt good and at peace with itself.
Everett has really changed. The Journey Church said it is due to the government working hard to lift up the spirits of Everett. It seems to have gotten over any depression I remember, and in a very uplifting way.
May this encourage all who work so hard to make a difference there.
God Bless you all in the city of Everett.
Charles R. Batchelor
Tacoma
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