One Eighty/Leisure Care hosted the eighth annual Pajama Drive Dec. 1 to benefit Treehouse Wearhouse.
One Eighty and Leisure Care retirement communities throughout the Puget Sound, including Lynnwood’s Fairwinds-Brighton Court, collected over 1,000 pajamas and over $2,000 in donations.
All donated pajamas were inventoried by volunteers from One Eighty, Treehouse and Leisure Care’s Fairwinds-Brighton Court during the Pajama Drive at the Treehouse Wearhouse, the free store where the 5,000-plus foster kids served by Treehouse can shop for much-needed items including clothing, school supplies, books, toys and more.
Transit budget includes Lynnwood project
Sound Transit’s recently adopted 2012 budget includes continuing the environmental studies to expand light rail from Northgate to Lynnwood along the I-5 corridor.
Analysis estimates the line will carry 52,000 riders a day by 2030 and take about 14 minutes to travel between Lynnwood and Northgate.
Construction is scheduled to begin in 2018 and open for service in late 2023. The project is estimated to cost between $1.4 billion and $1.6 billion.
For more information, go to www.soundtransit.org/nctp.
BUSINESS NEWS
• Whole Foods Market is gearing up to open its Lynnwood location mid-March 2012, which will bring more than 140 jobs to South County. A posting of full- and part-time positions are now at the Whole Foods Market website, www.wholefoodsmarket.com, in the careers tab.
• A new Key Bank location is planned for the corner of Edmonds Way and Ninth/100th Avenue. A Shell Station is currently at the site.
• Premier Orthopedic has broken ground on its new site on 72nd Street in Edmonds, just west of McDonald’s.
• Panera Bread will open its new bakery-cafe location 6 a.m. Dec. 22 at its Edmonds location, 7929 244th St. SW. The Edmonds location also has drive-through service.
COMMUNITY NEWS
MLT pet license renewals
Pet owners in Mountlake Terrace need to renew pet licenses. Current tags expire Dec. 31.
To renew licenses, go to the Police Department, 5906 232nd St. SW, for the new reusable license tags.
Fees are $30 for unaltered pets, $15 for altered pets and a senior citizen rate of $7.50 for altered pets only.
For details, call 425-670-8260.
City earns sustainable status
The city of Mountlake Terrace has received certification as a Preferred Sustainability Status Community from the Puget Sound Regional Council and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The certification states that Mountlake Terrace has adopted policies and planned activities that meet the goals of HUD’s Livability Principles and particularly points to the city’s proposed Town Center Revitalization efforts.
The city is studying the concept for an Energy Conservation District in the Town Center and how it may fit into a transportation project that would revitalize “Main Street,” 56th Avenue through downtown.
Plans are also under way to create a bicycle/pedestrian trail along Lakeview Drive that would connect the Interurban trail to the city’s transit center.
Health district nurse Gayle Lanier honored
Public health nurse Gayle Lanier of Snohomish Health District has recently received the state’s March of Dimes Leadership Award.
She was particularly cited for her work in public health immunization and her leadership, collaborating with the Centers for Disease Control to bring a two-day CDC course to the Pacific Northwest for the first time.
Lanier joined the Health District in 2005 to work as a public health nurse in immunization outreach with the community.
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