Seattle Magazine rates Edmonds one of ‘Happy 15′ neighborhoods
From Economic Development and Community Services Director Stephen Clifton: Seattle Magazine in its March issue has rated Edmonds one of “The Happy 15 – The Best Neighborhoods in and around Seattle for living, playing, eating, shopping, drinking and finding your bliss”.
The magazine includes a one-page write up on Edmonds, and shows how it rates compared to other Seattle-area neighborhoods.” “On the Happiness Index, Edmonds is one of two neighborhoods that has a smiley face in every category, i.e., Hill Tops, Walk Score, Open Space, Buses Plus, Culture Hub, Farmer’s Markets and Dog Parks,” Clifton wrote in an email.
The other neighborhood that received all smiley faces? Seattle’s Capitol Hill.
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“Finding your bliss”, is the perfect description!!
Go Edmonds! Cline Jewelers is happy to have moved our store to this great community 2+ years ago.
It’s ALWAYS a Wonderful Day in the Neighborhood!
Yeah and they didn’t even know about some of our secret treasures, The world famous dive park, the great fishing and crabbibg right off shore, a church and a bank on every corner. Ha! we have it all.
Home of Sons of Norway Edmonds Lodge 2-130, International Lodge of the Year in 2011!
Our kids always called it “Deadmonds”, but guess where they have bought a home and plan to raise their kids . .
To quote one of the best parts in the article “…an adorable historic downtown that never fails to charm visiting urbanites into staying a little bit longer.”
City Council please take note and help us keep our charm. You know what you need to do and NOT do.
Hey….If the town of Edmonds was voted as one of the top “15 Happiest Towns”, why are we continually told by certain city council members that we need MORE to be happpy?! More condos…more development….more 5 story high-rises in the very heart of what makes Edmonds so Happy!
Hey Council & Port…We’re good! We’re Happy….as we are! We don’t need any ‘fixing’….we’re good as is! When will you see that?!
Because, Jeanne, in my opinion and in the opinion of most of the people I know who also care about Edmonds, prosperity as well as history makes for “happy”. Things change, and Edmonds will as well. It’s inevitable, and we need to make sure we progress in a positive manner. Staying the same will ultimately serve us poorly. Let’s move forward positively. There are things that need to be fixed, and that’s not bad.
Not so long ago, my late brother-in- law, a very successful preserver of historic buildings in Vienna Austria, a developer if you will, stood at the center of our town, gazed west down Main Street and asked me candidly, “What’s wrong with your town?”
I’m not saying 4 or 5-story buildings are the cure, but I know another nail shop or uninspired mural is not. He was simply observing that our town did not have the vibrancy it should, especially with its magnificent natural setting and clear potential. He noted the 1930s Tulsa architecture and recognized that, as much as we love our town, many of the so-called “butt-ugly” buildings we say we deplore are front and center downtown.
Maybe more cultural attractions are the answer, maybe an active and well-concieved Harbor Square and Salish Crossing are our future…but we’re not yet as good as we can be. Not for the long-term. We need to work together to make our City even better. And perhaps a few extra feet of building height can help us do that. Certainly, open minds won’t hurt.
Developers aren’t inherently evil. In fact, developers built Edmonds in the first place. And they, like we should, ultimately evolve.
And as for the Port, I can assure you that they are working in the best interests of our City. Their mission is to create jobs and economic prosperity, and the Harbor Square concept they put in front of us does just that. The fact that they have created the best waterfront amenities on Puget Sound is a “happy” ( there’s that word again) benefit for all of us. And the Harbor Square concept the Port puts forward is simply an extension of those amenities, complete with the prospect of marsh protection, public gathering places, stormwater control, a nice place to live, and the prospect of a more vibrant Edmonds,
So, let’s all keep an open mind. I expect to live in Edmonds for a long time, and so do my kids. And it’s not all about “no change”. That’s a recipe for disaster, or an epitaph for a City I truly care about..
Change will come. Embrace it, but make sure it serves us all.
And as for “certain city council members”, there’s a flip-side to the message. Preserving the status quo will ultimately serve no one. Most of us get that.