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The public is invited to comment on Snohomish County draft housing and community development plans during a meeting on Wednesday, April 23.
The Snohomish County Consortia have partnered with Snohomish County and local cities and towns in the county for receiving federal funds under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) programs.
The Draft 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan & 2025 Annual Action Plan provides a framework to guide the funds investment to address local priority housing and community development needs that primarily benefit low- and moderate-income people in the county. Snohomish County collaborated on the plan with the City of Everett and the City of Marysville, each receiving and administering CDBG funds for their own cities and participating in the HOME Consortium.
The Draft 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan includes an executive summary, a summary of the consultation and citizen participation process conducted during development of the plan, a needs assessment, a market analysis and a strategic plan that identifies priority needs in the community. They summary also sets five-year goals for the investment of CDBG, HOME and ESG funds to help meet these needs. The plan covers July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2030.
The Draft 2025 Annual Action Plan includes the Consortia’s CDBG, HOME and ESG spending plan for the 2025 program year, which runs from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. It includes descriptions and funding awards for specific activities that will help achieve the five-year goals and actions anticipated to be undertaken under the additional strategies.
The virtual public hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. Wednesday, April 23.
Where: Join Zoom meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82517239364?pwd=oUBWZCzmbIFXRu2HOBgafDsFlOpbbj.1
Call-in #: 1-253-205-0468
Meeting ID: 825 1723 9364
Passcode: 509407
To access the Draft 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan & 2025 Annual Action Plan, visit the county website.
Written comments are welcomed and will be accepted until 4 p.m. on May 8. Email Debra May via email at debra.may@snoco.org, or mail to: Snohomish County Human Services Department, Housing & Community Services Division — M/S 305, 3000 Rockefeller Ave, Everett, WA 98201.
The Snohomish County Consortia is a partnership between Snohomish County and its cities and towns — formed through interlocal agreements — to coordinate and manage affordable housing initiatives and funding.
For more information, to request a reasonable accommodation, or to request a foreign language interpreter, contact Debra May, Human Services Department at 425-388-3264 or at debra.may@snoco.org.
The plan to change the properties in the 98026 zip code from Edmonds to Lynnwood is wrong on every sense of the word. We do not want to live in Lynnwood- we chose when buying our homes to live in Edmonds. Our property values will decrease but it means so much more to us than that. We love Edmonds and want to stay a part of that community. We DO NOT want to be attached to Lynnwood- it does not represent our community. You need to do what’s right for us and not what gives you more money! You need to think about people before money! I implore you to do what the people want you to do with their own property, who you are supposed to be representing.
Barbara, can you elaborate on that plan? I have not yet read the documents that are linked in this article. Maybe you have done that already. Are you letting us know that the post office is planning on changing the name of the City that they use for zip code 98026? Today, there are several neighborhoods outside the Edmonds city limits that have a postal address of ‘Edmonds’. The ones I am familiar with are in unincorporated areas. So the PO has to give them some ‘city’ name. There is the Esperance neighborhood which is the donut hole in the middle of South Edmonds. And there is the neighborhood to the north of the City limits, that is south of Mukilteo. Thanks for any additional info you can provide.