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Issues that Matter
Issues That Matter
"Looking Ahead" - the 2019 Forums
Population increases are affecting aspects of living across the Puget Sound region, even in areas not directly impacted, but feeling the ripple effects of growth in counties and cities that are miles away.
Sno-Isle Libraries is convening five community discussions that will focus on four broad themes related to growth:
- Environment
- Transportation
- Employment
- Housing
The goal of these discussions is to help communities look ahead to the potential solutions to the impacts of growth that are here now and coming in the future.
Accommodations for people with disabilities are available on request. Please contact the library in the community where the forum is being held in advance of the event
Disappearing Farmland: Population Growth and Food Supply Sustainability
- April 29, 6:30-8 p.m.
- Monroe Library
- Facilitator:
- Linda Neunzig, Snohomish County Agriculture Coordinator
- Panelists:
- Sam Low, Snohomish County Council Member
- Nick Bratton, Forterra
- Robin Fay, PCC Farmland Trust
- Bobbi Lindemulder, Snohomish County Conservation District
- Neil Subhash, Present Tense farm
- Leah Werkhoven, Werkhoven dairy
Transportation: Getting from Here to There
- May 14, 6:30-8 p.m.
- Lynnwood Library
- Facilitator:
- Teresa Wippel, Founder and Publisher of My Edmonds News
- Panelists:
- David Kleitsch, Director of Economic Development for the City of Lynnwood
- Roland Behee, Manager of Planning for Community Transit
- Kyoko Matsumoto Wright, Mountlake Terrace Mayor
- Sound Transit representative
Employment: Working on Future Jobs
- May 21, 6:30-8 p.m.
- Marysville Library
- Facilitator:
- Jon Nehring, Mayor of Marysville
- Panelists:
- Barb Tolbert, Mayor of Arlington
- Nate Nehring, Snohomish County Council Member
- Herman Calzadillas, Employment Solutions Manager at EvCC
Housing and Homelessness: Where will we all live?
- June 3, 6:30-8 p.m.
- Edmonds Library, Plaza Room
- Facilitator:
- Teresa Wippel, Founder and Publisher of My Edmonds News
- Panelists:
- Mindy Woods, Formerly Homeless Advocate
- Karin Ellis, Consultant – Kone' Consulting
- Aaron Holm, Co-CEO – Blokable
Housing: Where will we all live?
- June 4, 6:30-8 p.m.
- Oak Harbor Library
- Facilitator:
- Christine Cribb, Executive Director of Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce
- Panelists:
- Steve Powers, Development Services Director, City of Oak Harbor
- Robin Amadon, Housing Development Director, Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI)
- Joanne Pelant, Housing Resource Coordinator, Island County
- Meredith Penny, Long Range Planner at Island County Planning & Community Development
Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library.
The only entrance requirement is interest.
The only entrance requirement is interest.
