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Issues That Matter

Issues That Matter

"Looking Forward" - the 2019 Forums

  • Monroe Library, April 29 - Disappearing Farmland: Population Growth and Food Supply Sustainability
  • Lynnwood Library, May 14 - Transportation: Getting from Here to There
  • Marysville Library, May 21 - Employment: Working on Future Jobs
  • Edmonds Library, June 3 - Housing and Homelessness: Where will we all live?
  • Oak Harbor Library, June 4 - Housing: Where will we all live?

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:

  1. Environment
  2. Transportation
  3. Employment
  4. 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 (Download presentation)
    • Roland Behee, Manager of Planning for Community Transit (Download presentation)
    • Kyoko Matsumoto Wright, Mountlake Terrace Mayor (Download presentation)
    • Kamuron Gurol, North Corridor Development Director for Sound Transit (Download presentation) 

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 – Koné 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
    • Scott Thompson, Managing Director of Wright's Crossing LLC

About ITM

Sno-Isle Libraries' Issues That Matter forums are meant to encourage community conversations on high-profile topics. These events are free and open to the public. Funding is provided by the Sno-Isle Libraries Foundation.

Past ITM programs

Mental Health Nov. 2017/April 2018

Homelessness Here Jan/Feb 2017

Teen Suicide June/July 2016

Trafficking: Saving our youth from the sex trade, October 2015

21st Century Policing, July 2015

End of Life Health Care: Honoring Choices, January 2015

Health Care, Your Way, October 2014

Drugs in Our Communities, August 2014

Bullying, September 2013

Gun Violence, May 2013

Same-Sex Marriage, September 2012

Marijuana Initative 502, May 2012

Hate Crimes, November 2011

State Income Tax Fall 2010

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