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Everett History
The City of Everett, population 103,500, is the county seat of Snohomish County, Wash. This is the primary community served by Help-U-Sell Puget Sound brokers. There are 100's of Everett real estate properties and Everett homes for sale in the city. Located about 25 miles north of Seattle, Everett is a Pacific-Rim city situated on Port Gardner Bay. Once a mill town built on wood-based industries, today's labor force of more than 80,000 is predominately employed in technology, aerospace and service-based industries. The city government operates with an elected mayor and a seven-member city council. Everett was home to the late U.S. Sen. Henry M. Jackson.
Attractions
Residents and visitors enjoy more than 40 parks, trails, golf courses and open spaces. Summer and winter sports opportunities abound at nearby lakes, rivers and campgrounds, the Cascade and Olympic Mountains, Whidbey and San Juan Islands. Everett is home to the Aqua-Sox baseball team, a Class A minor league team associated with the Seattle Mariners. The Everett Events Center, which seats 8,000 opened September 2003 and is home to the Everett Silvertips of the Western Hockey League and the Everett Hawks an arena football team.
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The Boeing Company (747, 767, 777 wide-bodied aircraft, and the 787- Dreamliner), Naval Station Everett (the Navy's state-of-the-art base with seven ships, including the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln), Providence Everett Medical Center, Verizon (telecommunications), Snohomish County Government, City of Everett, Kimberly-Clark Corp., Intermec (bar code manufacturing), Fluke Corporation (electronic testing equipment), Everett Community College and Everett Mall.
The Everett School District and Mukilteo School District serve the city's K-12 students. Everett Community College, the University of Washington and UW Bothell Branch Campus, Cascadia College, Edmonds Community College, Puget Sound Christian College and ITT Technical Institute provide higher education in the area. University Center at Everett Station offers upper level classes from several state universities.
Interstate 5 is the major north/south highway access. The Everett marina is the second largest marina on the West Coast. Snohomish County Airport at Paine Field has the capacity for a large range of aircraft sizes and types. The Washington State Ferry System operates from Mukilteo, Edmonds and Seattle. Everett Transit, Community Transit and Sound Transit operate extensive bus routes. Amtrak and Burlington Northern provide rail services, and Sound Transit provides commuter light rail service to Edmonds and Seattle. Everett Station, a transportation center near downtown, offers local, cross-country and express buses as well as trains, shuttles, taxis and Park-and-Ride facilities.
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