Lynnwood, Washington "Lynnwood"
Lynnwood, Washington Official logo of Lynnwood, Washington Location of Lynnwood, Washington Location of Lynnwood, Washington Lynnwood is a town/city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States.
The town/city is part of the Seattle urbane region and is positioned 16 miles (26 km) north of Seattle and 13 miles (21 km) south of Everett, near the junction of Interstate 5 and Interstate 405.
It is the fourth-largest town/city in Snohomish County, with a populace of 36,485 in the 2010 U.S.
Lynnwood is considered suburban in nature and acts as a bedroom improve for job centers in Seattle, Everett and Bellevue.
The town/city also has a improve college, a meeting hall, and a primary transit center, positioned in the developing town/city center.
Prior to contact with American settlers, the Snohomish tribe of Native Americans used the region of modern-day Lynnwood for summertime activities, including hunting, fishing, berry gathering, and root cultivation.
Brown's Bay, part of Puget Sound, and modern-day Meadowdale were surveyed by American loggers in 1859. Logging on Brown's Bay began in 1860, and the first American pioneer appeared in the 1880s. Scottish-born stonemason Duncan Hunter became the area's first non-Indian resident in 1889, filing an 80-acre (32 ha) territory claim on modern-day 36th Avenue Southwest after moving west from Wisconsin. The claim was inherited by Hunter's son Basil, who lived on the property until his death in 1982; it was later turned into the city's Pioneer Park in the late 1980s. Lynnwood was officially incorporated on April 23, 1959, from a larger unincorporated region called Alderwood Manor.
The name "Lynnwood" comes from a developer from Seattle who prepared to build something at Highway 99 and Alderwood Road (now 196th ST SW).
Many other stores around took the name Lynnwood and were known as the Lynnwood Business District.
The initial center of the incorporated town/city was the intersection of State Route 99 (Highway 99) and State Route 524 (196th Street SW).
At that time, the town/city zoned the region East of 48th W, south of 194th SW, and west of the new motorway for commercial development, and the current town/city center region was born, with the assembly of the Fred Meyer store, a new hotel called the Landmark (now La Quinta Inns & Suites) on 200th and 44th, and other commercial developments.
Highway 99 and 196th ST SW, one of the busiest intersections in Lynnwood.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city of Lynnwood has a total region of 7.86 square miles (20.36 km2), of which 7.84 square miles (20.31 km2) is territory and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km2) is water. The town/city is in the southwestern part of Snohomish County in Western Washington, and is considered part of the Seattle urbane area. It is at the junction of Interstate 5 and Interstate 405, roughly 16 miles (26 km) north of Seattle, 19 miles (31 km) northwest of Bellevue, and 13 miles (21 km) south of Everett. Lynnwood's town/city limits are approximately defined to south by Mountlake Terrace at 212th Street Southwest and the Interurban Trail; to the west by Edmonds along 76th Avenue West and Olympic View Drive; to the north by the unincorporated Picnic Point-North Lynnwood area, near 164th Street Southwest; and to the east and south by the unincorporated Alderwood Manor, along State Route 525 and Interstate 5. The city's urban expansion area (UGA) contains Alderwood Manor and part of North Lynnwood, extending east to Locust Way and Mill Creek, and north to the Mukilteo UGA at 148th Street Southwest.:1.5 Lynnwood is situated 300 to 600 feet (91 to 183 m) on a plateau above Puget Sound, which lies to the city's west, and comprises of a several hills and valleys.:9.1 The town/city has 18 identified drainage basins, most of which drain into Swamp Creek or Puget Sound via Lund's Gulch.:9.6 Other natural features inside Lynnwood include Scriber Lake and Hall Lake.
Alderwood is a county-wide shopping mall in Lynnwood.
The Lynnwood Convention Center opened in 2005 on 196th St SW.
With 34,000 square feet of flexible meeting space, the Lynnwood Convention Center can accommodate groups from 20 to 2,500.
As of 2015, Lynnwood has an estimated 19,095 inhabitants who were in the workforce, either working or unemployed. Lynnwood is also a primary job center for Snohomish County, with roughly 24,767 jobs in 2012, but only 7 percent of workers in Lynnwood live inside the town/city limits.
Lynnwood inhabitants commute to other county-wide job centers, including Downtown Seattle, the Boeing Everett Factory, and Downtown Bellevue.:21 22 In the city, the age distribution of the populace shows 24.4% under the age of 18, 10.4% from 18 to 24, 32.1% from 25 to 44, 21.3% from 45 to 64, and 11.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
Lynnwood has one of the highest concentrations of crime in Washington State.
Lynnwood has a property crime rate of 56.51 per 1000 residents, more than 3 times the National average of 18.37.
Lynnwood also has high rates of burglary, approximately 50% higher than the nationwide average. According to the Lynnwood Police Department, in 2014, a felony was committed every 3 hours, a theft occurred roughly every 4 hours, and a vehicular theft was announced approximately every 2 days.
The Lynnwood Police Department has also announced a 33% year-over-year increase in drug-related arrests between 2013 and 2014.
Lynnwood is defined as a non-charter code town/city and operates under a mayor council government, with a full-time mayor and town/city council voted for by residents. The mayor serves a four-year term, with no term limits, and is joined in the Executive Department by an Executive Assistant and Assistant City Administrator. The current mayor of Lynnwood is Nicola Smith, the former dean of Edmonds Community College, who was voted for in 2013. The Lynnwood town/city council is composed of seven inhabitants who are voted for in at-large, non-partisan elections to four-year terms that are staggered every two years.
The council also appoints a town/city manager to oversee town/city operations. The council meets twice per month on Mondays in a chamber at Lynnwood's town/city hall. According to the Washington State Auditor, Lynnwood's municipal government employs 373 citizens full-time and operates on a biennial budget of $197.5 million. The municipal government provides emergency services, water and sewage utilities, street maintenance, parks and recreation, and the municipal court and jail. At the federal level, Lynnwood has part of Washington's 2nd congressional precinct since 2012, represented by Democrat Rick Larsen. Prior to the 2012 redistricting in Washington, Lynnwood was part of the 1st congressional district, represented by Jay Inslee. At the state level, the town/city has part of the 32nd legislative precinct since 2012, and is represented by senator Maralyn Chase, and delegates Cindy Ryu and Ruth Kagi. Lynnwood is wholly part of the Snohomish County Council's 3rd district, represented by former Lynnwood town/city councilwoman Stephanie Wright since her appointment in 2010. Public schools in Lynnwood are directed by the Edmonds School District, which also serves the metros/cities of Edmonds, Mountlake Terrace, and Woodway. The precinct had an enrollment of roughly 20,847 pupils in 2014 and has 41 schools, of which 16 are positioned in or around Lynnwood. The Edmonds School District has three high schools positioned in the Lynnwood area: Lynnwood High School, Meadowdale High School, and Scriber Lake High School. It enrolls an average of 11,100 pupils per quarter. Central Washington University offers four-year bachelor's degrees in select programs at its Lynnwood campus, which it has shared with Edmonds Community College since 1975. Lynnwood also has a several private schools, both theological and secular, including The Soundview School, St, Thomas More Parish, and the Brighton School. The town/city of Lynnwood has over 350 acres (140 ha) of parks and open space and 14 miles (23 km) of recreational trails. Lynnwood Neighborhood Park South Lynnwood Park Lynnwood Athletic Complex (Closed in 2009 at the same time Lynnwood High School Moved to North Road Location) Wilcox Park, also known as "Flag Park", Lynnwood's first park assembled on the former Wilcox homestead.
Heritage Park, shows historic buildings of the Lynnwood, Washington region formerly called Alderwood Manor.
Mesika Trail, trail runs along west border of Lynnwood Civic Center campus.
Scriber Creek Trail, trail runs along Scriber Creek wetlands near Lynnwood Transit Center.
From 1958 to 2012, Lynnwood and southern Snohomish County were served by a weekly newspaper, The Enterprise.
The journal was acquired by The Everett Herald in 1996 and retitled to The Weekly Herald in 2011. The Herald also presented a South County edition, titled the Western Sun, from Lynnwood in the 1980s. Lynnwood is also part of the Seattle Tacoma media market, and is served by Seattle-based media outlets including The Seattle Times; broadcast tv stations KOMO-TV, KING-TV, KIRO-TV, and KCPQ-TV; and various airways broadcasts. Lynnwood opened its municipal library in 1971, contracting services to the county-wide Sno-Isle Libraries district. The library is the most-visited in the system, which serves most of Snohomish and Island counties, with 504,000 annual visits as of 2012. Lynnwood inhabitants voted in 2006 to be took in into the Sno-Isle Libraries district, also approving an expansion and modernization that took place in 2013. Lynnwood has one property listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP): Keeler's Korner, an automobile service station assembled in 1927 on Highway 99 at 164th Street Southwest. Notable citizens from Lynnwood include: Lynnwood is positioned at the northern junction of Interstate 5 and Interstate 405, the two major north south motorways in the Seattle urbane area.:17 Interstate 5 continues south to Downtown Seattle, and north to Everett and Vancouver, British Columbia; Interstate 405 continues south to Bellevue and the Eastside, and north to Mukilteo as State Route 525.
Lynnwood has two extra state highways: State Route 99, running north to Everett and south to Seattle; and State Route 524, connecting to Edmonds in the west as 196th Street Southwest. Public transit in Lynnwood is provided by Community Transit, which serves most of Snohomish County, and Sound Transit, the county-wide fitness serving the entire urbane area.
Most bus service in Lynnwood is concentrated at hubs, including the Lynnwood Transit Center, Ash Way Park and Ride, and Edmonds Community College.
Community Transit operates small-town routes, including Swift bus rapid transit on State Route 99, and peak-only commuter service to Downtown Seattle and the University of Washington. Sound Transit operates all-day express service from Lynnwood Transit Center and Ash Way Park and Ride to Downtown Seattle and Downtown Bellevue. In 2023, Sound Transit will begin operating Link light rail service to Lynnwood Transit Center, connecting it to Downtown Seattle and the Bellevue Redmond area.
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