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Attention Food Service Businesses! - New ordinances take effect January 1, 2020
Reminder: New food service ordinances take effect January 1, 2020. Ordinance #4145 adopts a city-wide ban on use of noncompostable single use plastic utensils by food service businesses. Ordinance #4139 adopts a ban on the use of non-compostable food service containers by food service businesses wtihin the City of Edmonds. For more information, click here.
Edmonds Sister City Commission Recruiting Chaperones for the 2020 Student Exchange
Chaperones to lead a group of 10 local students ages 14-18 on this two week exchange
(Edmonds – WA) Every summer students from the Edmonds area visit our Sister City of Hekinan, Japan for a two week stay. Edmonds Sister City Commission is accepting applications for educators interested in co-leading this trip during the last two weeks of July 2020. Chaperones stay with a host family in Hekinan and travel costs are paid by the Commission. This program has organized exchanges between the two Sister Cities for over 500 middle and high school aged students. Press Release | Application
(Edmonds – WA) Every summer students from the Edmonds area visit our Sister City of Hekinan, Japan for a two week stay. Edmonds Sister City Commission is accepting applications for educators interested in co-leading this trip during the last two weeks of July 2020. Chaperones stay with a host family in Hekinan and travel costs are paid by the Commission. This program has organized exchanges between the two Sister Cities for over 500 middle and high school aged students. Press Release | Application Edmonds Sells Civic Park Bonds at Favorable Rate
Interest cost to City lower than expected
(Edmonds, WA) – On the heels of last week’s Standard & Poor’s award of its highest, “AAA” credit rating to the City of Edmonds, today’s sale of bonds for the development of Civic Park exceeded expectations, with a favorably low interest cost offered by the winning firm, Raymond James & Associates. read more
(Edmonds, WA) – On the heels of last week’s Standard & Poor’s award of its highest, “AAA” credit rating to the City of Edmonds, today’s sale of bonds for the development of Civic Park exceeded expectations, with a favorably low interest cost offered by the winning firm, Raymond James & Associates. read more
Downtown Edmonds Holiday Market Returns for 2019
The Downtown Edmonds Holiday Market returns for a fifth season. Starts Saturday, November 9, 2019. For more information click here.
Downtown Edmonds Holiday Market Returns for 2019
The Downtown Edmonds Holiday Market returns for a fifth season. Starts Saturday, November 9, 2019. For more information click here.
S&P Global Ratings assigned its AAA rating to Edmonds
Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings assigned its coveted “AAA” long-term rating to the City of Edmonds, a first in the City’s history. The international credit-ratings firm declared their outlook as “stable” for the Edmonds financial picture in assigning its triple-A rating for series 2019 limited tax general obligation bonds. Read the Full Report Here "I Am Edmonds" Storytelling Capstone Event
"I Am Edmonds" storytelling project capstone event, Saturday, November 2, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. in the Edmonds Library Plaza Room. For more information click here.
PUD Awards City with $62,545 for Energy Saving Success
Edmonds waste water treatment plant saving ratepayers $200,000 annually
(Edmonds, WA) – A multi-year energy savings effort at the City’s Waste Water Treatment Plant in partnership with Snohomish County PUD and the State Department of Enterprise Systems (DES) is paying off for Edmonds ratepayers – to the tune of $62,542 for recent upgrades to the facility’s solids handling equipment, and totaling $250,000 for all energy savings projects since 2012. At this week’s council meeting, SnoPUD presented Edmonds Mayor Dave Earling and City Council Members with a check for their most recent efforts. read more
Diversity Commission Seeks Two Members
Diversity Commission seeks new members to fill two open positions for three-year terms. For more information click here.
Update on Edmonds ~ Fall 2019
