Meet Everett, The Can-Do City
How the best little PNW city you’ve never heard of is embracing its history and investing in the future.
A beloved family business survives the pandemic by evolving its approach to incorporate plant-based food for an urban clientele. A food co-op invests in the health and future of its community by reclaiming a historic building and giving back to local farmers.
Everett is the Can-Do city. Historically a gritty mill town, this urban hub is home to artists, small businesses, and forward-thinkers of all kinds. Small enough to easily navigate, yet big enough to foster culture. And there’s plenty of the grit and hustle left over from lumber mill days.
Learn why small businesses and entrepreneurs thrive in Downtown Everett, WA (and why you should definitely visit this hidden PNW treasure).
PUBLIC MARKET BUILDING
Rethinking the future of Everett.
There is something magical about old Everett architecture. This mill town produced in its heyday the most durable buildings of simple and elegant form, constructed from quality materials. Increasingly, these buildings and storefronts are occupied by small business owners and restauranteurs reclaiming historic urban spaces.
The businesses featured here prove that historic infrastructure can provide a more than suitable aesthetic home for burgeoning ventures and startups.
SISTERS RESTAURANT
This beloved family-owned Everett diner almost closed forever during the pandemic. Then it was saved by the grandson of the original owner and bounced back with a fresh new vision for plant-based foods and quality espresso.
Read the full story The Sisters Restaurant Reinvents Itself.
THE SNO-ISLE FOODS CO-OP
If you love food, I mean if you truly care about food and all the systemic responsibility that it encapsulates and entails – the politics, economy, ecology, and sociology of what we eat and why – you need to experience the Sno-Isle Food Co-op in Everett.
Read the full story Meet the Sno-Isle Foods Co-Op, Snohomish County's First B Corp.
MORE TO DISCOVER IN EVERETT
Where modern cityscape meets the Salish Sea.
2,300 boat slips, 40 parks, 6 downtown coffee shops, 5 live music venues, 1 secret island.
Sitting on the shores of Port Gardner Bay, gazing across Puget Sound at the Olympic Mountains, Everett offers the signature blend of culture and nature that the Pacific Northwest is famous for and is a rich landscape of choices.
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Get insights on the best excursions and unique experiences, standout small businesses, how to Everett like a local, adventure ideas, and much, much more by checking out these great reads.
WHAT NOW?
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