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LOCAL NEWS
Church Calendar available in Everett
Inspired by this year's 100th anniversary of the First Presbyterian Church, the theme for the historic church calendar has also grown into plans for a churches open house day for summer 2010. The collectable calendar is full of local history.
Thanks to Kristi O'Harran for the great piece in the Herald about Historic Everett's 2010 Calendar.
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Heritage Turkeys of the Year
Awards for the worst setbacks in Northwest historic preservation for 2009
By Knute Berger, December 29, 2009
Background: While the future of Boeing in the region is being debated, so too is a building which is the last vestige of the economy that helped to found the pre-aerospace city of Everett, WA, a burg once known as "the city of smokestacks." It is the Collins Building...
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Port's Good Faith Contradicted in Memo
OCT. 2009, EVERETT, WA- The Port of Everett’s development partner, Maritime Trust, proposed budgeting tens of thousands of dollars for a public relations strategy that would remove the Collins Building from the Everett waterfront. A memo dated April 15, 2004 was discovered during a public records search detailing the methodology, allies, targets and budget to make sure the last vestige of Everett’s industrial past was scoured clean.
The seven page document details the implementation of
their three primary objectives regarding the Collins Building:
1: Remove the building. 2: Minimize the time to do so. 3: Build positive stakeholder opinion of Maritime Trust’s reputation while minimizing negative reaction.
Maritime Trust hired the Seattle public relations firm of Rockey, Hill & Knowlton to discredit the value of one of the few National Register of Historic Places buildings in Everett, while ensuring the positive reputation of Maritime Trust, which subsequently filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in May 2009.
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No Wrecking Ball Today for
Collins
JULY 2009, EVERETT, WA- This morning, Judge McKeeman of the
Snohomish County Superior Court issued a temporary injunction
that will prohibit the Port of Everett from demolishing the Collins
Building until the Dispute Resolution process through the Army
Corps of Engineers has run its full course.
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full article
FEATURES
Rise & Fall of Monte Cristo
Mines
There were many colorful individuals who creatively planted
the seeds of Everett's greater community, including the Rucker
Brothers, Henry Hewitt, John D. Rockefeller, and Colgate Hoyt.
The adventures of these forward-thinking entrepreneurs, their
interactions and dealings, all created for us many fascinating
and inspiring tales. No local story could be more intriguing
then the saga of the Monte Cristo mines.
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