North Sound Property News

Lots going on around Mukilteo and South Snohomish county over the next couple of weeks.  Top story for me this weekend is probably the grand opening of the Mukilteo Transit Center tomorrow, May 31.  The schedule of events includes:

10 a.m Grand Slam Family Fun Celebration starts! Enjoy refreshments, games, mascots, souvenirs, and live music until noon.

10:30 a.m. Speaking Program and Station Dedication

11:26 a.m Inaugural train leaves Mukilteo Station for a Free Ride to Safeco Field. Let’s play ball!

Return trip: 35 minutes after the Mariners game ends, a free return train leaves King Street Station for Edmonds, Mukilteo and Everett stations.

Beginning this Wednesday, June 4, the Mukilteo Farmer’s Market returns to the Rosehill Community Center.

Another summer brings the return of the sun, and of the Mukilteo Chamber Concert series.  The first concert of the year will kick off summer at the Lighthouse at Mukilteo State Park on June 6 at 7pm.

On Saturday, June 7, the Animal Farm at Everett’s Forest Park opens.  This is a great educational experience for children to see live farm animals.  A $1 or $2 donation is requested to offset the cost of caring for the animals.

On Tuesday, June 10 from 5:30 to 7:30, downtown Everett “green” real estate brokerage Greening Properties will be hosting their second monthly Greendrinks event. 

According to the Greening website:

Let’s raise a toast to the planet while we figure out ways not to toast the planet.
 
Never heard of Greendrinks?  It began in Europe and now sustainability people in over 342 cities all over the globe meet monthly for libations.  It is a lively mixture of people from non-profits, academia, government and business and is a great way of catching up with folks you know and for making new contacts.  Greendrinks is simple, unstructured and rather organic.  People have found jobs, developed new ideas, done deals and had epiphanies at Greendrinks.  Check out all the ways to have Greendrinks at www.greendrinks.org.

I love the idea of events like Greendrinks and am hoping to be able to attend.  I love companies like Greening that show the socially conscious side of the real estate industry.  The real estate industry helps put people in homes and there isn’t a whole lot that is more personal and human than that, but sometimes we forget that you can’t just build houses and stick people in them without looking at how that home impacts its surroundings, both with regard to the environment as well as the social and economic fabric of its community.  I feel the green housing movement and the affordable housing movement (which is my personal passion) are very closely related and I look forward to attending Greendrinks and meeting some of the movers and shakers in the county’s sustainable development efforts.  I’m also excited to see a company like Greening getting its start right here in Snohomish county.

That’s a quick roundup of local activities coming up in the next couple of weeks.  Enjoy the great weather we are having!

About the Author: Sandy Kaduce is Associate Broker of Gallery Homes Real Estate. She serves buyers and sellers in North King and South Snohomish counties. She is 2009 Board President of the Mukilteo Chamber of Commerce, as well as Vice President of Site Selection for Habitat for Humanity of Snohomish County. For more information, visit Sandy on the web at www.sandykaduce.com! Read more from this author