In the meantime, we will continue to celebrate the natural beauty and wildlife that is supported in the Wood Creek forest.  Keep an eye out for photos and stories of what the forest means to the folks who have history here.  If you have a story of your own, please let us know so that we can share your love of this special place both as part of our ongoing narrative with the city and with the other people in Everett and the surrounding areas who care about the future of Wood Creek forest via our social media accounts.

We will continue to remain vigilant, and ask that you do the same.

Thank you, Stewards of Wood Creek Everett

The City of Everett is asking for input on your ideas to guide its park systems to meet community needs and to tailor the new Parks, Recreation and Open Space (PROS) plan. This plan will contain the vision and objectives for capital investment and park operation guidelines. If you have time, please let them know that our open spaces are important to us.

Thank you again!

The new parks survey URL is found at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/EverettParksViz

The City of Everett has posted a survey asking its citizens for input regarding housing issues as part of the housing action plan.  We encourage everyone to participate by taking a few minutes to fill out the survey with their thoughts.  Save Wood Creek Everett is sharing this survey because as part of the work to preserve Wood Creek and the surrounding forest, we have been challenged with inquiries about our stance on low-income and supplemented housing.  As a group we are simply focused on the preservation of Wood Creek and the surrounding wild space, so we want to be sure that you are all encouraged to speak for yourselves regarding housing in Everett.

The deadline is tomorrow afternoon, so if you have thoughts and opinions on housing in Everett, please let them know!

Thanks folks!

The survey URL is found at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FF7BC9M

More information about the survey can be found on the City of Everetts webpage: https://everettwa.gov/2536/Rethink-Housing

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Thank-you!

Next step: please sign our petition. This should only take a few moments of your time.

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Sale of Wood Creek Threatens Habitat and Land Stability

Next up: please raise your objections and contact the Everett City Council

Contact the City Council with your objections to the sale of the Wood Creek property.

Here are some of our tips and suggestions when contacting them:

We urge you to send your objections via email, or call all 7 city council members, and other department leaders as necessary.

If you're speaking on the phone, be brief.

Refer to the language in our petition or use our additional reasons to oppose the sale.

Don't use all of the reasons, pick a few that best resonate with you.

When communicating:

• Include your name, address, and neighborhood
• Be calm
  • Our energy needs to be professional
  • Present to build support for our cause
• Be concise
  • Think in sound bites to be remembered
  • Keep it simple
• Be clear
  • Speak from what you know
  • Put facts before feelings
• Be collected

Adapted to the web from Babby Skowyra's Power-Point Presentation