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Last week, Executive Somers and Senator Maria Cantwell joined partners to celebrate the completion of the long-envisioned park improvements and estuary restoration at Meadowdale Beach Park. The Meadowdale Beach Park & Estuary Restoration Project is regionally significant for its role in salmon recovery and Puget Sound shoreline restoration, while making critical improvements to the park. This is the first Puget Sound shoreline project that enlarged a stream crossing under railroad tracks that was designed to reach full restoration potential.
“Meadowdale Beach Park is a beloved community asset, and I’m glad we can celebrate these improvements that have been years in the making,” said Executive Somers. “The park improvements and estuary restoration work we have done at Meadowdale are truly groundbreaking and will allow both endangered Chinook salmon and our broader county community to thrive. I’m grateful to our partners who have made this award-winning project possible.”
 As a groundbreaking and innovating project, the Meadowdale Beach Park & Estuary Restoration Project was awarded the “Innovation in Conservation Award” by the National Recreation & Park Association (NRPA) and the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC)’s “Vision 2050 Award.”
Anyone interested can find more information here.
Earlier this week, Executive Somers and Governor Jay Inslee joined local elected leaders and service providers for a ribbon-cutting of a new facility for opioid affected mothers and infants.
The Evergreen Recovery Centers Family Services Center is a new facility that will expand the organization’s mothers’ program by adding 18 larger living units, three additional child care classrooms, and the State’s first pediatric transitional care facility collocated with a substance use disorder residential treatment program.
“The drug use crisis is impacting families and communities across Snohomish County. There is no denying that we need more treatment facilities to make an impact on this crisis and ensure people can access the care they need,” said Executive Somers. “Evergreen Recovery Centers is serving a critical population and providing the kind of wraparound supports that will help ensure these mothers and their young children can recover and thrive. Snohomish County is proud to support this vital facility, and we know it will nurture families and the broader community for generations to come.”
 Snohomish County awarded $2 million of its federal pandemic recovery allocation to this project. Anyone interested can learn more in this article.
Are you interested in learning new ways to build community capacity and connect with like-minded individuals working to make our region a better place? If yes, you should sign up to attend the upcoming Building Community Resilience Conference hosted by Snohomish County Human Services!
If you can’t attend on the day, but are still interested, post-event on-demand viewing is included with registration! If you’re a student and are able to attend on the day, you could receive the following credits:
- CEU hours for MH/SW credits available
- CNE hours for Nursing credits available
- Educational Clock Hours available
We have an incredible lineup of speakers ready to help you build skills and resiliency, connect with others, and continue to help our community flourish!
You can learn more and register for the conference at this website: https://evia.swoogo.com/snohomishcountybcrc. Financial assistance is available.
More infants are being lost to sleep-related deaths in Snohomish County than car crashes, drownings and other causes.
From 2020 to 2022, Snohomish County lost 19 infants (babies younger than 12 months) because of unsafe sleep. During that same two-year period, zero infants died due to car crashes, falls, burns or drownings. Most sleep-related deaths are preventable.
Risk factors include babies not sleeping in a crib or bassinet, not sleeping on their backs, sleeping with an adult or multiple adults, and the presence of soft bedding (pillows, comforters, blankets, toys, soft mattress or topper).
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) advises caregivers against using car seats, strollers, swings, infant carriers or infant slings for routine sleep. The AAP also recently added a warning against using weighted sleep sacks or blankets for sleep, due to the possible risk of suffocation.
Learn more about the ABC’s of safe sleep here: https://www.snohd.org/civicalerts.aspx?AID=780.
You're invited to join us for the Snohomish County Planning Commission 2024 Comprehensive Plan Update public hearing. The public hearing will begin on Tuesday, October 24, 2023. The hearing will provide an opportunity for the public to provide testimony on the Comprehensive Plan Update. Testimony will be taken first from in-person attendees, followed by those joining virtually. The hearing may be continued to the 25th and 26th of October if more time is needed for public testimony. Written comments may also be submitted in advance at any time using this online form, or via email to 2024Update@snoco.org.
Planning Commission - 2024 Comprehensive Plan Update: Hybrid Public Hearing
If you are unable to attend in person, you may join online or by phone via Zoom. A recording of the public hearing will also be posted online after the proceedings conclude.
Anyone interested can find more information here.
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