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MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: May 3, 2021 143 It’s official. For the second year in a row, Walkable Main Street will transform downtown Edmonds into a weekend pedestrian-only space. The decision to stay the course was first announced by Mayor Mike Nelson in a Monday letter to the Edmonds Downtown Alliance (Ed!), in which he cited what he described as a “huge amount of…input from the public, dozens of business owners as a result of our surveys, the business roundtable, councilmember input, emails, calls and Facebook comments,” that supported the two-day street closure as the clear �...

Latest Walkable Edmonds survey asks about Sunday-only option; response deadline April 26 Posted: April 23, 2021 Photo courtesy Edmonds Downtown Alliance The City of Edmonds has launched a new survey asking residents and business owners for their opinion on various options for holding a second year of Walkable Main Street, which involves closing a portion of Main Street in downtown Edmonds to allow for outdoor dining and shopping. The deadline to respond is April 26. The latest survey asks respondents whether they would prefer the event be held all day Saturday and Sunday as it was last ye...

MY EDMONDS NEWS 3 hours ago 17 Planning Board Chair Mike Rosen, top row-upper left, presents to the Edmonds City Council Tuesday night. Other planning board members pictured include Roger Pence, third row-far left, Vice Chair Alicia Crank, third row-middle, and Matt Cheung, bottom row-far left. After weeks of discussion, the Edmonds City Council Tuesday night unanimously approved an amended version of tree regulations approved in early March — although there is still some wordsmithing to do. The 7-0 vote came after the council — led by Senior Planner Kernan Lien — laboriously w...

SOS rally promotes a more business-friendly Walkable Main Street Posted: April 10, 2021 239 SOS supporters held a picketing and informational rally at 5th and Main on Saturday afternoon, to educate citizens about and advocate for their proposed compromise to limit the Walkable Main street closure to Sundays only. From left: business owners Robert Boehlke (Edmonds Housewares), Andy Cline (Cline Jewelers), Janelle Cass (Ohana Hyperbarics), Jenny Murphy (Sound Styles). Former Edmonds City Councilmember Dave Teitzel joins Edmonds Housewares owner Robert Boehlke to show his support...