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  I want to commend the Breckenridge Town Council for its decision to not bring back Walkable Main this year. It shows a lot of courage to make a decision that goes against the wishes of 86% of your constituents in order to do what’s best for the town. You did a great job analyzing the data and listening to your businesses to decide that Walkable Main’s overwhelming popularity might give some businesses too much of an unfair advantage in a less restrictive world. I have no doubt that if you had not listened, one or more of the businesses outside Walkable Main would have suffered irrepara...

Photo by Elaine Collins Breckenridge will not bring back Walkable Main, the pedestrian-only Main Street concept that sprung up last summer. The Breckenridge Town Council voted unanimously Tuesday, April 27, to not reinstate the walkway. Community Development Director Mark Truckey explained in a memo to council that there have been numerous inquiries on whether the town would bring back Walkable Main. The town recently surveyed residents and businesses, asking for feedback about the concept. Results favored reintroducing the pedestrian walkway with 86% of residents and 83% of businesses that r...

Posted: April 14, 2021 Editor: As members of the Edmonds City Council, we have witnessed many changes in our city over the past 14 months and have supported every effort to assist the public and community businesses during this difficult period. We continue to support initiatives that keep Edmonds vibrant. The retailers and many in the community have asked to keep Main Street open on Saturdays as a better way to support all businesses. We agree this will help with economic resiliency for all downtown businesses. On April 6, we had a presentation on Walkable Main Street. When we heard the ...

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...

MY EDMONDS NEWS 5 hours ago 490 City Attorney Jeff Taraday, bottom row-far left, discusses the proposed ordinance for grocery workers’ hazard pay during Tuesday’s Edmonds City Council meeting. The Edmonds City Council Tuesday night approved Mayor Mike Nelson’s proposal to require Edmonds grocery stores to provide an extra $4 an hour in hazard pay for their employees. The measure — which applies to Edmonds grocers who employee 500 or more workers statewide —  was originally proposed as an emergency ordinance, meaning it would have been effective within days if approved by a ...