Ambitious plan seeks to connect, beautify Stanwood's twin downtowns
STANWOOD — Sidewalk cafes, pocket parks, plazas, planting strips, spruced-up storefronts.
These are just some of the changes the city of Stanwood is considering to help revitalize a mile-long stretch of its downtown. The ambitious plan, in its early stages, is called the Twin City Mile Project.
A main goal is to connect the east and west downtown areas in the city of about 8,400 in north Snohomish County.
“I think one of the unique issues about Stanwood is the fact it was two towns,” said Mayor Sid Roberts. Stanwood and East Stanwood were separate cities until they joined in 1960. Today, there are two distinct shopping districts on the east and west with Stanwood Middle School and a QFC in the middle.
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