Welcome to the City of Snohomish

On behalf of the City Council and our City staff, I want to welcome you to the City of Snohomish.

If you are a new resident, business or property owner, we would like to acquaint you with our City services. Also on this web site, we are providing you a list of key City services and a phone list about how you can access them. I urge you to keep these materials handy for future reference so that you can quickly access your City for services as you need them in the future.

Snohomish is nearly a full-service city government. We directly provide police, water and sewer utilities, parks, land use planning, and building permit services. The Snohomish County Fire District No. 4 provides fire suppression and emergency medical response and these services will not be affected by the annexation.

We are a community that has committed itself to some extraordinary projects--both privately and publicly funded. The dreams that envisioned these projects have recently become, or are now becoming, realities. The recent creation of a Skate Park at the Averill Field complex, the building of the Snohomish branch of the Sno-Isle Regional Library System, and the completed plans and funding for the Snohomish Youth Activities Complex (also at Averill Field) are prime examples of this commitment. While the City has participated in each of these projects, most of them would not have been possible without the foresight of other agencies and the enormous generosity of scores of private individuals. I hope that these, and similar projects, will generate in you a pride in our community’s achievements.

Snohomish is a city that faces many challenges to improve our streets and utilities, parks, and other public facilities. We believe that through measured growth—especially in growth of new businesses—we may be able to meet those challenges. Through our City web pages you can learn more about economic development plans and activities in our community. You can read more about key Public Works projects that are building better services for the community. You can see more about our City Council’s leadership activities and the City departments that provide our local services. You can also “meet” the City Council, browse the Municipal Code, take a virtual tour of our parks, learn about job opportunities, obtain an application for a building permit, access key planning and policy documents, or find information about many of our public programs.

City Council meetings are typically scheduled on the first and third Tuesdays of the month, though you can get more specific information about our meeting calendar on the City’s web site.

Of course, while we offer many forms of information, services, programs, and images online, there is still no substitute for visiting in person. We welcome you to do so if you haven’t visited already. Our main administrative offices are at 116 Union Avenue in the heart of the Historic District.

Snohomish is a place where the sense of history is rich and community pride is evident. We hope, now that you are officially a part of Snohomish, that you will not only feel that community pride, but will also come to fully appreciate the value of being part of our City.