Everett inches closer to Park District affordable housing plan

EVERETT — The Everett Housing Authority’s proposed rezone making way for a major development in north Everett could soon get the City Council’s stamp of approval.

Under the authority’s plan, restaurants, stores, offices, nonprofits and a public park would operate alongside 1,500 mixed-income homes, some in buildings as tall as 12 stories, in the so-called Park District.

Baker Heights, a World War II-era public housing development, currently sits on the 16 acres that would house the new complex. Once home to hundreds of families over nearly eight decades, the neat rows of buildings in Everett’s Delta neighborhood have been sitting empty since the housing authority shut down the development in 2019.

In March, the city’s Planning Commission recommended the council approve the housing authority’s proposed changes to city code, including reduced parking requirements and an allowance for taller buildings. Public hearings on the proposals will take place at the City Council meetings June 26 and July 10, with a council vote following the latter.

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