Editing Leavenworth, Washington (section)

==Infrastructure==

===Transportation===
[[File:Link Transit bus in Leavenworth, WA.jpg|thumb|right|[[Link Transit]] provides transit service within Leavenworth]]

Leavenworth is located on [[U.S. Route 2 in Washington|U.S. Route 2]], which continues west across [[Stevens Pass]] to [[Snohomish County, Washington|Snohomish County]] and east towards Wenatchee.<ref name="Times-Amtrak">{{cite news |last=Cantwell |first=Brian J. |date=October 29, 2009 |title=Amtrak to Leavenworth: nice ride to Oompahtown, with a few hiccups |page=D6 |url=http://old.seattletimes.com/html/outdoors/2010155461_nwwtrain29.html |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=September 6, 2019}}</ref> The highway has [[turn lane]]s through most of the city and ranges from two to four lanes wide;<ref>{{cite report |date=October 7, 2020 |title=Transportation Element |page=6 |url=https://cityofleavenworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Leavenworth-Transportation-Element_FINAL.pdf |publisher=City of Leavenworth |accessdate=December 20, 2024}}</ref><ref name="WSDOT-Corridor">{{cite web |date=April 5, 2018 |title=Corridor Sketch Summary – US 2: Gold Bar to US 2 & US 97 Interchange (Big Y) |url=https://wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2021-10/CSS229-US2-GoldBar-US97InterchangeBigY.pdf |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |accessdate=August 29, 2024}}</ref> it is highly congested during seasonal events,<ref name="WSDOT-Corridor"/> which has sometimes required law enforcement to direct traffic.<ref>{{cite news |last=Robbins |first=Jefferson |date=December 19, 2015 |title=Silent bright: Leavenworth's Christmas Lighting draws dazzling crowds |url=https://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/local/silent-bright-leavenworths-christmas-lighting-draws-dazzling-crowds/article_227c6e85-539c-5cad-b007-4a5677795b29.html |work=The Wenatchee World |url-access=subscription |accessdate=August 29, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Buhr |first=Tony |date=December 6, 2018 |title=Slow sleigh traffic expected in Leavenworth |url=https://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/local/slow-sleigh-traffic-expected-in-leavenworth/article_7231cc9c-3593-5abd-ac73-366c18adb96a.html |work=The Wenatchee World |url-access=subscription |accessdate=August 29, 2024}}</ref> The Chumstick Highway (former [[Washington State Route 209|State Route 209]]) travels north from Leavenworth to [[Plain, Washington|Plain]] and [[Lake Wenatchee State Park]].<ref>{{cite news |date=August 19, 2011 |title=US 2 still closed for 15 miles near Leavenworth due to wildfire |url=https://www.krem.com/article/news/local/northwest/us-2-still-closed-for-15-miles-near-leavenworth-due-to-wildfire/293-413464903 |publisher=[[KREM (TV)|KREM]] |accessdate=August 24, 2024}}</ref>

The city is served by [[Amtrak]]'s ''[[Empire Builder]]'' train, which stops daily at [[Icicle Station]] near downtown.<ref name="Times-Amtrak"/> [[Link Transit]] provides local and inter-city [[public transit]] services that connect Leavenworth to Wenatchee, as well as local [[paratransit]] and a downtown shuttle.<ref>{{cite news |date=June 20, 2019 |title=Link Transit adds new routes for Chelan and Leavenworth |url=https://www.ncwlife.com/link-transit-adds-new-routes-for-chelan-and-leavenworth/ |publisher=[[NCWLife]] |access-date=September 6, 2019}}</ref> A [[park-and-ride]] lot in downtown Leavenworth with 30 stalls is served by Link Transit,<ref>{{cite news |last=Dunn |first=Ian |date=February 15, 2017 |title=New Link Park and Ride could help alleviate River Bend traffic |url=https://www.leavenworthecho.com/stories/new-link-park-and-ride-could-help-alleviate-river-bend-traffic,66293 |work=The Leavenworth Echo |accessdate=August 24, 2024}}</ref> along with the Wilkommen Park and Ride opened in June 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last=Drago |first=Kalie |date=June 28, 2019 |title=Leavenworth celebrates new Park and Ride |url=https://www.leavenworthecho.com/stories/leavenworth-celebrates-new-park-and-ride,53725 |work=The Leavenworth Echo |accessdate=August 24, 2024}}</ref> The city also has several private [[taxi]] companies and inter-city bus operators, including stops for [[Northwestern Trailways]] and [[Amtrak Thruway]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Leavenworth |url=http://northwesterntrailways.com/CitiesonSpokaneTacoma/Leavenworth/tabid/280/Default.aspx |publisher=[[Northwestern Trailways]] |access-date=September 6, 2019}}</ref>

===Utilities===

[[Electric power]] in Leavenworth and surrounding communities is provided by [[Chelan County Public Utility District]], a nonprofit municipal corporation which serves the entire county.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dunn |first=Ian |date=January 23, 2014 |title=Chelan County PUD to compensate city $30,000 for tax collection mistakes |url=https://www.leavenworthecho.com/stories/chelan-county-pud-to-compensate-city-30000-for-tax-collection-mistakes,63484 |work=The Leavenworth Echo |accessdate=August 24, 2024}}</ref> Over 80&nbsp;percent of the utility's electricity is sourced from [[hydroelectric dam]]s.<ref>{{cite report |date=June 3, 2024 |title=Washington Electric Utility 2023 Fuel Mix Disclosure Report |page=10 |url=https://www.commerce.wa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/CY2022-Energy-Washington-State-Electric-Utility-Fuel-Mix-Disclosure-Report-with-Utility-Fuel-Mix-Summary.pdf |publisher=[[Washington State Department of Commerce]] |accessdate=August 24, 2024}}</ref>

The Leavenworth city government provides [[tap water]] to over 1,404 residential and commercial customers with an estimated annual use of {{convert|320|e6gal|e9L|abbr=off}}.<ref name="WaterPlan">{{cite report |author=Varela Engineering and Management |date=February 2018 |title=Water System Plan |pages=1–5, 13 |url=https://cityofleavenworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2018-Water-System-Plan-final.pdf |publisher=City of Leavenworth |accessdate=August 24, 2024}}</ref> Its primary source is [[Icicle Creek]], which originates in the Cascades near [[Stevens Pass]] and also serves a federal [[fish hatchery]] and nearby orchards.<ref>{{cite news |last=Stang |first=John |date=September 15, 2015 |title=The search for peace on Icicle Creek |url=https://www.cascadepbs.org/2015/09/the-search-for-peace-on-icicle-creek |work=[[Crosscut.com]] |accessdate=August 24, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Chasan |first=Daniel Jack |date=July 17, 2016 |title=Orchards, wilderness, a mountain town: Who gets the water? |url=https://www.cascadepbs.org/2016/07/orchards-wilderness-a-mountain-town-who-gets-the-water |work=Crosscut.com |accessdate=August 24, 2024}}</ref> The city's use of Icicle Creek was the subject of a decade-long dispute with the [[Washington State Department of Ecology]] and conservationists that was settled in 2023 with a revised water rights agreement.<ref>{{cite news |last=Worthen |first=Kalie |date=December 22, 2023 |title=Department of Ecology, Leavenworth reach settlement over Icicle Creek Basin water rights |url=https://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/department-of-ecology-leavenworth-reach-settlement-over-icicle-creek-basin-water-rights/article_d0054a26-9e0d-11ee-a32e-f3b7538e4a94.html |work=The Wenatchee World |url-access=subscription |accessdate=August 24, 2024}}</ref> Leavenworth also sources a portion of its tap water from three [[well]]s near the Wenatchee River that were constructed from 1989 to 2014.<ref name="WaterPlan"/>

All curbside collection of [[municipal solid waste|garbage]], [[single-stream recycling|recycling]], and [[yard waste]] has been contracted by the city government to [[Waste Management (company)|Waste Management]] since 2019. Prior to the agreement, Waste Management only collected recycling while the city government disposed of garbage.<ref>{{cite news |last=Drago |first=Kalie |date=January 14, 2019 |title=The city prepares to transition trash service |url=https://www.leavenworthecho.com/stories/the-city-prepares-to-transition-trash-service,54188 |work=The Leavenworth Echo |accessdate=August 24, 2024}}</ref>

===Healthcare===

Leavenworth has one [[public hospital]], Cascade Medical Center, with 12 beds designated for [[acute care]] and an on-site rural health clinic. The hospital is operated by the Chelan County Public Hospital District No. 1 and has 150 employees.<ref>{{cite web |date=February 15, 2018 |title=Accountability Audit Report: Chelan County Public Hospital District No. 1 (Cascade Medical Center) |page=6 |url=https://portal.sao.wa.gov/ReportSearch/Home/ViewReportFile?isFinding=false&arn=1020785 |publisher=[[Washington State Auditor's Office]] |accessdate=August 25, 2024}}</ref> The hospital was established in 1923 as the Cascade Sanitarium with 26 beds and was expanded to 32 beds in 1947 with the construction of a new wing.<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Bigelow |editor-first=John |date=November 1957 |title=Washington Hospitals: A Century of Service, 1858–1958 |page=41 |url=https://www.wsha.org/wp-content/uploads/Washington-Hospitals-Century-of-Service.pdf |publisher=[[Washington State Hospital Association]] |accessdate=August 25, 2024}}</ref> A public hospital district was formed in 1965 to fund a new building, which opened in the following decade with 33 beds and was named the Cascade Medical Center.<ref name="World-Cacscade">{{cite news |last=Irwin |first=Mike |date=October 3, 2016 |title=Smaller health facilities depend dedication of the community |url=https://www.wenatcheeworld.com/business/smaller-health-facilities-depend-dedication-of-the-community/article_2fa033a9-613b-56e9-a0e7-be38032c1293.html |work=The Wenatchee World |url-access=subscription |accessdate=August 25, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=May 29, 1996 |title=State delays decision on hospital satellite |page=10 |work=The Wenatchee World}}</ref>

A 16-bed satellite facility for the Cascade Medical Center in Wenatchee opened in July 1997 through a partnership with the [[Wenatchee Valley Clinic]]; the rooms included Bavarian-style artwork that was donated by Leavenworth residents.<ref>{{cite news |last=Marantos |first=Jeanette |date=July 25, 1997 |title=A chance to smile while in the hospital |page=14 |work=The Wenatchee World}}</ref> The satellite hospital was intended to improve revenues for Cascade, which had few patients in Leavenworth, but instead left the hospital with $4.7&nbsp;million in debt.<ref>{{cite news |last=Patridge |first=Michelle |date=March 25, 1998 |title=Clinic offers to purchase Cascade Medical: Leavenworth center can't pay its bills |page=2 |work=The Wenatchee World}}</ref> Cascade sold its bed licenses to the Wenatchee Valley Clinic in 2001 for $2.5&nbsp;million to resolve its remaining debt and end the partnership.<ref>{{cite news |last=Feeney |first=Ryan |date=August 2, 2001 |title=Clinic buys hospital bed licenses |page=A2 |work=The Wenatchee World}}</ref> Funding for a new, $14&nbsp;million facility for Cascade in Leavenworth was approved by voters in 2005 through a $8.8&nbsp;million [[bond measure]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Steigmeyer |first=Rick |date=November 7, 2008 |title=Man who saved Leavenworth's hospital to retire |url=https://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/local/man-who-saved-leavenworth-s-hospital-to-retire/article_11cf89e8-101f-531d-8277-5910b361dc75.html |work=The Wenatchee World |url-access=subscription |accessdate=August 25, 2024}}</ref> The new hospital opened in November 2010 with a new acute care unit;<ref name="World-Cacscade"/> it was followed by renovations in 2011 to the existing building to house lab space and a larger lobby.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dunn |first=Ian |date=November 17, 2010 |title=New hospital and clinic now open at CMC |url=https://www.leavenworthecho.com/stories/new-hospital-and-clinic-now-open-at-cmc,59737 |work=The Leavenworth Echo |accessdate=August 25, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Robbins |first=Jefferson |date=November 12, 2011 |title=Leavenworth hospital revels in its redesign |work=The Wenatchee World |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=WORLDNEWS&req_dat=C12EB6BE1393489FA580F5880B8B058E&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F13AFCA32CF4E4238 |via=NewsBank |accessdate=August 25, 2024}}</ref>