Editing Marysville, Washington (section)

==Economy==
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|+ Largest employers (2015)<ref name="CAFR"/>{{rp|124}}
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! Employer || Employees
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| 1. [[Marysville School District]] || 1,356
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| 2. [[C&D Zodiac]] || 670
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| 3. [[Walmart]] || 295
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| 4. City of Marysville || 266
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| 5. [[Fred Meyer]] || 207
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| 6. [[The Everett Clinic]] || 172
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| 7. Marysville Care Center || 162
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| 8. [[Target Corporation|Target]] || 157
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| 9. [[WinCo Foods]] || 145
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| 10. [[Costco]] || 325
|}

Marysville has an estimated 33,545 residents who are in the [[workforce]], either employed or unemployed.<ref name="ACS">{{cite web |date=September 15, 2016 |title=Selected Economic Characteristics: Marysville, Washington |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/15_5YR/DP03/1600000US5343955 |work=[[American Community Survey]] |publisher=United States Census |access-date=January 30, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213111218/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/15_5YR/DP03/1600000US5343955 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Only 10 percent of residents work within Marysville city limits, with the majority commuting south to employers in Everett, [[Downtown Seattle]] and the [[Eastside (King County, Washington)|Eastside]], including [[Boeing Everett Factory|Boeing]], [[Naval Station Everett]], [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]], and [[Microsoft campus|Microsoft]].<ref>{{cite news |last=McNichols |first=Joshua |date=January 4, 2017 |title=Tired of commuting, a bedroom community near Seattle takes a risk |url=http://kuow.org/post/tired-commuting-bedroom-community-near-seattle-takes-risk |publisher=KUOW |access-date=January 30, 2017}}</ref> The average one-way commute is approximately 30&nbsp;minutes; 79 percent of workers drive alone to their workplace, while 12 percent [[carpool]] and 3 percent used public transit.<ref name="ACS"/>

Marysville's economy historically relied on [[lumber]] production and agriculture, including the cultivation of [[strawberry|strawberries]], [[hay]] and [[oats]].<ref name="HistoryLink"/> During the [[Great Depression]] of the 1930s, Marysville was not adversely impacted unlike other cities in the county and country because of its diverse industries, including [[sawmill]]s, [[grain mill]]s, a [[tannery]], a [[fertilizer]] plant, and a berry packing plant.<ref name="HistoryLink"/> The city's largest employer in the early 1950s, the Weiser Lumber Company, was destroyed in a fire on May 6, 1955, causing $300,000 in damage.<ref>{{cite web |last=Dougherty |first=Phil |date=July 5, 2007 |title=Fire destroys the Weiser Lumber Company in Marysville on May 6, 1955. |url=http://www.historylink.org/File/8170 |work=HistoryLink |access-date=January 30, 2017}}</ref> The lumber mill at the site was later acquired by Welco Lumber, who closed the plant in 2007.<ref>{{cite news |last=Winters |first=Chris |date=October 26, 2015 |title=Marysville to buy old Welco Lumber site on Ebey Slough |url=http://www.heraldnet.com/news/marysville-to-buy-old-welco-lumber-site-on-ebey-slough/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=January 30, 2017}}</ref>

[[File:FredMeyerStarbucks.PNG|thumb|upright|A [[Fred Meyer]] grocery store in Marysville|left]]

Suburban development and the rise of long-distance [[commuting]] in the 1950s led Marysville to transition toward a [[service economy|service-based economy]].<ref name="Herald-2012">{{cite news |date=February 9, 2012 |title=Census snapshot: Marysville |url=http://www.heraldnet.com/news/census-snapshot-marysville/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=January 30, 2017}}</ref> One of the largest employers of Marysville residents is the [[Boeing|Boeing Company]] and their [[Boeing Everett Factory|Everett assembly plant]].<ref name="HazardPlan">{{cite report |date=September 2015 |title=Snohomish County Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan Update, Volume 2: Planning Partner Annexes |page=9{{hyphen}}1 |url=https://snohomishcountywa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/14608 |publisher=Snohomish County |access-date=April 24, 2017}}</ref> While farms still operate in the area around the city, since 1980 the lumber industry has all but ceased and is no longer a major factor in the local economy.<ref>{{cite web |year=2009 |title=City of Marysville Draft Brownfield Cleanup Grant Application, Crown Pacific Site |url=http://www.marysvillewa.gov/DocumentView.aspx?DID=120 |publisher=City of Marysville |page=9 |access-date=January 30, 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Since the late 1980s, the economy of Marysville has centered around [[retail]] areas,<ref name="Herald-2012"/> including the downtown Marysville Towne Center Mall (opened in 1987)<ref name="Times-1999"/> and the [[Naval Station Everett|Naval Support Complex]] (opened in 1995).<ref name="Times-Navy1995"/> The Tulalip Tribes built a [[Tulalip Resort Casino|new casino]] and [[Quil Ceda Village|new shopping center]] in the early 2000s to the west of Marysville, contributing to a fall in [[sales tax]] revenue.<ref name="Times-Tulalip"/><ref name="Times-Redux"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Kelly |first=Brian |date=January 28, 2002 |title=Quil Ceda pinching Marysville |url=http://www.heraldnet.com/news/quil-ceda-pinching-marysville/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=January 30, 2017}}</ref> In the latter half of the decade, Marysville opened two large retail centers of its own in the annexed Lakewood neighborhood and at 116th Street NE, bringing additional jobs and sales tax revenue to the city.<ref name="Times-2007Retail"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Dehm |first=M.L. |date=June 25, 2013 |title=Marysville area leads north county's growth |url=http://www.heraldnet.com/uncategorized/marysville-area-leads-north-countys-growth/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=January 30, 2017}}</ref> An [[auto row]] along Smokey Point Boulevard in northern Marysville was developed in the late 2010s and is home to several car dealerships.<ref>{{cite news |last=Buell |first=Douglas |date=December 13, 2019 |title=New luxury pre-owned car dealership opens in Marysville |url=https://www.arlingtontimes.com/business/new-luxury-pre-owned-dealership-opens-in-marysville/ |work=The Arlington Times |access-date=December 14, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Martucci |first=Libby |date=May 2, 2014 |title=Car dealers landing in Marysville |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/uncategorized/car-dealers-landing-in-marysville/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=December 14, 2019}}</ref>

Marysville is also home to [[manufacturing]] companies based in the northern part of the city near [[Smokey Point, Washington|Smokey Point]] and [[Arlington, Washington|Arlington]]'s industrial center at [[Arlington Municipal Airport (Washington)|Arlington Municipal Airport]]. The cities of Arlington and Marysville lobbied for the creation of the Cascade Industrial Center from the [[Puget Sound Regional Council]], which was approved in 2019.<ref name="CIC-2019">{{cite news |last=Buell |first=Douglas |date=July 6, 2019 |title=Cascade Industrial Center: New name for investment in Arlington, Marysville |url=https://www.arlingtontimes.com/news/cascade-industrial-center-the-new-name-for-investment-in-arlington-marysville/ |work=The Arlington Times |access-date=February 21, 2020}}</ref> The industrial area is planned to encompass {{convert|4,000|acre|ha}} of land between the two cities and support 25,000 jobs by 2040;<ref>{{cite news |last=Powell |first=Steve |date=January 6, 2017 |title=Manufacturing center key for M'ville in '17, mayor says |url=http://www.marysvilleglobe.com/news/manufacturing-center-key-for-mville-in-17-mayor-says/ |work=Marysville Globe |access-date=January 30, 2017}}</ref> its first buildings for [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]], [[Blue Origin]], and other companies<!--do not add Tesla until confirmation--> were opened in 2022.<ref>{{cite news |last=Podsada |first=Janice |date=May 3, 2023 |title=Tesla leases space at Marysville business park |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/report-tesla-leases-space-at-marysville-business-park/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=May 9, 2023}}</ref> The city's second-largest employer is [[C&D Zodiac]], an aerospace parts manufacturer tied to Boeing, with 670 employees at an office in northern Marysville.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gates |first=Dominic |date=October 18, 2005 |title=Airbus parent to build key part of rear fuselage for Boeing 787 |url=http://old.seattletimes.com/html/boeingaerospace/2002567448_boeing18.html |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=January 30, 2017}}</ref> In 2016, outdoor footwear manufacturer [[Northside USA]] opened a new headquarters at a {{convert|110,000|sqft|sqm|adj=mid}} warehouse in northern Marysville.<ref>{{cite news |last=Davis |first=Jim |date=August 10, 2016 |title=Marysville's Northside shoe company moves to bigger digs |page=8 |work=The Herald Business Journal |publisher=The Everett Herald |url=http://www.heraldnet.com/business/marysvilles-northside-shoe-moves-to-bigger-digs/ |access-date=January 30, 2017}}</ref> Space module manufacturer [[Gravitics]] has a manufacturing and design facility in Marysville that opened in 2023.<ref>{{cite news |last=Podsada |first=Janice |date=September 7, 2023 |title=Marysville startup prepares for space — the financial frontier |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/business/marysville-startup-prepares-for-space-the-financial-frontier/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=November 8, 2024}}</ref>