Editing Edmonds, Washington (section)

==Infrastructure==

===Transportation===
[[File:Edmonds station depot - north side.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Edmonds station (Washington)|Edmonds train station]], served by [[Amtrak]], [[Sounder commuter rail|Sounder commuter trains]], and buses]]

Edmonds is served by several modes of transportation that converge in the downtown area, including roads, railroads, ferries, and buses.<ref name="Times-2014Bowl"/> The city's ferry terminal is located at the west end of Main Street at Brackett's Landing Park and is served by a [[Edmonds–Kingston ferry|ferry route]] to [[Kingston, Washington|Kingston]] on the [[Kitsap Peninsula]]. From 1979 to 1980, [[Washington State Ferries]] also ran ferries to [[Port Townsend, Washington|Port Townsend]] during repairs to the [[Hood Canal Bridge]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Stein |first=Alan J. |date=January 20, 2003 |title=Ferry service between Port Townsend and Edmonds returns, after a 40-year absence, on February 21, 1979. |url=http://www.historylink.org/File/5080 |work=HistoryLink |access-date=April 6, 2018}}</ref> The [[Edmonds station (Washington)|Edmonds train station]] lies a block southwest of the terminal and is served by [[Amtrak]]'s intercity [[Amtrak Cascades|''Cascades'']] and ''[[Empire Builder]]'' trains as well as [[Sound Transit]]'s [[Sounder commuter rail|Sounder]] commuter train.<ref name="Comp-Transport">{{harvp|City of Edmonds Comprehensive Plan|2016|pp=290–296}}</ref> These trains operate on the [[BNSF Railway]], which runs along the Edmonds waterfront and is primarily used for freight transport.<ref name="Comp14">{{harvp|City of Edmonds Comprehensive Plan|2016|p=14}}</ref> Two state highways, [[Washington State Route 104|State Route 104]] and [[Washington State Route 524|State Route 524]], connect the downtown area to eastern Edmonds and other points in southern Snohomish County and northern King County.<ref name="Comp14"/> An additional state highway, [[Washington State Route 99|State Route 99]], runs north–south in eastern Edmonds and connects the city's commercial district to Seattle and Everett.<ref>{{cite map |year=2014 |title=Washington State Highways, 2014–2015 |url=https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2006/06/13/TouristMapFront_withoutHillshade.pdf |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |access-date=April 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221194441/https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/2D10703F-9ADF-4A95-A14E-2A36FEAF1C20/0/Statewide2014NoHillshade.pdf |archive-date=February 21, 2017 |url-status=dead }} ([https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2017/08/31/highway-map-PugetSound_Full.pdf Inset map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709142759/https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2017/08/31/highway-map-PugetSound_Full.pdf |date=July 9, 2019 }})</ref>

Public transportation in Edmonds is provided by [[Community Transit]], which serves most of Snohomish County and covers 74 percent of Edmonds residents.<ref name="Comp-Transport"/> Community Transit's local buses run on major streets and connect downtown Edmonds to transit hubs at [[Aurora Village]], [[Lynnwood City Center station]], and Edmonds Community College. It also operates the [[Swift Blue Line]] on State Route 99, a [[bus rapid transit]] service connecting Aurora Village and Everett.<ref name="Comp-Transport"/> Until 2024, Community Transit operated direct express buses to from [[park and ride]] lots in Edmonds to [[Downtown Seattle]] and the [[University District, Seattle|University District]].<ref name="Comp-Transport"/> They were replaced by the [[Link light rail]] extension to Lynnwood and a new express bus that connects Downtown Edmonds to [[Mountlake Terrace station]].<ref>{{cite map |date=September 2024 |title=Community Transit System Map |url=https://www.communitytransit.org/docs/default-source/mappdfs/systemmappdfs/mapsystem.pdf |publisher=Community Transit |access-date=November 8, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Spain |first=Monica |date=September 11, 2024 |title=New routes and easy connections start Sept. 14 |url=https://www.communitytransit.org/news-and-events/article-detail/2024/09/11/it's-almost-time!-new-routes-and-easy-connections-start-sept.-14 |accessdate=November 8, 2024}}</ref>

===Utilities===

[[Electric power]] in Edmonds is provided by the [[Snohomish County Public Utility District]] (PUD), a consumer-owned [[public utility]] that serves all of Snohomish County.<ref>{{cite web |title=Quick Facts |url=https://www.snopud.com/?p=1350 |publisher=[[Snohomish County Public Utility District]] |access-date=June 29, 2018}}</ref> In 2017, the city signed a clean energy pledge that would mandate the use of [[renewable energy source]]s to generate all of its electricity by 2025.<ref>{{cite news |last=Catchpole |first=Dan |date=July 11, 2017 |title=Edmonds takes clean-energy pledge, but is that achievable? |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/edmonds-targets-100-percent-clean-renewable-energy-by-2025/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=June 29, 2018}}</ref> [[Puget Sound Energy]] provides [[natural gas]] service to the city's residents and businesses.<ref>{{cite web |year=2013 |title=Puget Sound Energy service area |url=http://pse.com/aboutpse/PseNewsroom/MediaKit/1213_ServiceAreaMap_web.pdf |publisher=[[Puget Sound Energy]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128213047/https://pse.com/aboutpse/PseNewsroom/MediaKit/1213_ServiceAreaMap_web.pdf |archive-date=January 28, 2017 |access-date=June 29, 2018}}</ref>

The city's [[water purification|municipal tap water]] is provided by the Alderwood Water District, which sources its water from Everett's [[Spada Lake]] Reservoir.<ref>{{cite news |last=Williams |first=Phil |date=June 9, 2016 |title=Edmonds water comes from 'high quality' source |url=https://edmondsbeacon.villagesoup.com/p/edmonds-water-comes-from-high-quality-source-city-corner/1535621 |work=Edmonds Beacon |url-access=subscription |access-date=June 29, 2018}}</ref> The city government maintains its own [[sanitary sewer]] and [[wastewater treatment]] services, including a treatment plant in downtown;<ref>{{cite web |title=Sanitary Sewer Utility System |url=http://www.edmondswa.gov/sewer-utility.html |publisher=City of Edmonds |access-date=June 29, 2018}}</ref> wastewater is also sent to the regional [[Brightwater sewage treatment plant|Brightwater plant]] near [[Maltby, Washington|Maltby]], which was originally planned to be built in Edmonds.<ref>{{cite web |author=BHC Consultants |date=August 2013 |title=City of Edmonds Comprehensive Sewer Plan |page=2{{hyphen}}4 |url=http://www.edmondswa.gov/images/COE/Government/Departments/Development_Services/Planning_Division/Plans/2013_Sewer_Comp_Plan_9-18-13_FINAL-Main_Document.pdf |publisher=City of Edmonds |access-date=June 29, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Sheets |first=Bill |date=August 14, 2011 |title=Brightwater work nearly done |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/brightwater-work-nearly-done/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=June 29, 2018}}</ref> Disposal of [[municipal solid waste|garbage]], [[single-stream recycling|recycling]], and [[yard waste]] is contracted by the city government to three private companies serving different areas of Edmonds.<ref>{{cite web |title=Curbside Recycling, Yard/Food Waste, & Garbage Collection |url=http://www.edmondswa.gov/garbage-and-recycling-service.html |publisher=City of Edmonds |access-date=June 29, 2018}}</ref>

===Health care===

Edmonds is home to one [[general hospital]], a branch of [[Swedish Health Services]], which is located on State Route 99. It opened on January 26, 1964, as Stevens Memorial Hospital (named for Washington territorial governor [[Isaac Stevens]]), and was initially run as a private facility until 1967, when Snohomish County Public Hospital District {{abbr|No.|Number}} 2 was formed to oversee it.<ref name="Stevens Hospital - HL">{{cite web |last1=LeWarne |first1=Charles P. |title=Stevens Memorial Hospital (Edmonds) |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/21121 |website=HistoryLink |access-date=April 14, 2024 |date=November 16, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Langston |first1=Jennifer |title=$1.18 million severance for fired hospital CEO |url=https://www.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/article/1-18-million-severance-for-fired-hospital-ceo-1136368.php |access-date=April 14, 2024 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |date=February 5, 2004 |language=en}}</ref> The public hospital district was led by a five-member<ref name="Swedish takeover - Herald">{{cite news |last=Salyer |first=Sharon |date=August 17, 2010 |title=Swedish gets approval to take over Stevens Hospital |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/swedish-gets-approval-to-take-over-stevens-hospital/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=June 29, 2018}}</ref> elected [[board of commissioners]] from within the district, which eventually encompassed [[Brier, Washington|Brier]], Edmonds, [[Esperance, Washington|Esperance]], [[Lynnwood, Washington|Lynnwood]], [[Mountlake Terrace, Washington|Mountlake Terrace]], and [[Woodway, Washington|Woodway]] as well as parts of [[Bothell, Washington|Bothell]] and [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated]] Snohomish County.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Malakoff |first1=Morris |title=Stevens Hospital panel picks Tawney to fill spot |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/uncategorized/stevens-hospital-panel-picks-tawney-to-fill-spot-2/ |access-date=April 14, 2024 |work=The Everett Herald |date=February 21, 2008}}</ref><ref name="Verdant rebrand">{{cite news |title=South Snohomish County Commission for Health becomes Verdant Health Commission |url=https://myedmondsnews.com/2011/11/south-snohomish-county-commission-for-health-becomes-verdant-health-commission/ |access-date=April 14, 2024 |work=My Edmonds News |date=November 29, 2011}}</ref> Stevens Hospital was expanded with the addition of a nine-story medical tower in 1972 as demand increased from population growth in surrounding areas, but demand faltered as mismanagement plagued its reputation among locals in the early 2000s.<ref name="Stevens Hospital - HL" /> The public hospital district ultimately reached an agreement with Swedish in 2010, with the latter leasing the hospital from the former starting on September 1;<ref name="Swedish takeover - Herald" /> the former rebranded as the Verdant Health Commission the following year and refocused its efforts as a public [[health department]].<ref name="Verdant rebrand" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Wippel |first1=Teresa |title='Verdant in a nutshell': Superintendent explains health commission's work |url=https://myedmondsnews.com/2019/04/verdant-in-a-nutshell-superintendent-explains-health-commissions-work/ |access-date=April 14, 2024 |work=My Edmonds News |date=April 26, 2019}}</ref>

Prior to Stevens/Swedish, a general hospital existed in downtown Edmonds in the mid 1920s, while another one existed in the early 1950s. The hospital sits at the center of a district of medical and professional services offices along State Route 99.<ref name="HistoryLink" /><ref name="Stevens Hospital - HL" />