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Fluke locating its parent company HQ in Everett will bring prestige and an increase to local philanthropy. By Jim Davis and Dan Catchpole Herald Writers

EVERETT — Word is out that Everett could land the

headquarters of a new company potentially large enough to be listed on Fortune 500, an annual compilation of America’s largest businesses. While that would be a big deal

economically, it also offers other important benefits for Everett, including an increase in prestige and a boost to local philanthropy. The parent company of Everett’s Fluke Corp. announced earlier this year that it’s separating into two businesses by the end of 2016. One company would remain

known as Danaher, which is based in Washington, D.C. A second company, known now as NewCo, would include Danaher’s test and measurement businesses, such as Fluke, as well as its other specialty industrial businesses.

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$63.5 million project is hospital’s largest expansion in 40 years

EVERETT — Six candidates are facing off for three seats on the Everett City Council. A seventh candidate, Judy Tuohy, is running unopposed for a full term in Position 7. Tuohy won a special election for the seat last year over Richard Anderson, who had been appointed to the seat in 2013.

Position 4 Cocoon House CEO Cassie Franklin is challenging incumbent Ron Gipson, who is the longest serving member of the Everett City Council. Gipson, running for a sixth term on the council, did not return several calls from The Daily Herald by press time. In the past he has mentioned his advocacy for working-class Everett, increasing funding for public transit, making parks and services accessible to all, and reining in utility costs. Gipson has also had to fight off accusations of sexual harassment, and has held a public forum and devoted a page on his campaign website to refuting the accusations, even those that were upheld during an investigation. Gipson works as a corrections officer at the Denney Juvenile Justice Center and was on paid administrative leave for 18 months before returning to his job in September. Franklin, who oversees an organization that provides services for homeless youth, said the city’s ongoing issues with its homeless population and street crime are rapidly emerging as the biggest problem to be solved. “What we’re understanding is how quickly these problems can shift, and the recommendations also need to be able to shift,” Franklin said. She sat on the city’s Streets Initiative task force and said the top priority will be trying to tackle all aspects of the issue, rather than just focusing on one facet. “We have to be able to move forward on public safety and public services and getting the other jurisdictions on board, otherwise we won’t be able to solve it,” Franklin said.

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Walking around on drywall stilts, Todd Vranich of Expert Drywall works on high places in rooms throughout the huge new Swedish Edmonds Emergency Department in early September.

EDMONDS — Swedish Edmonds CEO Jennifer Graves wears a hard hat and safety vest as she walks through her hospital’s still-under-construction expansion. “It’s amazing how much it changes in just a week,” Graves said. “It’s kind of phenomenal.” The $63.5 million project is the largest expansion in 40 years for the hospital and it’s coming together quickly. The 77,000-square-foot addition is scheduled to open Nov. 10, on time and on budget. The expansion will bring a

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new emergency department aimed to help people get in and get treated quicker. The project also includes an already finished parking garage and a new imaging department and observation area, scheduled to open next year. And the project aims to increase the profile for the former Stevens Hospital. “At times, I’ve been at community events and people don’t even know there’s a hospital here in Edmonds,” Graves said. “I’m hoping this raises the visibility of our location a little bit.” Swedish Medical Services took over management of Stevens Hospital in 2010 and

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promised at the time to meet the needs of a growing community. Since then, Swedish — which merged with Providence Medical Group in 2012 — has spent millions upgrading equipment and facilities in Edmonds. A $12 million electronic medical record system went live in 2012. The $11 million Swedish Cancer Institute on the 18-acre campus was completed in 2013. And now this expansion, the biggest hospital construction project currently under way for the Swedish-Providence system in the region. Swedish is installing quality programs that will benefit the health of people who live in

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south Snohomish County, said Edmonds Mayor Dave Earling. And the expansion will bring jobs to the area not only with Swedish Edmonds, but medical practices that will be tied to the hospital, he said. “It’s really inspring to see a large corporation come in, clearly define what their intentions are and then produce,” Earling said. While the new emergency department is not much bigger than the one it’s replacing — 28 exam rooms compared to 22 — the new space is designed to modern medical standards.

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