Jan. 15, 2020 North County Outlook

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New program helps students get into apprenticeships By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com The Regional Apprenticeship Pathways (RAP) program cut the ribbon on their building on Jan. 7 to celebrate the program moving into their permanent location. The program, which is hosted at Marysville-Pilchuck High School and accepts students from around the county, is a collaboration between local schools and trade groups to provide more access to the trades for local students. “A student who completes the RAP program will graduate with their high school diploma, a college credential which has been designed by Everett Community College and preferred entry into a state-certified apprenticeship program,” said Nate Nehring, a Snohomish County Council member who helped organize the program. The program is meant to encourage students into apprenticeships earlier. “We recognized that there was a need for a more seamless pipeline into the trades,” said Nehring. “The average age of someone coming See RAP on page 2

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Arlington Mayor Barbara Tolbert, left, talks with Heather Logan, president of the Cascade Valley Hospital Foundation, right, and Arlington Fire Chief Dave Kraski on Jan. 8.

Mayor Tolbert looks back on 2019, forward to 2020 By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com

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Marysville City Council member Mark James talks with student Shawn McKinley from the Regional Apprenticeship Pathways program hosted in Marysville about McKinely’s recent project, a table in the foreground, on Jan. 7.

The city of Arlington made strides in improving their manufacturing center and access to those types of jobs, among other improvements, in 2019. Mayor Barbara Tolbert recently talked about the advances made and the hopes for the new year. “On many fronts it was a good year for the city of Ar-

lington,” said Tolbert. “Cities always have challenges in front of them, and we’re no different in that regard,” she said, however she added a lot of progress was made. The Cascade Industrial Center continues to receive preparation work to attract manufacturing jobs. “The crowning achieve-

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Port of Everett signs on to support CIC By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com The Port of Everett officially signed on to help the Marysville/Arlington Cascade Industrial Center with economic development at a Jan. 8 joint meeting. Officials from the port, Marysville and Arlington gathered for the joint meeting where the partnership was voted forward and signed. “This recognizes the Port of Everett as a partner to the cities and formalizes

the port’s role in supporting developer and business recruitment, development, financing, permitting, environmental regulatory strategy and legislative advocacy,” said Lisa Lefeber, Port of Everett CEO. The Cascade Industrial Center (CIC) is a project from the cities of Arlington and Marysville designed to attract manufacturing jobs to the north Marysville and Smokey Point area. “When our businesses come, we’re going to need to move freight and goods,

and we’re going to need to move it efficiently and effectively out of Snohomish County,” said Arlington Mayor Barbara Tolbert. “So it only makes sense at this time in the development of the CIC to collaborate with the Port of Everett,” she said. The CIC represents years of work by staff and elected officials from both Arlington and Marysville. “This all started with a vision in these cities a See CIC on page 2

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Marysville Mayor Jon Nehring, center, talks about the agreement between Marysville, Arlington and the Port of Everett to support the Cascade Industrial Center on Jan. 8, along with commissioners Tom Stiger, right, and Glen Bachman.

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