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EVERETT 2044 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 6/17/2025 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELEMENT Page 80 ED-73 Collaborate with businesses, business organizations, and the community to organize and promote events, festivals, meetings, and conventions that help residents and visitors develop positive associations with the Everett community. ED-74 Encourage the development of hospitality, entertainment, business facilities within Metro Everett and other appropriate locations to improve opportunities for shopping, dining, arts and entertainment, lodging, business conventions, sports, and cultural events. ED-75 Maintain, enhance, and promote the social, cultural, and historic amenities of the city (such as attractive public spaces, historic building inventory, restaurants, sidewalk cafes, and art galleries) to help attract creative, artistic, skilled, and innovative people (the creative class) to the Everett community. ED-76 Collaborate with partner organizations to promote the city’s distinctive character, historic inventory, public art, cultural and recreational activities, retail businesses, business districts and attractions to make Everett a destination city. ED-77 Promote Everett as an international City, highlighting diverse cultural attractions, traditions and communities in the neighborhoods and business districts as well as downtown. ED-78 Implement, and update as needed, Everett’s strategic tourism and marketing plans to strengthen tourism development and programs. 5-YEAR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIONS Action ED-1: Update Southwest Everett Manufacturing Center Subarea Plan & MIC designation. Action ED-2: Apply for and receive ArtsWA Creative District certification for Downtown Arts District Action ED-3: Explore and implement the establishment of a Community Development Corporation and / or Public Development Authority.