Sno-Isle Libraries is launching its 2019 Issues That Matter series of community discussions, with five events focused on four areas of impacts related to growth:

• Environment
• Transportation
• Employment
• Housing

The events are scheduled for libraries in Edmonds, Lynnwood, Marysville, Monroe and Oak Harbor:

Disappearing Farmland: Population Growth and Food Supply Sustainability

• April 29, 6:30-8 p.m.
• Monroe Library
• Facilitator:
  • Linda Neunzig, Snohomish County Agriculture Coordinator
• Panelists:
  • Sam Low, Snohomish County Council Member
  • Nick Bratton, Forterra
  • Robin Fay, PCC Farmland Trust
  • Bobbi Lindemulder, Snohomish County Conservation District
  • Neil Subhash, Present Tense farm
  • Leah Werkhoven, Werkhoven dairy

Transportation: Getting from Here to There

• May 14, 6:30-8 p.m.
• Lynnwood Library
• Facilitator:
  • Teresa Wippel, founder and publisher of My Edmonds News and publisher of MLTnews and Lynnwood Today.
• Panelists:
  • David Kleitsch, Director of Economic Development for the City of Lynnwood
  • Roland Behee, Manager of Planning for Community Transit
  • Kyoko Matsumoto Wright, Mountlake Terrace Mayor
  • Sound Transit representative

Employment: Working on Future Jobs

• May 21, 6:30-8 p.m.
• Marysville Library
• Facilitator:
  • Jon Nehring, Mayor of Marysville
• Panelists:
  • Barb Tolbert, Mayor of Arlington
  • Nate Nehring, Snohomish County Council Member
  • Herman Calzadillas, Employment Solutions Manager at Everett Community College

Housing and Homelessness: Where will we all live?

• June 3, 6:30-8 p.m.
• Edmonds Library, Plaza Room
• Facilitator:
  • Teresa Wippel, founder and publisher of My Edmonds News and publisher of MLTnews and Lynnwood Today.
• Panelists:
  • Mindy Woods, Formerly Homeless Advocate
  • Karin Ellis, Consultant — Kone’ Consulting
  • Aaron Holm, Co-CEO — Blokable

Housing: Where will we all live?

• June 4, 6:30-8 p.m.
• Oak Harbor Library
• Facilitator:
  • Christine Cribb, Executive Director of Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce
• Panelists:
  • • Steve Powers, Development Services Director, City of Oak Harbor
    • Robin Amadon, Housing Development Director, Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI)
    • Joanne Pelant, Housing Resource Coordinator, Island County
    • Meredith Penny, Long Range Planner at Island County Planning & Community Development

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