Bothell () is a city in

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and Snohomish counties in the

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. It is part of the

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, situated near the northeast end of

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. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 48,161 residents.

History

The

Sammamish River The Sammamish River (also known as Sammamish Slough) flows through north King County, Washington for about , draining Lake Sammamish into Lake Washington. Along its course, the Sammamish River flows through Redmond, Woodinville, Bothell, and K ...

valley from

to Issaquah Creek was historically inhabited by the indigenous

Sammamish people The Sammamish (; indigenously, ) people are a Coast Salish Native American tribe in the Sammamish River Valley in central King County, Washington. Their name is variously translated as ''ssts'p-abc'' ("meander dwellers", a group residing around ...

(also known as the "s-tah-PAHBSH", or "willow people"), a

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group with an estimated population of 80 to 200 by 1850. Among them were the "ssts'p-abc" ("meander dwellers"), who settled near the river's mouth at two villages—the larger of which was "tlah-WAH-dees" between modern-day Kenmore and Bothell. The Sammamish were removed from their lands in 1856 following the

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and moved to the

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and

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indian reservations. The first American claims to the lower Sammamish River valley, then mostly a

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, were filed in 1870 by Columbus S. Greenleaf and George R. Wilson. Eight families followed over the next six years. In 1876, Canadian George Brackett bought land and began commercial logging out of a camp located on the north bank of the Sammamish River in what is now the heart of downtown Bothell. A store, school, and sawmill followed over the next several years. In 1885, Brackett sold to David Bothell, a settler and

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veteran from

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. The town's first postmaster, who bought his property from Bothell, named the town in his honor when it was

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ted in 1888. Later that same year, a local railroad was built through the town to transport coal from

Issaquah Issaquah ( ) is a city in King County, Washington, United States. The population was 40,051 at the 2020 census. Located in a valley and bisected by Interstate 90, the city is bordered by the Sammamish Plateau to the north and the "Issaquah Alp ...

. Bothell was officially incorporated on April 14, 1909. Bothell continued to grow as logging expanded and boat traffic brought increasing amounts of goods and passengers up and down the river. As more people moved into the area, the Army Corps of Engineers decided to dredge and straighten the river in the years shortly after Bothell's incorporation. Most boat traffic came to an abrupt end only a few years later when Lake Washington was lowered in 1917. Water transport also shifted to trucks after a brick road was built from Seattle. The logging economy declined quickly around the same time, and the local economy shifted to farming. After World War II, better highways and a post-war boom brought

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development to Bothell. These new neighborhoods and a series of annexations dramatically expanded Bothell's population from about 1,000 in 1950 to over 45,000 as of 2017. A failed attempt to annex part of the adjacent community of

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in the 1980s led to them incorporating as a separate city in 1993. In 1992, the city annexed an area in southern Snohomish County, becoming a dual-county city and adding 11,400 people. During the decade, the city's population had increased by 144 percent to over 30,000. Bothell was mostly a

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for people working in Seattle until the 1990s, when business development brought new jobs to create a regional employment center in Canyon Park with about 20,000 jobs, many in high technology sectors such as

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and

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. In 1990, a campus of the

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opened in Bothell. In 2010, the city of Bothell began a $150 million program to redevelop downtown, including the demolition of 15 buildings, moving State Route 522, expanding the Bothell–Everett Highway, expanding a city park, and expanding the city hall. The realigned State Route 522 was opened in August 2013 and was followed by a redesign of Bothell Way (formerly State Route 527) in 2017 that created a wide

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with separate laneways for parking. The projects were originally planned to be funded with a $42 million property tax proposition that was rejected by voters in November 2014. A major fire in downtown broke out at the Mercantile Building on July 22, 2016, damaging and closing more than 20 businesses. The fire hindered the redevelopment program and required state aid for rebuilding.

Geography

Bothell is located along the

near its mouth at the northeast end of

. It straddles

and Snohomish counties, which cross Bothell at Northeast 205th Street / 244th Street Southwest. Bothell is one of six cities in Washington that are in multiple counties. The city is bordered to the west by Kenmore, to the north by unincorporated North Creek, to the east by

, and to the south by Kirkland (including Juanita). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city of Bothell has a total area of , all of it classified as land. Because most streets in Bothell are numbered and not named, streets that cross the county line often change numbers. For example, 104th Avenue NE in King County becomes 23rd Avenue SE when it crosses into Snohomish County. Most of the city drains into the Sammamish River or one of its tributaries, such as North Creek and Swamp Creek. The area has several wetlands that are home to large groups of

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s, up to 16,000 at a time, that commute from the Seattle region to roost in Bothell.

Subareas and neighborhoods

As part of the city's

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, first published in 1996, Bothell organizes neighborhoods and districts into planning subareas for zoning regulation purposes. When the plan was last updated in 2015, Bothell recognized 17 subareas, four of which were outside the current city limits; they include: * Bloomberg Hill, a residential area on the eastern edge of the city, primarily in King County * Brickyard Road/Queensgate, a residential area in the southeastern corner of the city * Canyon Creek/39th Avenue SE, a residential area in the northeastern corner of the city proper * Canyon Park, a residential and commercial area on the northern edge of the city proper * Country Village/Lake Pleasant, a residential and commercial area situated along the Bothell-Everett Highway (formerly SR 527) between downtown and Canyon Park * Damson/Logan, a residential area in the northwestern part of the city's planning area, just outside the city proper and west of I-405 * Downtown Bothell, located mainly on the north side of the

in an area originally settled by pioneers. It contains a business district along Main Street, and several blocks of residences at the foot of Beckstrom Hill. It also contains city hall and the police station, the Bothell Library, and Pop Keeney Stadium. * Filbert/Winesap, a primarily residential area in the northwestern part of the city's planning area, just outside the city proper and east of I-405 * Fitzgerald/35th Avenue SE, a residential area in the northeastern part of the city, just north of the King-Snohomish county line * Locust/14th Avenue W, a primarily residential area in the northwestern part of the city, just outside the city proper to the north of Kenmore * Maywood/Beckstrom Hill, a residential neighborhood on the hill extending from downtown north up to North Creek * North Creek/NE 195th Street, a mixed residential, commercial, and light industrial area in the east-central part of the city, located mainly northeast of the interchange of I-405 and SR 522 * Queensborough/Brentwood/Crystal Springs, a residential neighborhood in the northwestern corner of the city proper * Shelton View/Meridian/3rd Avenue SE, a residential neighborhood on the western edge of the city proper within Snohomish County * Thrasher's Corner/Red Hawk, a residential and commercial area in the northeastern corner of the city's planning area, just outside the city proper. It is named for the Thrasher family, who opened a grocery store and gas station at the corner of the Bothell–Everett Highway and Filbert Road (now State Route 524) in 1928. * Waynita/Simonds/Norway Hill, a residential area in the southern part of the city, roughly south of the

. It is home to the former Wayne Golf Course, now a city-owned parkland. * Westhill, a primarily residential area on the hill to the west of downtown

Climate

Bothell has a temperate oceanic climate, with mild summers and cool winters. Winter sees much more rainfall than summer and winters in Bothell (much like those in the rest of the

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) are very cloudy and overcast. Summers are drier and cool to warm.

Demographics

Bothell is the 26th largest city in Washington, with a population of 48,161 people as of the

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. The city grew significantly in the 1950s, 1990s, and 2000s from the annexation of surrounding areas and suburban development. Between 2010 and 2020, Bothell's population grew by 44 percent, faster than any other city in Snohomish County and among the fastest rates in the Puget Sound region. The city has a large concentration of

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, of which 33 percent identify as

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and 29 percent identify as

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, and Hispanic/Latino Americans. Approximately 20 percent of Bothell residents were born outside the United States, an increase from 11 percent reported in 2000. The 2019

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estimated that the

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of the city's residents was $99,965. An evaluation by Public Health – Seattle & King County in 2016 found that residents of Bothell and Woodinville had lower prevalence of health issues and a high

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of 83.4 years compared to King County and Washington state.

2020 census

As of the 2020 U.S. census, there were 48,161 people, 19,149 households, and 7,948 families residing in Bothell. The

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was . There were 19,149 occupied housing units and 989 vacant units. 60 percent of the city's population, 28,956 people, resided in the King County portion of Bothell, while the remaining 19,205 lived in Snohomish County. The

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of the city was 65.0% White, 1.9% African American, 0.6% Native American, 17.7% Asian, 0.2% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 4.0% from other races, and 10.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.2% of the population.

2010 census

As of the 2010 U.S. census, there were 33,505 people, 13,497 households, and 8,779 families residing in the city. The

was . There were 14,255 housing units at an average density of . The

of the city was 79.7% White, 1.6% African American, 0.6% Native American, 10.2% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 3.4% from other races, and 4.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.7% of the population. There were 13,497 households, of which 32.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.9% were

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living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 35.0% were non-families. 27.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 3.00. The median age in the city was 38.3 years. 22.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 29.3% were from 25 to 44; 28.1% were from 45 to 64; and 12.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.8% male and 51.2% female.

Economy

In its early years, Bothell's economy was tied to the

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industry, but it became an

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-based economy by the 1920s; after

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, the

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transformed the town into a

. Since 1984, development in the Canyon Park and North Creek business districts has transformed Bothell into a regional employment center.

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is a key industry, with Achieve Life Sciences,

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, AGC Biologics (formerly CMC Biologics and

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), Lundbeck Seattle Biopharmaceuticals, and Blue Heron Biotechnology all having headquarters or operations in Bothell. Medical device manufacturers based in the city include

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and

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Aculight. Bothell is also home to medical device company Ventec Life Systems, which manufactures

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s. Computer technology, data, and

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s are well represented, and include companies such as

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, AVST, Kinesis, Leviton Voice & Data, Systems Interface, Silicon Mechanics,

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, Lockheed Martin, SonoSite (owned by

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, Parity Corporation, Allocent, Teltone, and

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had a Canyon Park campus in the early 2000s Engineering firms, including

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, and

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, are well represented. Examples include

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, RH2 Engineering, Romac Industries, North Creek Analytical, ECS Engineering,

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, and Path Engineers. MicroVision, Inc. was formerly headquartered in Bothell, but has since moved to Redmond. The

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has a

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facility, the Staff Sgt. Joe R. Hooper Army Reserve Center, in the northwest part of the city. It opened in 1993 and also houses the Region X headquarters of the

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in a former

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. National magazine publisher Scotsman Guide Media is headquartered in the city. Defunct retailer

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was once based in Bothell until 1996.

Culture

Arts

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Bothell has several pieces of public art, primarily located in downtown or on the University of Washington Bothell and Cascadia College campus. The city government created an arts advisory committee and adopted a

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ordinance in 2009 to fund the creation of public artwork and other programs. The committee was replaced by a formal Arts Commission in 2017 with seven members appointed by the city council to manage and promote the public arts program. A

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at the new city hall is curated by the Arts Commission with room for paintings, sculptures, and on-screen artwork. The city's downtown is home to an

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, the Bothell Art Scene, with several participating businesses and art studios. Other pieces of public art in the city include a series of

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s on downtown buildings that depict Bothell's history and pioneers. They were first painted in 1989 to honor the city's centennial, but some were lost in the late 1990s to redevelopment. From 1981 to 2019, Bothell was home to Country Village, a themed shopping center with stores that catered towards the arts community. It had 45 independent businesses in several historic buildings that were repurposed for use by artisan stores,

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s, and restaurants. Country Village also hosted an annual

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sculpture contest and the Museum of Special Art, an art museum for works created by people with disabilities. The city's largest performing arts venue, the Northshore Performing Arts Center, opened in 2005 at Bothell High School and seats 600 people. It is operated by the Northshore School District and was funded with assistance from a volunteer organization that sought to build a regional theater at a cost of $5 million.

Events

Bothell hosts several annual events that are funded in part by private donations, sponsorships, and a hotel tax levied by the city government. Major annual events throughout the year in Bothell include: * Bothell Block Party and BrewFest in May * The City of Bothell Freedom Festival, a two-day festival celebrating American Independence, including an annual Fourth of July parade and a reenactment of the Battle of Concord on the Bothell Landing Bridge. * Bothell Friday Market, weekly from June to September * Bothell Beer Festival * The Music in the Park concert series, every Friday in July and August at Bothell Landing Amphitheater. * Greater Bothell Arts & Crafts Fair * City of Bothell Riverfest * The Summits of Bothell bike ride * Tree Lighting Festival and Santa Arrival, at Bothell Landing The Cup of Kindness day, held on May 10, was cited by ''

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'' in its awarding of "Nicest Places in America" honors to Bothell and nine other cities in 2018.

Media

Bothell has one weekly newspaper, the ''Bothell-Kenmore Reporter''. It was first published in 1933 as the ''Bothell Citizen'' and became the ''Northshore Citizen'' in 1961 as its coverage grew outside the city's boundaries. The newspaper became a semimonthly publication in January 2002, receiving its current name in the process; the schedule change was reverted by the paper's current owner,

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, two months after it bought the paper in November 2006. Local newspapers published before the establishment of the ''Reporter'' include the ''Bothell Independent'' and the ''Bothell Sentinel''. Bothell is also part of the Seattle–Tacoma media market and is served by Seattle-based media outlets. The region's largest newspaper, ''

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'', operated a production facility in the city's North Creek business district from 1992 to 2020, closing it amid an industry-wide decline in print revenue; the ''

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'' was also printed at the facility until it shifted to online-only publication in 2009. The Snohomish County side of the city is served by ''

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'', a sister paper to the ''Reporter''. Broadcast-based media outlets that serve the city include television stations

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KING-TV KING-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Seattle, Washington, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside Everett-licensed independent station KONG (channel 16). Both stations share studios at the Home Plate ...

KIRO-TV KIRO-TV (channel 7) is a television station in Seattle, Washington, United States, affiliated with CBS and Telemundo. Owned by Cox Media Group, the station maintains studios on Third Avenue in the Belltown section of Downtown Seattle, and its ...

, and

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; as well as various radio stations.

Library

Bothell's

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is operated by the

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(KCLS), which has provided library services for it since 1946. The library was established on January 19, 1925, but it traces its history to a

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that was established on Main Street in 1905. The city council voted to move it into the city hall in 1928; both relocated to a new building in 1936. A separate, library building was dedicated on July 6, 1969, but the library had outgrown it by 1986, when Bothell voters approved an annexation into KCLS. Initially intending to expand the 1969 building, KCLS elected to construct a building adjacent to it instead; the new building opened on September 18, 1995.

Historic preservation

Bothell has nine properties that are listed on the

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(NRHP) due to their cultural, architectural, or historic qualities. Several properties are surviving homes from early city pioneers built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that were late moved to the Park at Bothell Landing. Other listed sites include the Bothell Pioneer Cemetery, Bates-Tanner Farm, and

North Creek School North Creek School is a school building located in Bothell, Washington listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, ...

at Centennial Park. In 1987, the city government established its own local register of historic places, which is managed by the Landmark Preservation Board appointed by the city council. It has 15 properties that include those on the NRHP and the

Washington State Heritage Register The Washington Heritage Register is an official list of sites and properties found throughout Washington state, United States. The Washington Heritage Register is administered by the Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preserva ...

, as well as additional sites that are over 50 years old. One site, the Harries House and Water Tower, was delisted following its demolition in 2015 despite plans to protect it from nearby housing development. The Bothell Historical Museum, a non-profit museum run by the local

historical society A historical society (sometimes also preservation society) is an organization dedicated to preserving, collecting, researching, and interpreting historical information or items. Originally, these societies were created as a way to help future gen ...

, is located within the Hannan House on the grounds of the Park at Bothell Landing. It opened in 1969 and was relocated to the new park in 1978. The museum was open on Sundays until the

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suspended activities; it is furnished with contemporary artifacts from a late 19th century home and those related to the city's history. The historical society also funded several restoration projects, including work on the Beckstrom Cabin, built in 1883 and moved to the park grounds in 1979.

Sports

Pop Keeney Stadium in Downtown Bothell was built in 1920 and seats 4,438 spectators. It is primary used by high school football teams from the Northshore School District, having originally hosted only Bothell High School. The stadium was renamed during renovations in 1953 for Harold "Pop" Keeney, a local high school football coach. Its original stands were replaced in 1968 and the stadium was renovated again in 2010.

Government and politics

Bothell is a non-charter code city with a

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. The city council has seven members elected in

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at-large At large (''before a noun'': at-large) is a description for members of a governing body who are elected or appointed to represent a whole membership or population (notably a city, county, state, province, nation, club or association), rather than ...

positions to four-year terms in staggered election years. The city council passes ordinances and resolutions, approves the budget, sets policies and adjudicates issues. A mayor and deputy mayor are elected to two-year terms by the council from within their own membership. Day-to-day affairs in the city are administered by a

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, who is hired by the council and appoints the heads of eight departments. The city government has 387 employees and an operating budget of $266.2 million appropriated for the 2021–22 biennium, sourced primarily from

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, service charges, and

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. It provides a range of municipal services, including

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fire services A fire department (American English) or fire brigade (Commonwealth English), also known as a fire authority, fire district, fire and rescue, or fire service in some areas, is an organization that provides fire prevention and fire suppression se ...

emergency medical services Emergency medical services (EMS), also known as ambulance services or paramedic services, are emergency services that provide urgent pre-hospital treatment and stabilisation for serious illness and injuries and transport to definitive care. ...

, public works, zoning and planning, parks and recreation, and some utilities. The city's fire department has three

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s and also contracts with Snohomish County Fire Protection District 10 for services north of the county line. Bothell

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, located downtown, opened in 2015; it replaced an earlier city hall built in 1938 and five other buildings in the city used by various municipal departments. At the federal level, Bothell is part of the 1st congressional district, represented by Democrat

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since 2012. At the state level, the city is part of the 1st legislative district alongside

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and Kirkland. Bothell is also represented by three county council districts:

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's 1st district covers most of the city's King County side, while a small portion belongs to the 3rd district; the

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's 4th district represents all of the Snohomish County side of the city.

Parks and recreation

Bothell has 26

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s, trails, and open spaces for public use that are maintained by the city government's Parks and Recreation Department. These comprise of city-owned open spaces and are supplemented by in other open spaces and parks owned by county governments and private entities. The Parks and Recreation Department also organizes recreational activities for residents at city parks and facilities, including sport leagues, concerts,

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, and instructional classes; these programs were cancelled due to the

. Bothell is also home a

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branch,

senior center A senior center (or senior centre) is a type of community center where older adults congregate for fellowship with others to fulfill many of their social, physical, emotional, and intellectual needs. A regular part of senior centers is card and bo ...

s, and other community organizations that provide their own recreational programs. The Sammamish River corridor has several city parks that are connected to each other by the

Sammamish River Trail The Sammamish River Trail is a bike path and recreational rail trail in King County, Washington that runs along the Sammamish River from Blyth Park in Bothell to Marymoor Park in Redmond as part of the “Locks to Lakes Corridor.” It connec ...

, a regional hiking and bicycling trail that continues southeast for to Redmond. The Sammamish River Trail also connects to two other paved regional trails that converge in Bothell: the

Burke–Gilman Trail The Burke–Gilman Trail is a rail trail in King County, Washington. The multi-use recreational trail is part of the King County Regional Trail System and occupies an abandoned Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway (SLS&E) corridor. A porti ...

, which runs southwest to Seattle; and the North Creek Trail, which travels to Canyon Park and is planned to reach Mill Creek and Everett in later phases. An unpaved corridor, the Tolt Pipeline Trail, runs southeast from Bothell towards Duvall and follows the route of the Tolt pipeline. Blyth Park is the city's oldest park, sitting on of land facing the river that was donated in 1959 by the local

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. It is adjacent to the former Wayne Golf Course, which was acquired for $3.8 million by the city government between 2017 and 2018 with assistance from Forterra. The property is the largest in Bothell's parks system and remains undeveloped except for an existing

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course that was retained. Connecting the river and trail to Downtown Bothell is the Park at Bothell Landing, a park with historic buildings and a footbridge. Bothell's largest nature preserve, North Creek Forest, was established in 2011 and sits on surrounding North Creek near Interstate 405. It is home to large forests as well as wetlands that host

band-tailed pigeon The band-tailed pigeon (''Patagioenas fasciata'') is a medium-sized bird of the Americas. Its closest relatives are the Chilean pigeon and the ring-tailed pigeon, which form a clade of ''Patagioenas'' with a terminal tail band and iridescent p ...

pileated woodpecker The pileated woodpecker (''Dryocopus pileatus'') is a large, mostly black woodpecker native to North America. An insectivore, it inhabits deciduous forests in eastern North America, the Great Lakes, the boreal forests of Canada, and parts of the ...

s, and

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in streams. The forest is managed by a volunteer group and is adjacent to state-owned wetlands on the University of Washington Bothell and Cascadia College campus. The wetlands, the largest in the Pacific Northwest to undergo restoration, are home to habitats for deer, goats, coyotes, and other wildlife. In addition to parks in the downtown area, Bothell has several community parks in its outlying neighborhoods. The Doug Allen Sportsfields, named in 2008 for a former city worker, has several grass fields for soccer and a

baseball diamond A baseball field, also called a ball field or baseball diamond, is the field upon which the game of baseball is played. The term can also be used as a metonym for a baseball park. The term sandlot is sometimes used, although this usually refers ...

. The North Creek Sportsfields complex comprises four fields in the North Creek business park designated for soccer, baseball, softball, lacrosse, and American football. The city's northernmost park, Centennial Park, opened in October 2008 at the former site of a Snohomish County park in Thrasher's Corner.

Education

The

Northshore School District Northshore School District is a public school district covering portions of King County and Snohomish County, Washington. The district's service area covers the cities of Bothell, Brier, Woodinville, and Kenmore as well as portions of unincor ...

serves the cities of Bothell, Woodinville, Kenmore, and surrounding unincorporated areas in King and Snohomish counties. It is the 10th largest school district in Washington state, with 35 schools and an enrollment of 23,577 students . The district is governed by a five-member

school board A board of education, school committee or school board is the board of directors or board of trustees of a school, local school district or an equivalent institution. The elected council determines the educational policy in a small regional are ...

elected from geographic districts, of which three include portions of Bothell. Northshore was formed in 1959 from a merger of the Bothell and Woodinville school districts, which had been founded in the late 19th century. The district operates 12 schools within Bothell city limits: one

high school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...

, three

middle school A middle school (also known as intermediate school, junior high school, junior secondary school, or lower secondary school) is an educational stage which exists in some countries, providing education between primary school and secondary school. ...

s, and eight

elementary school A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary ed ...

Bothell High School Bothell High School is located in Bothell, Washington, United States, and is one of four high schools in the Northshore School District. Approximately 1,500 students in grades 9 through 12 attend the school, which is a member of the KingCo 4A ath ...

opened in 1907 to serve several rural school districts and moved between several building until its current West Hill campus was completed in 1953. The campus underwent an extensive renovation that was completed in 2008 that added classrooms, common areas, and a

performing arts center Performing arts center/centre (see spelling differences), often abbreviated as PAC, is used to refer to: * A multi-use performance space that is intended for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. :The ...

. The district's other high schools, Inglemoor in Kenmore and North Creek in unincorporated Snohomish County (opened in 2017), also serve Bothell residents. The Bothell area is also home to several

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s, including those affiliated with local churches. Among them are campuses of the Cedar Park Christian School system, including a high school in Bothell; the Providence Classical Christian School, a

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founded in 1997; and St. Brendan's Catholic School, founded in 1966 and administered by the Archdiocese of Seattle. The Clearwater School, two

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schools, the Evergreen Academy, and the Washington Preparatory School are also located in and around Bothell.

Higher education

Bothell is home to two

post-secondary Tertiary education, also referred to as third-level, third-stage or post-secondary education, is the educational level following the completion of secondary education. The World Bank, for example, defines tertiary education as including univers ...

educational institutions, Cascadia College and the

University of Washington Bothell The University of Washington Bothell (UW Bothell) is a branch campus of University of Washington in Bothell, Washington. It was founded in 1989 and is located just northwest of the junction of Interstate 405 and State Route 522, and it shares ...

(UW Bothell), which share a single campus east of downtown near Interstate 405 and State Route 522. UW Bothell is one of three campuses of the

and serves 6,000 students , of which approximately 30 percent reside in Snohomish County. Cascadia College, a two-year

community college A community college is a type of educational institution. The term can have different meanings in different countries: many community colleges have an "open enrollment" for students who have graduated from high school (also known as senior sec ...

, had fewer than 3,000 enrolled students in 2019. UW Bothell was established by the state government in 1989 alongside another branch campus in Tacoma to serve students who had graduated from two-year community colleges. Its first classes were held in October 1990 at a Canyon Park office building. At the same time, the state government approved plans to establish another community college on the Eastside to relieve overcrowding at colleges in

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and

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. The state government proposed replacing UW Bothell and the planned community college with a new four-year university in 1992, but opted instead to have both institutions share space on the intended site for the latter; the shared campus opened in September 2000. Further attempts to merge the institutions were rejected by students and the state government, who instead authorized an expansion of UW Bothell from an upper division school to a four-year institution beginning in 2006.

Infrastructure

Transportation

Aerial view of the Wetlands after restoration (2011)

Bothell lies at the intersection of Interstate 405, a major freeway bypass of

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, and State Route 522, which provides connections to Seattle and Monroe. Other highways in the city's northern neighborhoods include State Route 524, which travels west to

Lynnwood Lynnwood is a city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. The city is part of the Seattle metropolitan area and is located north of Seattle and south of Everett, near the junction of Interstate 5 and Interstate 405. It is the four ...

and east to Maltby; and State Route 527 (the Bothell–Everett Highway), which connects Bothell to Mill Creek and Everett. Prior to the opening of the new Pacific Highway between Everett and Seattle in 1927, U.S. Route 99 was routed through Bothell on modern-day State Route 522 and State Route 527. Public transportation within the city is provided by several operators that serve hubs at the University of Washington Bothell campus, Canyon Park Park and Ride on Interstate 405, and Downtown Bothell.

King County Metro King County Metro, officially the King County Metro Transit Department and often shortened to Metro, is the public transit authority of King County, Washington, which includes the city of Seattle. It is the eighth-largest transit bus agency in t ...

has local routes connecting Bothell to nearby cities, as well as express routes traveling to North Seattle and the main

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Sound Transit Express Sound Transit Express (ST Express) is a network of regional express buses, operated by the multi-county transit agency, Sound Transit. The routes connect major regional hubs throughout 53 cities in three counties (King, Pierce, and Snohomish) i ...

operates express routes from Bothell to Seattle's Roosevelt station via State Route 522 and along Interstate 405 to Lynnwood and

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Community Transit Community Transit (CT) is the public transit authority of Snohomish County, Washington, United States, excluding the city of Everett, in the Seattle metropolitan area. It operates local bus, paratransit and vanpool service within Snohomish C ...

primarily serves Snohomish County with connections at its Canyon Park hub, which is also the terminus of the

Swift Green Line The ''Swift'' Green Line is a bus rapid transit route in Snohomish County, Washington, United States, part of the Swift network operated by Community Transit. It was opened in 2019 and travels along Airport Way and State Route 527, connecting 3 ...

, a

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line on State Route 527 that debuted in 2019. Its route connect Bothell to Lynnwood, Mill Creek, Everett, and Downtown Seattle. These agencies, along with the

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, also operate

park-and-ride A park and ride, also known as incentive parking or a commuter lot, is a parking lot with public transport connections that allows commuters and other people heading to city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, rail system (rapi ...

lots that have a total capacity of 965 vehicles. As part of the

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program, two

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bus rapid transit lines are planned to be built through Bothell by 2027. Line S2 will follow Interstate 405 between Lynnwood and Bellevue with stops at the University of Washington Bothell campus and Canyon Park; Line S3 on State Route 522 between Shoreline South/148th station in

and Bothell will open in 2026 with stations in Downtown Bothell and at the University of Washington Bothell campus. In July 2019, the city government launched its dockless electric scooter sharing program with

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Utilities

The delivery of

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to residents, businesses, and buildings in Bothell is split between two providers serving different sides of the King–Snohomish county line. The

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provides electricity for the Snohomish County side of Bothell, along with the rest of the county; Puget Sound Energy provides electricity for the King County side and

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service for all of Bothell. The Bothell city government contracts with

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for all curbside garbage,

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, and

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collection and disposal. The company also has a store in Canyon Park that sells products made from recycled materials and accepts hazardous materials for recycling.

Waste Management Waste management or waste disposal includes the processes and actions required to manage waste from its inception to its final disposal. This includes the collection, transport, treatment and disposal of waste, together with monitoring ...

handles garbage and recycling collection outside of city limits and was also responsible for some annexed areas of Bothell until 2021. Bothell has four

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s that provide

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service within its city limits: the

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serving Canyon Park and the northern neighborhoods; the Bothell Water District serving Downtown Bothell and nearby neighborhoods; the Northshore Utility District serving western and southern Bothell; and the Woodinville Water District serving a small area in the city's southeastern outskirts. Alderwood sources its water from

Spada Lake The Culmback Dam (also known as the George Culmback Dam or the Snoqualmie National Forest Dam) is a large rockfill hydroelectric and water supply dam on the Sultan River, a tributary of the Skykomish River, in Washington. Built in 1965, the dam is ...

in Snohomish County through the City of Everett; the other three districts purchase their water from

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, which sources its supply from the

Tolt River The Tolt River is located in the western foothills of the Cascade Mountains in north central King County in the U.S. state of Washington. The river begins at the confluence of the North Fork Tolt and South Fork Tolt rivers. It flows southwest joi ...

watershed in King County. The water districts also manage the

wastewater Wastewater is water generated after the use of freshwater, raw water, drinking water or saline water in a variety of deliberate applications or processes. Another definition of wastewater is "Used water from any combination of domestic, industr ...

and

sewage Sewage (or domestic sewage, domestic wastewater, municipal wastewater) is a type of wastewater that is produced by a community of people. It is typically transported through a sewer system. Sewage consists of wastewater discharged from residenc ...

systems for their respective service areas, which are pumped to the

Brightwater sewage treatment plant Brightwater is a regional sewage treatment plant in south Snohomish County, Washington, Snohomish County, Washington (U.S. state), Washington, United States. It serves parts of the Seattle metropolitan area and was opened in 2011. The plant const ...

near Woodinville for treatment. The city government is also responsible

stormwater Stormwater, also spelled storm water, is water that originates from precipitation (storm), including heavy rain and meltwater from hail and snow. Stormwater can soak into the soil ( infiltrate) and become groundwater, be stored on depressed la ...

collection and treatment using a system of storm pipes that flow into catchment ponds and detention vaults.

Healthcare

The city's nearest

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is EvergreenHealth Kirkland, a Level III

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located in the Totem Lake neighborhood of Kirkland. The King County portion of Bothell is part of the public hospital district that manages EvergreenHealth and elects one member to its

board of commissioners A county commission (or a board of county commissioners) is a group of elected officials (county commissioners) collectively charged with administering the county government in some states of the United States; such commissions usually comprise ...

. The northwestern outskirts of the city in Snohomish County are part of the Verdant Health Commission (Snohomish County Public Hospital District No. 2), which formerly operated Stevens Hospital (now Swedish Health Services Edmonds). Bothell is home to several small community and

urgent care An urgent care center (UCC), also known as an urgent treatment centre in the United Kingdom, is a type of walk-in clinic focused on the delivery of urgent ambulatory care in a dedicated medical facility outside of a traditional emergency department ...

clinics operated by regional healthcare providers, including

The Everett Clinic Optum, Inc. is an American pharmacy benefit manager and health care provider. It has been a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group since 2011. UHG formed Optum by merging its existing pharmacy and care delivery services into the single Optum brand, ...

, HealthPoint, Indigo Health,

Pacific Medical Center The Pacific Tower, formerly the Pacific Medical Center, is a 16-story building at 1200 12th Avenue South on Beacon Hill in Seattle, Washington, United States. It was completed in 1932 and opened the following year as a U.S. Publ ...

s, and ZoomCare. A clinic run by Public Health – Seattle & King County in southern Bothell served over 4,200 annual clients until its closure in 2014.

Notable people

James Allsup James Walker Allsup (born September 7, 1995 as James Orien Allsup, name legally changed by petition on 7/12/2021) is an American white supremacist, far-right political commentator, and podcaster. Allsup has stated that he prefers to be describ ...

, far-right political commentator * Bryan Alvarez, professional wrestler and radio host * Bernadette Bascom, singer * Ross Bowers, American football player *

Karan Brar Karan Brar (born January 18, 1999) is an American actor. He portrayed Chirag Gupta in the ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' film franchise and Ravi Ross on the Disney Channel Original Series '' Jessie'' and its subsequent spin-off ''Bunk'd''. Early lif ...

, actor *

Kyle Cease Kyle Cease (born September 19, 1977, in Bothell, Washington) is an American actor, comedian, and motivational speaker. Biography Kyle Cease began performing comedy at the age of 12 years. He was a regular in comedy clubs at 15 and a headliner a ...

, comedian and actor * Michael Dahlquist, musician *

Robert DeLong Robert Charles Edward DeLong (born February 18, 1986) is an American electronic musician from Bothell, Washington and currently residing in Los Angeles, California. With a background in percussion and influences from a number of indie rock bands ...

, electronic musician *

Maxine Dexter Maxine Dexter (born December 5, 1972) is an American physician and politician serving as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives. She was appointed in June 2020 after the death of Mitch Greenlick. She represents the 33rd district, whic ...

, Oregon state representative * Michael Dong, slalom skateboarder *

Micah Downs Micah Philip Downs (born September 8, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for FC Barreirense of Proliga. College career Downs is a former small forward for the Kansas Jayhawks, later transferring and graduating from Gonzaga Univ ...

, basketball player *

Korel Engin Korel Engin (born April 8, 1980), aka Cori Enghusen, is an American-born Turkish female basketball player at the center position for Beşiktaş Cola Turka. At 201 cm (6'7"), she is the tallest member of the Turkish women's basketball national ...

, basketball player * Brenden Foster, terminal leukemia patient and activist * Dorothy Awes Haaland, Alaskan politician *

Phil Harris Wonga Philip Harris (June 24, 1904 – August 11, 1995) was an American actor, comedian, musician and songwriter. He was an orchestra leader and a pioneer in radio situation comedy, first with ''The Jack Benny Program'', then in '' The Phil Harr ...

, fisherman and reality TV star *

Johnny Hekker John Robert Hekker (born February 8, 1990) is an American football punter for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Oregon State and was signed by the St. Louis Rams as an undrafted free age ...

, American football player *

Shiloh Keo Shiloh Keo (born December 17, 1987) is a former American football safety. Selected in the fifth round of the 2011 NFL Draft by the Houston Texans, he played college football for the University of Idaho. Early life and high school Born in Bothell ...

, American football player *

Zach LaVine Zachary Thomas LaVine ( ; born March 10, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected in the first round of the 2014 NBA draft with the 13th overall pick ...

, basketball player *

Blake Lewis Blake Colin Lewis (born July 21, 1981) is an American musician, singer and actor who was the runner-up on the sixth season of ''American Idol''. His major label debut album '' A.D.D. (Audio Day Dream)'' was released on December 4, 2007, through ...

, singer and ''

American Idol ''American Idol'' is an American singing competition television series created by Simon Fuller, produced by Fremantle North America and 19 Entertainment, and distributed by Fremantle North America. It aired on Fox from June 11, 2002, to Ap ...

'' 2007 runner-up *

Rosemary McAuliffe Rosemary Ann McAuliffe (née Belmont; born August 1, 1940) is a Democratic politician, elected as the Washington State Senator for the 1st District in 1992, beginning her term in 1993. Preceding her election to the State Senate, McAuliffe serv ...

, state politician *

Sharon McMurtry Sharon F. McMurtry (formerly Remer; born October 31, 1960) is an American retired soccer player and was a member of the United States women's national soccer team from 1985 to 1986. She was the first recipient of the U.S. Soccer Female Athlete ...

, soccer player *

Patty Murray Patricia Lynn Murray (; born October 11, 1950) is an American politician and educator who is the senior United States senator from Washington since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party, Murray was in the Washington State Senate from 1988 to ...

, U.S. Senator since 1993 *

Mikayla Pivec Mikayla Pivec (born November 18, 1997) is an American basketball player for :es:Club Deportivo Promete, Club Deportivo Promete of :es:Liga Femenina de baloncesto, La Liga Feminina in Spain. Born in Bellevue, Washington, Pivec went to Lynnwood High ...

, basketball player *

Arnold Riegger Arnold Riegger (July 8, 1920 – July 6, 1996) was an American sports shooter. He competed in the trap event at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Riegger was born in Bothell, Washington, and grew up in the small town of Ryderwood, Washington Ryderw ...

, trap shooter and Olympian * Tracie Ruiz-Conforto, synchronized swimmer and Olympic medalist * Ernie Steele, American football player *

Hal Sutherland Harold H. "Hal" Sutherland (July 1, 1929 – January 16, 2014) was an American animator and painter who began his career as a Disney animator in 1954 working on ''Sleeping Beauty'', ''Lady and the Tramp'', ''Peter Pan'' and the last theatrical sh ...

, animator and painter *

Cody Votolato Cody Votolato (born 20 May 1982) is a musician from Redmond, Washington, best known for being the guitarist in the post-hardcore band The Blood Brothers. He grew up in the eastside suburbs of Seattle. Cody attended Redmond High School with hi ...

, musician for The Blood Brothers *

Chris Walla Christopher Ryan Walla (born November 2, 1975) is an American musician, record producer, and film music composer, best known for being a former guitarist and songwriter for the band Death Cab for Cutie. Musical career Early bands While at Bot ...

, musician for

Death Cab for Cutie Death Cab for Cutie is an American rock band formed in Bellingham, Washington, in 1997. The band is currently composed of Ben Gibbard (vocals, guitar, piano), Nick Harmer (bass), Dave Depper (guitar, keyboards, backing vocals), Zac Rae (keyboar ...

Doug Yule Douglas Alan Yule (born February 25, 1947) is an American musician and singer, most notable for being a member of the Velvet Underground from 1968 to 1973 serving as the bassist, guitarist and occasional lead vocalist. Biography Early life Doug ...

, musician

In popular culture

In December 1962, ''Life'' magazine recognized Bothell's

Christmas tree A Christmas tree is a decorated tree, usually an evergreen conifer, such as a spruce, pine or fir, or an artificial tree of similar appearance, associated with the celebration of Christmas. The custom was further developed in early modern ...

as the largest living Christmas tree in the world. However, in the late 1970s, disease attacked the tree, and the top had to be removed. In 2007, about 5,000 to 7,000 people gathered for a parade and outdoor concert at the Veterans Memorial Amphitheater at Bothell Landing in honor of local ''

'' contestant

References

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