JANUARY 2021 CREATING ECONOMIC PORT REPORT OPPORTUNITIES CALENDAR NEW MUKILTEO FERRY TERMINAL January 5/12: OPENS FOR USE AT THE FORMER Virtual Port Commission Meetings MUKILTEO TANK FARM SITE February 2/9: Virtual Commission Meetings On December 29, 2020 — an exciting and momentous day more than two decades in the making — Washing- ton State Ferries, project partners and the community PORT LAUNCHES NEW celebrated the grand opening the new and improved USER-FRIENDLY WEBSITE Mukilteo Ferry Terminal. The Port of Everett is proud to have worked alongside Senator Patty Murray, Senator Maria Cantwell, Congress- man Rick Larsen and many community partners includ- ing the Tulalip Tribes, City of Mukilteo, City of Everett, Washington State Ferries, Sound Transit and Community Transit to lead in the nearly 15 year effort to secure the property transfer of the 20-acre former Mukilteo Tank Above: A photo taken of the new Mukilteo Ferry Terminal nearing Farm from the U.S. Air Force to the Port of Everett to completion in November 2020; in the foreground, an aluminum facilitate this new multi-modal transportation hub and gangway leads out to the Port of Everett's new guest moorage waterfront public access. and public access/fishing dock, anticipated to open by spring 2021.

NEW EMPLOYEE TRAINING AT THE PORT PORT SEEKS BUSINESS IDEAS & CONCEPTS HELPS PREVENT HUMAN TRAFFICKING FOR THE ADAPTIVE REUSE OF THE HISTORIC The Port of Everett announces a new partnership with the WEYERHAEUSER BUILDING Seattle-based nonprofit organization, Businesses Ending The Port of Everett has issued a Request for Information to Slavery and Trafficking (BEST), to provide employees at the solicit business ideas and concepts for the adaptive reuse Port of Everett with an important new human trafficking of the historic Weyerhaeuser Building in Boxcar Park on the The Port of Everett recently launched a awareness training, Ports to Freedom. Everett waterfront! The 1923 building has a vast history, and new and improved website in response This new training program, specifically designed and de- it’s the Port’s intention to put this building back into public to overwhelming community and livered to the maritime industry, helps ports educate their use as a unique community gathering space. To make this stakeholder feedback during the Port's employees to support the prevention and identification of happen, the Port is seeking a public-private or public-public 2018/2019 Strategic Plan outreach human trafficking in the industry. The Port of Everett is the partnership to invest in and execute on this vision. The Port seeking an enhanced Port website. The second Washington state port to join in this new nationwide has invested more than $3 million into the exterior improve- ments and a new premiere waterfront location. Submittals are redesigned site, hosted by Revize Web- training effort, that also includes the Port of Seattle. due by February 1, 2021 at 1 p.m. site Design, modernizes site functional- "While I’m happy to report we haven’t had a specific inci- ity and streamlines key information for dent here in Everett that led us to implement this new train- View the Request for Information document at the variety of site users from Port Dis- ing program, we recognize that identification and preven- www.portofeverett.com/WeyerhaeuserRFI trict residents and waterfront visitors tion is a collective effort,” Port CEO, Lisa Lefeber said. “As to shipping customers and boaters. an active seaport that serves a critical link in our regional, New features include easy navigation national and global transportation networks, it’s important and quick link icons, smart search, to do what we can to support these crucial efforts under- directory listings, automatic language way to end human trafficking in the maritime industry.” translation and enhanced ADA options Seaports can be a key location for identifying people who to create a better user experience. are victims of human trafficking, so it is essential that employees working at ports are properly trained in what We would love to hear from you! to watch for. Ports to Freedom will educate Port of Everett If you have comments, questions or employees about how human trafficking can be a problem feedback, please e-mail us at in the maritime industry, and the training will help employ- [email protected]. ees learn how to spot the behaviors that are indicators of human trafficking and how to safely report it.