Convergence at Everett Station Collaborative

The Convergence at Everett Station Collaborative (“Convergence Collaborative”), is a partnership between businesses, nonprofit organizations, public agencies, and community members to foster the development of the neighborhood as a prosperous, sustainable, and equitable community.

Priorities & Programs

Convergence Place Concept

The project seeks to align partners for the redevelopment of a current park & ride lot into a visionary mixed-use development with market rate and affordable housing, BIPOC-owned stores on the ground floor, and shared office space for nonprofit agencies. The adjacent 32nd Street would become a pedestrianized plaza that would serve as a neighborhood town square where farmers markets and other outdoor community events will be held.
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Community Development Institutions & Tools

In 2023, ESDA will be in the first year of implementing neighborhood services funding by a new business improvement area (BIA). In addition, to support our other priorities, several new institutions and tools may need to be established, including a public development authority, community development financial institution program, housing benefit district, and transportation management association.

Workforce Hub

ESDA has established a partnership between local colleges, businesses, and nonprofit workforce development organizations that will create a Workforce Hub to provide a pipeline of quality workers to support our neighborhood’s construction-related businesses while providing socioeconomic mobility for current and future residents. Utilizing existing businesses as sites for learning, the program will integrate experiential learning in neighborhood  businesses with conceptual learning by combining college credit courses with pre-apprenticeships, apprenticeships, or internships.
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Health & Safety Initiative

To ensure the neighborhood is welcoming and safe, ESDA’s BIA-funded neighborhood ambassadors, Compass Health’s Community Outreach and Recovery Support (CORS) program, and the City of Everett’s Community Outreach & Enforcement Team (COET) will coordinate efforts. This will help provide pathways toward recovery for those experiencing homelessness and drug addiction.

Activation & Engagement

To foster a sense of community and inspire the public’s imagination of future transformations, ESDA will activate key outdoor spaces by supporting weekly farmers markets, hosting community events, creating inviting public spaces with food trucks and yard games, and installing murals. ESDA will host a neighborhood Town Hall Day that will bring together Convergence partners for an outdoor open house where members of the public can learn about what agencies, businesses, and organizations are doing for the neighborhood and to envision what the neighborhood could become.