VISION

To create an accessible Mariner Community Campus to provide basic needs and resources to local residents in the Mariner-area community. The campus would be based on a permanent public-private partnership to:

• Build a safe and accessible community campus
• Provide a community benefit meeting the basic needs of all residents
• Support the Mariner area through integrated and high-quality services and amenities that reinforce healthy families and a strong community

The project’s guiding principles include: Free and equal access to resources and technology, community opportunities, connection to community and social equity.

DOWNLOAD: The Mariner Community Campus Fact Sheet

WATCH: Video of Mariner Community Campus Kickoff Event

BACKGROUND

Sno-Isle Libraries identified an underserved need and in February, 2017, opened the Mariner Library in a storefront as a demonstration project. Since the doors opened, there have been more than 80,000 visits to the community library.

State Sen. Marko Liias, D-Mukilteo, well-familiar with the challenges of access to services faced by area residents, looked at the community response and saw an opportunity for more.

In 2017, conversations began about the concept for a permanent Mariner Community Campus with United Way Snohomish County, Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers, the Mukilteo School District and Sno-lsle Libraries. Through those talks and Sen. Liias’ work in the Legislature, the state’s 2018 Capital Budget includes an allocation of $322,000 to begin shaping the vision for a Mariner Community Campus.