New Lynnwood Boys & Girls Club opens in the Lynnwood Neighborhood Center
From The Everett Herald:
(Monday, January 12, 2026) After more than 10 years of planning and construction, the Lynnwood Neighborhood Center is complete.
About 200 community leaders gathered Friday to cut the ribbon on the 40,000-square-foot, $26.5 million project. The Lynnwood Neighborhood Center will serve as a social services hub for south Snohomish County, housing several local nonprofits and community gathering space.
About 30 years ago, travel writer and local philanthropist Rick Steves bought the property at 19509 64th Ave. W in Lynnwood and donated it to Trinity Lutheran Church next door. About 15 years later, Trinity Lutheran Church partnered with Volunteers of America Western Washington to create a project that would help the community.
The project received funding from federal, state, county and city governments, including the cities of Lynnwood, Edmonds, Mountlake Terrace and Shoreline. In April 2024, construction began.
“You have built incredible collaboration and partnership, which is going to be a model for the rest of the nation,” said Mike King, CEO of Volunteers of America, at Friday’s event.
