WHERE AND WHAT IS CANYON PARK?

By: Kaylan Duthie

Where are the Students Coming From?

MobileHomes

Apartment

Complexes

Where is the nearest “City”?

How did Bothell come to be? Populated by the Sammammish Tribe until

1870’s 1870 Colombus Greeleaf and George

Wilson built homes, followed by 8 families in next 6 years

1876 George Brackett (Canadian) built logging camp Now Brackett’s Landing

1885 Sold 80 acres to David Bothell (Pennsylvanian) First postmaster (Gerhard Erickson) bought

property in 1888 and named town

How did Bothell come to be?

How did Bothell come to be?

How did Bothell come to be?

How did Bothell come to be? Incorporated in 1909

Logging and Boating transportation town Shortly after, Army Corp of Engineers

dredged and straightened the River 1917 Lake Washington Lowered, boat traffic

ended, logging stopped Brick road built to Seattle and Bothell

became farming town

How did Bothell come to be? Post WWII:

Better highways built and suburban development

Pop. of 1,000 in 1950 Now:

Much of employment in high technology sectors Biotechnology and software

Cascadia and branch campus of UW (UWB)

Current Demographics of Bothell (5 mile radius, 2007 Projections)

Pop: 203,936 Households: 79,959 Avg Household Size:

2.5 Average Income:

$75,000 Owner Occupied:

70% Renter Occupied:

30%

White: 81% Asian: 10% Hispanic or Latino: 6% Black or African American:2% American Indian: <1%

White AsianHispanic or Latino

Black or African Amer-ican

American Indian

Community Resources

Bothell Library KCLS Cascadia and UWB Northshore Performing Arts Center Churches w/ youth groups HopeLink Foodbank

Future Plans

Council Member Bill Evans currently rallying for Community Center swimming pools, gymnasiums, current

fitness facilities, climbing rock, indoor playground, dance studio, arts & crafts areas designed for the entire family as well as individual age groups

Bothell Landing Turning into large park with shopping,

dining, family activities over the next 10 years

What do the Kids do in Bothell?

Skate Park Downtown (188th and Bothell Way)

Bracketts Landing? Bothell Landing? Friday nights at Pop Keeney

followed/preceded by the Ranch Drive-In