[2][3][4] The plan had been for a 4-year college with an emphasis in math, science, engineering and technology.
[5] In March 2008, Randy Hodgins, University of Washington spokesman, announced that "it's not happening this year at all"[6] due to disagreements in location and funding.
In September 2008, the Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board retained the services of Bill Wilkerson to carry out their consensus-building task for a North Sound campus location,[7] but was unsuccessful.
According to the CBRE Richard Ellis report [9] conducted for NBBJ, 25.2 acres (102,000 m2) were submitted by the City of Everett in their original proposal.
Everett also operates the north end of Sound Transit's Sounder commuter rail service to and from Seattle and then to Tacoma, Amtrak service to and from Vancouver (via Amtrak Cascades/Pacific Central Station and Seattle, and using Amtrak's Empire Builder, Everett has connections to Spokane and Chicago.
[11] The closest school district to the site and the surrounding community of Smokey Pt.
Due to the state's significant budget shortfall, plans for a new campus have been delayed indefinitely.