4/10/2013

The City of Anacortes will celebrate Arbor Day at Causland Park on Thursday, April 25 by planting a red oak tree. The community is welcome to join us for a tree planting ceremony at 10:30am at the park.

Anacortes was also named a 2012 Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation in honor of its commitment to effective urban forest management. This is the 12th year Anacortes earned this national designation.

The Tree City USA program is sponsored by the Arbor Day Foundation, in partnership with the US Forest Service and National Association of State Foresters.

Dated this 10th day of April 2013.

H. Dean Maxwell, Mayor  See more

11/13/2012

The City of Anacortes Traffic Safety Committee will meet on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 9:00am in the City Council Chambers at 904 6th Street. See more

10/31/2012

The City of Anacortes Public Works Department is moving forward with an improvement project at City Hall. The project includes installing new manholes and pipe on the City Hall sewer line at the North side of the building. Q Avenue will be closed between 5th and 6th Streets for up to a week beginning Monday, November 5, 2012. See more

9/17/2012

The Anacortes Water Treatment Plant is scheduling a complete shutdown of the Drinking Water Treatment Plant and the supply of water to the City’s transmission system on Friday, September 28th from 7:30am to 5:30pm - a total of 10 hours. The reason for the shutdown is because Puget Sound Energy will be shutting down all main service lines to the plant to perform maintenance.  See more

8/16/2012

The City of Anacortes Traffic Safety Committee will meet on Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at 9:00am in the City Council Chambers at 904 6th Street. See more

8/9/2012

The City of Anacortes Public Works Department is moving forward with a water quality project at N Avenue Park, located north of the intersection at 3rd Street & N Avenue See more

7/3/2012

The City of Anacortes will begin sharing the basement of city hall with the Anacortes Boys and Girls Club in September.  See more

6/11/2012

Olympia, WA–The City of Anacortes earned a WellCity Award from the Association of Washington Cities (AWC) Employee Benefit Trust for the 9th consecutive year. A total of 84 cities and public entities demonstrated their commitment to employee health promotion and met the stringent standards set forth for the award. Each of these cities are part of AWC’s Employee Benefit Trust, a health insurance pool that provides coverage to over 15,000 city employees across the state. As a result of earning the designation, WellCity Award recipients will receive a 2% premium discount on their Regence BlueShield Health medical coverage in 2013. This is roughly equivalent to a 1% property tax in the City of Anacortes. See more

6/8/2012

The City of Anacortes Public Works Department is moving forward with a pedestrian safety project. The project includes replacement of trees on the south side of 9th Street from Commercial Avenue to Q Avenue. The damaged sidewalk section will be replaced with a 10-foot permeable paver walkway and new trees will be planted along the curb line.  See more

5/15/2012

The City of Anacortes is hosting a Public Works Open House on Friday, June 1, 2012 from 9:00 am until 3:30 pm. at our Award Winning Wastewater Treatment Plant at 500 T Avenue. See more

5/15/2012

The City of Anacortes Traffic Safety Committee will meet on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 9:00am in the City Council Chambers at 904 6th Street. See more

5/15/2012

The Anacortes Water Treatment Plant is scheduling a complete shutdown of the Drinking Water Treatment Plant and the supply of water to the City’s transmission system on Wednesday, May 30, from 4:00am to 2:00pm - a total of 10 hours.  See more

5/14/2012

The work will begin on May 15, 2012 at 7:00 AM and is expected to be completed May 15, 2012 at 7:00 PM. During this time Fidalgo Bay Road will have local and emergency access only. Emergency vehicles will be allowed to pass through, and access to Weaverling will be allowed via the south end of Fidalgo Bay Road. See more

4/19/2012

The issue with the City of Anacotes utility billing software has beenr esolved. utility bills for March service are being mailed today, Thursday, April 19.  See more

4/16/2012

Due to issues withthe utility software provided by our vendor, March service bills and statements will be delayed. H. Dean Maxwell, Mayor See more

3/30/2012

The City of Anacortes will hold a community conversation with a former Hearings Examiner at the Deport Arts and Community Center on Tuesday April 17, 2012 starting at 6:00 p.m. See more

2/21/2012

The City of Anacortes Traffic Safety Committee will meet on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 9:00am in the City Council Chambers at 904 6th Street. See more