Celebrate the Grand Opening of the PUD’s New North County Office

March 22 event includes ribbon cutting, tours, linemen rodeo demonstrations and food trucks

Snohomish County PUD will host a ribbon cutting and grand opening celebration at its new North County Community Office in Arlington on Saturday, March 22. The event will include a ribbon cutting with PUD and local officials and tours of the new office building and warehouse, the PUD’s Clean Energy Center and line training yard.

The ribbon cutting will be at 11:30 a.m., with scheduled tours and linemen demonstrations taking place from noon until 2:30 p.m. The event will also include Dick’s Drive-In food truck and White House Espresso.

The address for the new office is 17601 59th Ave. NE, Arlington. For more information on the event, visit snopud.com/northcounty.

The new North County Community Office replaces the PUD’s Arlington and Stanwood offices – both of which were built in the 1950s and were seismically deficient. The new centralized north county location will serve the northern part of the PUD’s service area, including north Marysville, Arlington, Darrington, Stanwood and Camano Island.

“Our new North County office complex will help us serve our customers in this region better and meet the future growth that is expected,” said PUD Commission President Sid Logan. “I’m thankful to PUD staff for the planning and design that went into these buildings and the work that will benefit our customers for decades to come.”

Starting immediately, the larger complex will enable the PUD to increase the number of crews, servicemen and engineers working in the northern part of its service area, with room to expand.

To best serve Stanwood and Camano Island customers through the transition to the new office, the PUD will continue to accept drop-box payments at its Stanwood office location until June 1.

The North County Community Office complex includes a two-story, 25,900-square-foot office building with a customer service lobby and publicly available auditorium space with a capacity of 75 (available Aug. 4). A 12,000-square-foot warehouse sits east of the office building and features a loading dock, tool room and covered heating parking for PUD trucks.

The buildings, which were designed and constructed to LEED Gold standard, are powered by a photovoltaic system designed to produce at least 53.8 megawatt-hours annually, outfitted with energy efficient HVAC equipment and envelopes that were designed for optimal thermal performance and reduced air infiltration.

Seven Level 2 electric vehicle charging stations will be available to the public in the main parking lot of the new building beginning March 24. Another 10 charging stations have been installed on the site to support the PUD’s continued expansion of its electric vehicle fleet.

The new North County Community Office building and warehouse is on the same property as the PUD’s Clean Energy Center, Community Solar array and line training yard. The buildings on site will be connected to and supported with uninterrupted electrical service from the Arlington Microgrid project, giving them the ability to “island” from the main grid.

“In the event of a major disaster or large storm that impacts the main electrical grid, the new North County complex will act as a centralized hub for our crews and support staff as they work on restoration efforts,” said John Haarlow, PUD CEO/General Manager.