Anacortes
Anacortes is a unique, creative, vibrant, and caring maritime community that supports cultural and economic diversity and vitality, balances sustainable growth with respect for our history, and protects our natural environment and public lands for future generations. The city, which is home to a variety of industrial, commercial, and retail companies, boasts an affluent clientele, easy access to major transportation corridors, low taxes, excess utility capacity, and an excellent quality of life.
Burlington
More than 1,200 businesses agree that Burlington is the “hub” of commerce and industry in northwest Washington.
Burlington is also a regional center for outdoor recreation. Burlington’s Skagit River Park hosts regional soccer, Frisbee, and other tournaments, and can easily accommodate several hundred teams at a time. Burlington is ideally located for outdoor recreation, serving as the jumping off point for access to the San Juan Islands, and North Cascades National Park. Burlington sponsors numerous festivals, concerts, and community activities throughout the year at the new Burlington Visitor Information Center and Amphitheater, and is a community that retains its small town livability, while achieving big city business success.
Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon’s location, its service-oriented downtown, and the existing population and density mean that it is the logical place for a myriad of social service providers. As the major urban center in Skagit County, Mount Vernon provides a variety of urban amenities such as shopping opportunities, public services, and a mixture of housing types that are attractive to current and future residents.
Mount Vernon residents value their high quality of life – the city’s location on the Skagit River, central to outstanding recreational and cultural activity, its excellent parks and trails, small town feel, and agricultural heritage.
Sedro-Woolley
Sedro-Woolley is a small town with big opportunities. Founded in 1898 as the partnership of two small towns, Sedro-Woolley has grown up in the timber industry and moved from timber to technology in recent years. With more than 100 years of hard work and innovation, Sedro-Woolley is now home to the best school district in the region, major employers like Janicki Industries, a leading aerospace manufacturing company, the developing Sedro-Woolley Innovation for Tomorrow (SWIFT) Center, Job Corps' first technical academy in the nation, a public hospital, vibrant downtown and room to grow.
Sedro-Woolley is served by an award winning K-12 system that includes a STEM elementary school and a high school with the highest graduation rate in the region.
Tribal Lands
Skagit County is the home to four Native American communities: The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, The Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, The Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe, and The Samish Indian Nation.
La Conner
La Conner is a regional, national, and international tourist destination. If you need a place to refresh, and browse through interesting shops and art galleries; if you want to watch the waterfront or enjoy fine restaurants, inns and bed & breakfasts, then come to La Conner. You can also enjoy natural beauty and wildlife such as bird watching. La Conner is wintering grounds for swans and Canadian geese. The fertile farmlands continue to produce food and seed crops and, of course, our annual tulip festival is celebrated around the world.
Lyman, Hamilton, Concrete
These three towns are located on the east side of Skagit County, off of HWY 20 as you are traveling to North Cascades National Park. All three are surrounding by the wild beauty of the Northwest foliage and mountain sides. Not far past Concrete, going east, are two more communities called Rockport and Marblemount.
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Skagit Valley Community College
Skagit Valley College (SVC) is a two-year community college serving Skagit, Island, and San Juan counties in northwest Washington state. Established in 1926, SVC grants academic transfer degrees, professional/technical degrees, and certificates. The academic transfer degree and several professional/technical degrees can be completed online. Many SVC individual courses in over 20 disciplines are also available online. It is known throughout many English-speaking countries for its offering of learning communities. Courses are offered during Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring quarters.
The SVC district includes two campuses and three centers: the Mount Vernon Campus, SVC's main campus, is located in Mount Vernon, Washington, and the Whidbey Island Campus is located in Oak Harbor, Washington. The South Whidbey Center is located in Langley, Washington, the San Juan Center is located in Friday Harbor, and the Marine Technology Center in Anacortes, Washington. Also, SVC serves many military and their dependents at the college’s Whidbey Island Campus.
Western Washington University
Western is an energized campus community with nearly 16,000 students and over 160 academic programs. Western offers the focus on students and the faculty access of a smaller college with the academic choice, opportunities for research, multicultural diversity, and room to grow of a large university. Not so big that you feel like a number; not so small that you have to conform to a mold. Large enough for you to define yourself and small enough that you make a difference.
Making the most of a Western education means opening your mind, learning by doing, enriching the community, and shaping an academic adventure that is uniquely yours. You aren’t just getting an education; you are building a foundation for lifelong success.
From the beautiful natural environment to the welcoming community of individuals inhabiting it, Western is a breath of fresh air and a wonderful place to call home.
Whatcom Community College
Whatcom Community College is a regionally and nationally accredited college with an accomplished faculty and staff who serve nearly 11,000 students annually. On its 72-acre campus in Bellingham and through online courses, Whatcom offers transfer degrees, professional-technical training programs, as well as basic education, job skills, and Community & Continuing Education classes.
According to the Aspen Institute (2016), WCC is rated among the top nine community and technical colleges in the state and recognized as one of the leading community colleges in the nation.
Everett Community College
The college serves students seeking a wide variety of education options. Students come to EvCC to affordably start their four-year degrees, earn certificates, train for a new job, experience hands-on training in professional and technical programs, learn English, develop basic skills, finish high school, train for a promotion, or to learn just for fun.
The college offers associate’s degrees in Arts and Sciences, Science, Business, Applied Science, Technical Arts, Fine Arts, and General Studies. Certificates of completion are awarded in more than 30 technical and career fields. Students can also enroll in Adult Education, English as a Second Language, high school completion, and General Education Development programs. EvCC also offers professional and employee training through its Corporate & Continuing Education Center.