Marysville City Council

Plans approved for pair of developments
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Weaver Ridge, Hickory Woods, PUDs OK'd
By Michael Williamson 
September 23, 2025
Two developments that have been scrutinized in lengthy review processes have been approved by Marysville City Council. At the Monday night meeting, the board approved planned unit developments (PUD) f...
Affordable housing proposal flagged
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City council states four objections to east-side project
By Michael Williamson 
September 15, 2025
Marysville City Council is objecting to a proposal to bring a multi-family affordable housing community to the city’s east side. In a response from the board, council outlined its objections to what t...
Developer changes draw support from city council crowd
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By Michael Williamson 
September 10, 2025
Marysville City Council saw something a bit out of the ordinary this week: some support for a planned development. The board heard the second reading and public hearing Monday night for the proposed T...
DRB rejects Uptown apartments
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By Michael Williamson 
September 5, 2025
The first phase of the Water and Light District project is not going forward – at least not in its current form. At the Thursday night special meeting of the Design Review Board, members voted 3-2 to ...
Council OKs Marysville East zoning amendment
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By Michael Williamson 
September 3, 2025
Marysville City Council approved a much discussed zoning request dealing with a portion of Marysville East. At the brief and unusually full city council work session Tuesday night, the board voted 4-2...
City meeting creates resident wish list
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Marysville residents work through an exercise to brainstorm community needs at the city’s visioning event Tuesday evening. Members of the community turned out to the open house held at the Union County building on London Avenue to share priorities for future growth and development. (Journal-Tribune photo by Michael Williamson)
By Michael Williamson 
August 28, 2025
Marysville residents want a few things from their city: vibrancy, parking and more reasons to be in the Uptown. About 80-100 of the expected 150 residents turned up to the community visioning event Tu...
Residents score small win in growth fight
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A resident wears a “Neighbors for Responsible Growth” shirt at the Marysville City Council meeting Monday night. A group of people wore matching shirts to show their concern for the growth and expansion happening around the community. (Journal-Tribune photo by Michael Williamson)
Company agrees to ax data centers from a portion of development
By Michael Williamson 
August 26, 2025
Data center opponents scored at least a partial victory at Marysville City Council Monday night. In a long and winding meeting regarding the much discussed annexation and zoning amendment for 307 acre...
City parks to see work in 2026
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Seats and the upper shelter of American Legion Park’s amphitheater, shown above, are on the list for parks renovations in 2026. Additionally, the stage will get an upgrade and crews plan to add a bridge. (Journal-Tribune photo by Michael Williamson)
Scott Family, American Legion would see bulk of upgrades
By Michael Williamson 
August 20, 2025
A few Marysville parks are set to get some upgrades next year. The city’s Parks and Recreation Commission approved the capital improvement plan that sets the project list for the next five years. Boar...
Downsized contingent prepares for trip to Japan
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By Michael Williamson 
August 18, 2025
City and county officials are gearing up for another trip to Japan, this time with half the passengers. Later this month, a group made up of Terry Emery, city manager for Marysville, Donald Boerger, c...
City seeks grant help for work on Fifth Street
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By Michael Williamson 
August 14, 2025
The City of Marysville is hoping to get some more financial assistance for the East Street Fifth project slated for next year. At the Monday evening meeting, council approved an emergency measure for ...
Officials seek changes to Weaver Ridge
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A concept plan for the Trails at Weaver Ridge, shown above, sparked debate at Marysville City Council Monday night over the placement of the project’s entrance. Some council members wanted developers to shift it to the south. (Graphic submitted)
Entry, price, density all questioned by city council
By Mike Williamson 
August 13, 2025
Developers may have to make some changes to the Weaver Ridge project if they want to get it through Marysville City Council. The board heard the first reading Monday night for a planned unit developme...
Maintenance of waterway will follow logjam removal
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By Michael Williamson 
August 6, 2025
What will the continued maintenance of Mill Creek look like after the logjam project is completed? The exact approach has not been finalized but Joe Eads with the Union Soil and Water Conservation Dis...
Some traffic flow to be maintained through work on Five Points
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By Michael Williamson 
August 6, 2025
When work begins on the Five Points roundabout two years from now, traffic will slow down, but won’t completely stop going through the intersection. Questions arose around the community, asking if the...
Roundabout nears completion
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Two roundabouts on Coleman’s Crossing Boulevard, one at East Fifth Street and one at the western entrance of Walmart, as shown above, will be the first phase of intersection upgrades done on the roadway sometime in the next 1-2 years. Work will also include adding a median, eliminating many of the left turn options for those parking lots. (Graphic submitted)
Planning for two more begins
By Michael Williamson 
August 6, 2025
The roundabout project at Coleman’s Crossing Boulevard and Industrial Parkway is progressing ahead of schedule and is likely 2-3 weeks from opening. Kyle Hoyng, engineer at the City of Marysville, sai...
Growth prompts city to eye ward adjustments
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Recently annexed land into the City of Marysville, shown above in the red and blue striped areas, is pushing council to reconsider boundaries for those parts of town. Added land in Ward 1 would be part of the Marysville North development and added land in Ward 2 would be part of Marysville East. (Graphic submitted)
By Michael Williamson 
July 30, 2025
With the growth in the northern and eastern parts of the city, Marysville is going to need to redraw some of its boundaries. At the regular meeting of Marysville City Council Monday, the board heard t...
Marysville East segment delayed
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Property owners, developer still have issues to iron out
By Michael Williamson 
July 29, 2025
Progress on one portion of the Marysville East development is getting delayed as developers and property owners have yet to reach a compromise. Marysville City Council voted to table a couple of ordin...
Hickory Woods split between Marysville/Fairbanks districts
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By Michael Williamson 
July 15, 2025
While the proposed Hickory Woods development would sit on land that is part of the City of Marysville, the largest portion of it would reside in the Fairbanks school district. Of the two parcels of la...
Developer plans $1.5M homes
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The 190 lots, shown above as part of the Hickory Woods development, could eventually hold homes in the $1 million price range if approved. Developers said their goal is to bring “high-end” options to the City of Marysville. (Graphic submitted)
By Michael Williamson 
July 15, 2025
The proposed development on Boerger Road could bring million-dollar homes to Marysville. Gary Smith of G2 Planning and Design told council Monday that homes in the planned Hickory Woods neighborhood c...
Plans released for Crazy Scotty’s site
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Apartment buildings, like the ones shown above, are part of the exterior plan and landscape plan application for redevelopment of the former Crazy Scotty’s site at 327 N. Main St. in Marysville. The city’s Design Review Board will consider the plan application at its regular meeting tonight. (Graphic submitted)
By Jack Christian 
July 9, 2025
Tonight, the Marysville Design and Review Board is scheduled to review a proposed landscape application tied to a significant multi-family residential development project. The project is a part of the...
Growing shade
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City looks to increase canopy coverage with more trees
By Michael Williamson 
July 9, 2025
The number of trees in Marysville is growing by about 500 a year and city officials are working on how to best handle the maintenance going into the future. Andy Evans, the city’s urban forester, said...
190 homes planned near golf course
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The design plan for Hickory Woods, a 190-unit development on 100 acres of land south of Marysville, shown above, was shown to city council Monday night. Developers are asking officials to rezone the land between Routes 4 and 38, just south of Boerger Road to Planned Unit Development (PUD). (Graphic submitted)
By Michael Williamson 
June 24, 2025
Developers looking to put housing on land behind the Marysville Golf Club said they are trying to bring a higher quality neighborhood to the site. At Monday night’s regular meeting, council heard the ...
Trails, indoor offerings top recreation wish list
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By Michael Williamson 
June 23, 2025
Residents want Marysville to expand parks services, especially with trails and also offer more options for indoor recreation space. City parks and recreation officials said they are working on revisin...
Tour of the town
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By From JT Staff Reports 
June 19, 2025
Marysville City Council President Donald Boerger gestures as he leads a tour of uptown buildings and talks about the history of the town with a group of visiting executives from Nestle Wednesday. The ...
Citizens to city: Slow down Marysville East
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By Mike Williamson 
June 10, 2025
The message was loud and clear at the Marysville City Council meeting Monday night: things are moving too fast and people want it to slow down – in this case, decisions over the Marysville East develo...
City council encourages developer, resident dialogue
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Marysville City Council members are working through potential uses for a 307-acre piece of the Marysville East development’s innovation area. The patch of land, shown above, is located between Watkins Road to the south and U.S. 36 to the north. (Graphic submitted)
By Michael Williamson 
May 28, 2025
As the city considers zoning options for a portion of the Marysville East development, council wants developers to continue “good neighbor” discussions with existing – and concerned – property owners....
Marysville Fire Dept. restructures leadership
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By Michael Williamson 
May 14, 2025
The Marysville Division of Fire is rearranging its staffing with some new and familiar faces. At the regular Marysville City Council meeting Monday, Chief Nate Burns formally introduced the board to t...
Money for area Uber program running low
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Vouchers used for 8,800 trips
By Michael Williamson 
May 14, 2025
Marysville and Union County’s Uber program is nearing the end of its funding for ride incentives but officials are hopeful the program will continue after that. Inge Witt, the county’s economic develo...
City charter amendments approved easily
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By Michael Williamson 
May 7, 2025
Marysville voters overwhelmingly passed both proposed amendments to the city’s charter. Unofficial results from the May 6 election show each measure passed with more than 2,000 votes more than the opp...
Roundabouts for Coleman’s Crossing?
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Thoroughfare could see as many as six in the future
By Michael Williamson 
May 6, 2025
Work will start on the Coleman’s Crossing and Industrial Parkway roundabout soon, but that’s not the only roundabout the corridor could see in the next few years. In fact, it could have as many as fiv...
Passenger rail stop still in city’s future
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Marysville administrator visits Texas city to view similar project
By Michael Williamson 
May 2, 2025
Although it’s still years away, Marysville is working to stay in the conversation around passenger rail. City Manager Terry Emery told council Monday night that he got to see a successful example of r...