Edmonds Beacon - Your Hometown News Source

With new restaurants seeming to open every week downtown, big plans for Highway 99, and tourists mobbing Edmonds as never before, you might think the Citizens Economic Development Commission’s mission might be to sit back and let the future unfold.

That’s not happening.

While restaurants might enjoy full tills and SRO crowds, other, longstanding businesses might be soon facing an uncertain future as Edmonds’ popularity as a destination has led to increased rent for tenants from longstanding landlords.

Last month, at a City Council meeting, the commission – a nine-member, volunteer...