Less than four months after Snohomish County purchased the Edmonds Best Value Inn on Highway 99 for more than $9 million to provide “time-limited, bridge housing” for homeless locals, the Highway 99 facility has been closed due to methamphetamine contamination, a county official has confirmed.
Neighbors started texting The Dori Monson Show earlier this week when “DO NOT ENTER!” signs posted by Snohomish Health District showed up on fences surrounding the hotel-turned-shelter.
On Thursday, Snohomish County Councilman Nate Nehring told Dori’s listeners that the 55-unit facility in the 22700 block of the highway – purchased with COVID relief money under the American Rescue Plan Act – was shut down.
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