About Edmonds Community College

Edmonds College, formerly Edmonds Community College, is a public community scholastic in Lynnwood, Washington. More than 17,000 students annually accept courses for savings account toward a sanction or degree at the college. The college employs on culmination of 1,300 people, including 126 full-time and 283 part-time instructors and 267 students.

Lynnwood is a city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. The city is share of the Seattle metropolitan area and is located 16 miles (26 km) north of Seattle and 13 miles (21 km) south of Everett, near the junction of Interstate 5 and Interstate 405. It is the fourth-largest city in Snohomish County, with a population of 35,836 in the 2010 U.S. census.

Lynnwood is a suburban bedroom community for Seattle, Everett and Bellevue. It has one of the largest concentrations of retailers in the region, anchored by the Alderwood Mall and businesses along major streets. The city after that has a community college, a convention center, and a major transit center, located in the developing city center.

The Lynnwood Place was logged and arranged by homesteaders in the late 19th century and yet to be 20th century, including the progress of Alderwood Manor as a planned cultivation community. Lynnwood, named for the wife of a realtor, emerged in the late 1940s concerning the intersection of Highway 99 and 196th Street Southwest. The city was incorporated upon April 23, 1959, and grew into a suburban hub in the years bearing in mind the capability of Interstate 5 and Interstate 405. Alderwood Mall opened in 1979 and spurred the transformation of eastern Lynnwood into a retail and office district.