164th Street SE between Mill Creek Boulevard and the Bothell-Everett Highway was closed on Wednesday afternoon and evening, April 30, 2014, due to a natural gas leak.

The Mill Creek City Council has been discussing the subject of City Manager Ken Armstrong’s communication with the media for the past couple of months. At the April 22, 2014, city council meeting after much public comment, but little or no council discussion, the matter was dropped at the suggestion of former city councilmember Tim “Bart” Masterson.

In honor of the Mill Creek Women’s Club's longtime dedication to the YWCA, president Judy Cromwell has been invited to speak at the YWCA Snohomish County Inspire Luncheon at the Edward D. Hansen Conference Center in Everett on May 1st, 2014.

Over the past couple of months the Mill Creek City Council has been discussing City Manager Ken Armstrong’s media communications role at the request of Mayor Pro-Tem Mark Harmsworth. The discussion is scheduled to be continued at the April 22, 2014, city council meeting.

April 19, 2014, update.

Mary Douglas, MOD Pizza Marketing Manager, attended the April 15th Mill Creek Business Association meeting and announced their Mill Creek store will open on April 30th. She said there will be a number of grand opening specials, which will be announced soon.

Mill Creek's Wells Fargo Bank opened its doors on March 24th.

From March 16th to April 15th, 2014, Snohomish County Fire District 7 responded to 381 calls, 137 of which were in Mill Creek.

Earl Cowan, Mill Creek’s newest police officer, took his oath of office at the beginning of the April 8, 2014, city council meeting. He brings ten years of law enforcement experience to Mill Creek, most recently from the Swinomish Police Department in La Conner, Washington.

The City of Mill Creek is now taking steps to set up an Economic Development Committee comprised of local business people, commercial property owners, and local residents; charged with brainstorming ideas to promote economic development.

The Mill Creek City Council gave the approval for city staff to begin forming the Economic Development Committee at their regular April 1, 2014, meeting.

The concept for Mill Creek’s Economic Development Committee has been discussed for a few years. It was one of the ideas presented during the strategic planning process in 2011 and 2012.