What's Happening in Marysville This Week: Halloween Events, Burgermaster Breaks Ground, and the Bayview Trail at 60 Percent Design

Halloween week in Marysville is wrapping up with two events at the Opera House, Burgermaster just broke ground on its first Snohomish County location, and the Bayview Trail connector keeps advancing through design. Here is the current version, pulled from the city's event pages, county reporting, and the companies themselves.

Two Opera House events close out Halloween week

If you want one last run at the holiday, the Opera House has you covered. BOO! Family Bingo is Thursday, October 29, with free sessions at 4 and 6 p.m., and the 21-and-over Monster Mash Halloween Ball follows Friday, October 30 at 7 p.m., with tickets at $20. Both are listed on the Opera House entertainment calendar.

Burgermaster breaks ground on 35th Avenue NE

The Seattle drive-in chain held its groundbreaking on October 15 at 8925 35th Ave NE for a new roughly 2,200-square-foot location, its sixth and the first in Snohomish County. It is part of a phased mixed-use project with apartments and office space, and the restaurant is slated to open in 2027, ahead of the chain's 75th anniversary. Expect a temporary kitchen and food truck at the site during construction, so the drive-in food arrives before the drive-in building does.

The Bayview Trail connector is at 60 percent design

The connector that will eventually link Marysville to Lake Stevens is moving through design, not construction. The 4.7-mile paved trail will run from the trail's south end near SR 528 to 8th Street NE in Lake Stevens, and the 60 percent design was completed and announced in May. The two cities held a joint open house on June 3 at the Marysville Civic Center to review it. Design is funded; construction is not yet, so this one stays on the watch list rather than the calendar.

The data center pause is still in place

The city council adopted Ordinance 3381 in July, a six-month moratorium on new land-use applications for data centers while the city works through water, sewer, and rate studies, then followed it in September with Resolution 2588 to keep the pause in place while permanent rules get drafted. The message has been consistent: not a ban, just time to get the rules right.

New construction worth knowing about

If you have been meaning to look at new homes, 2026 has added options in 98270: KB Home opened Park Forest (single-family homes from the low $600,000s) and 87th Townhomes (from the $570,000s) earlier this year, and Century Communities opened Lakewood Heights in late September, with single-family homes from the high $600,000s about two miles from I-5.

Bottom line

A restaurant chain investing in a ground-up location, a trail moving through design, a council that slowed one kind of growth to plan it properly, and fresh new construction. That is a city building, and building deliberately. If you are weighing a move, the current market numbers are on the Market Report page, and I am happy to pull the read for your specific price range.