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Ken Cage, president of the Marysville Historical Society.Seattle is growing like crazy. But it’s not the only place in our region that’s taking off. KUOW’s Region of Boom team is looking at the impact of Seattle’s growth on communities within a commuting range of about an hour away to see how they are adapting to the pressures of growth.First stop – Marysville, which is now the fastest growing big city in western Washington. We’ll be turning to other communities in the coming months. Have a story for us? Or want to let us know where to go next?00000181-fa79-da89-a38d-fb7f2ba70001

Marysville is growing fast. Here's what residents think of that

KUOW

Published January 6, 2017 at 9:29 AM AKST

In Cora Milholland's lifetime, Marysville has grown from under 2,000 residents to over 60,000.

Since the time he arrived in the 1990s, Loren Cook says the population has tripled.

Six new developments have sprung up on all sides of Nichole Cleland since 2004, when she moved to a new development in Marysville.

And Johnnie Finley misses the strawberry fields.

These Marysville residents, and a few others, talk about how it feels to live in the fastest growing big city in Western Washington.

With the voices of: Cora Milholland, Johnnie Finley, Joshua Sanabria, Robert Max, Nicole Cleland and Nancy Balke.

Posey Gruener can be reached at pgruener@kuow.org.