Sharp: Growth should strengthen, but not change, Marysville
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August 5, 2026

Sharp: Growth should strengthen, but not change, Marysville

By From JT Staff Reports 

Marysville’s new city manager has spent her first month learning budgets, studying development proposals and meeting community leaders, but Kimberly Sharp says one message has already become clear.

Marysville is growing, and residents want to make sure it remains unmistakably Marysville.

“I do not...

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