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Downtown is the cherished core of Bothell. A great place for a stroll, Main Street features homey cafes and restaurants and some first-class furniture, clothing and antique stores. Locals and merchants know each other, thanks to regular trips to the barber shop, hair salon, bakery, craft and bike shops, massage clinic, pet store, doctor and dentist offices.

Many city officials, merchants and residents say they want to enhance Bothell as a regional nexus for recreation, transportation and high-tech industry without  destroying the small-town atmosphere that citizens prize.

It has taken less than 30 years to transform Bothell's landscape, and for its population to grow from 3,000 to about 26,000. A major freeway cloverleaf -- I-405 and state Route 522 -- replaced clover in the late 1960s. Cornfields and dairy farms have yielded to a technology corridor and business parks.

Changes have made Bothell a city with connections -- and increasing regional clout, city officials say. Major freeways intersect at Bothell, making it an important transportation hub now and as a future rapid transit stop. Bothell's North shore School District is highly respected, and as host to high-tech employers and to he UW campus, the city role in technological and educational issues is assured.