UPDATED: Downtown Businesses Contemplate Relocation as Park Plans Move Forward, by Caitlin Moran, Editor of "Redmond Patch"

Redmond Patch opened shop last Thursday, Februray 17.  It's a socially interactive, grassroots, digital newspaper that operates with light-speed. When I found this article about the Downtown Park I felt it would be a dis-service to my readers not to publish it.  I'll write a story about Patch soon (and an Opinion about Redmond newspapers). but when you go to their site, really not much more needs to be said..  This is new-age journalism at it's finest.  --- Bob Yoder, Editor of Redmond Neighborhood Blog 

"Downtown Businesses Contemplate Relocation as Park Plans Move Forward Downtown Businesses Contemplate Relocation as Park Plans Move Forward"   

By Caitlin Moran, Editor of  "Redmond Patch"

Redmond Cycle, a local mainstay for more than 40 years, is one of about five properties that the City of Redmond is still working to aquire as part of its plan to build a downtown park. Preliminary drawings indicate the park will be located between Redmond Way and Cleveland Street along what will eventually be an extension of 161st Avenue Northeast.

City Parks Director Craig Larsen said approximately six properties have already been acquired and torn down as part of the street extension phase of the project. The city aims to finalize the remaining property negotiations by the end of the year, he said, and expects to pay a total of about $20 million for the acquisitions.

"We're making progress," he said. “The first part was easy because it was all one big piece, and now it’s much more fragmented.”  Read More...

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