"The Woodinville Weekly" just released their first real online paper! Check it out! I'm a subscriber. Before it was more of a newsletter with their Mayor writing the major pieces on growth and development. Now it's in color and fully formed:
Friday, April 14, 2023
OPINION: We Need a Community Newspaper
"The Woodinville Weekly" just released their first real online paper! Check it out! I'm a subscriber. Before it was more of a newsletter with their Mayor writing the major pieces on growth and development. Now it's in color and fully formed:
Thursday, April 13, 2023
Two School Board Directors To Leave District, Learn How To Run, April 19th Informational Session
Siri Bliesner, President of the School Board will not run for office November, 2023. She lives in Redmond within District #5. Will she run for a City of Redmond Council member seat? It's anyone's guess.
Friday, April 7, 2023
UPDATED: City Council Meeting Notes, 04 April 2023
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ADVANCE TO 3:00 for poet Laureate Laura Da's description of her poetry inspired "Nature & City History Walk" around our lakefronts.
ADVANCE TO 4:52 for Dr. David Morton's "Item From The Audience" suggesting solutions to various city challenges.
ADVANCE TO 11:53 - Mayor Angela Birney kicks off Council's OMBUDS report where resident inquiries (positive and negative) are addressed. As follows:
Thursday, April 6, 2023
Redmond Town Center's Heron Art
Monday, April 3, 2023
UPDATED, 12/14/2023: Jeff Cashman Wins Race for EvergreenHealth Commissioner #6
Jeff Cashman |
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Saturday, April 1, 2023
Redmond Space District, More Satellites Than Any In The World
Mayor Birney (in blue) with Redmond Space District Leaders show proclamations officially launching the Space District |
Redmond, WA – Mayor of Redmond Angela Birney announced the launch of the Redmond Space District today in partnership with OneRedmond at the annual State of the City. This brand was developed to showcase the dramatic growth of Redmond’s Space Cluster.
According to research by Alliance Velocity, Redmond-based companies produced almost half of the satellites in earth’s orbit, and are projected to manufacture more than 75% of the world’s satellites in the near future based on current and future FCC approved satellites.
“Redmond has a long history in the space industry dating back to 1967 when Aerojet Rocketdyne, broke ground on their first site in Redmond,” said Kristina Hudson, Chief Executive Officer of OneRedmond. “Today, Redmond is home to an innovative and entrepreneurial ecosystem alongside two of the largest satellite manufacturers in the world: SpaceX, and Project Kuiper.”
Redmond’s innovative and entrepreneurial ecosystem leverages the region’s major strengths in information technology, manufacturing, and aerospace. Along with the two satellite manufacturing giants, Redmond’s robust and growing commercial space sector also includes Honeywell Aerospace, Kymeta, Microsoft’s Azure Orbital, RBC Signals, Spectralux, and Triumph providing a rich environment for small businesses like Xplore to locate in Redmond to grow and prosper.
"Positioning Xplore in this hub for space activity and innovation was strategic,” said Lisa Rich, Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Xplore. “We are surrounded by a community of customers and colleagues including SpaceX, Microsoft's Azure Orbital and Amazon Project Kuiper, and we have fantastic vendors and suppliers."
Washington State is positioned well to become a global leader in the space industry, with Redmond as one if its shining stars.
Mayor Angela Birney's 2022 State of the City Address (Video)
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OneRedmond is a public-private partnership for economic and community development. Supported by local private sector businesses in close partnership with the City of Redmond. OneRedmond strives to be the difference maker in connecting our local companies and educational community with resources to keep our local economy stable and growing.
Source: Kristina Hudson CEO, OneRedmond kristinah@oneredmond.org
Nature Beckons With a Double Rainbow and Hail Shower
This double rainbow photograph was taken by a friend on Sunday at Cottage Lake and confirmed by my next door neighbor. On the same day we experienced ~ 20 minute hail shower. It came out of the blue!
SEATTLE TIMES: Strangers Sent Redmond Man 100's of Cards for His 90th Birthday
In January, Lynn Colwell posted a request in a Redmond community Facebook group: “My dear husband’s 90th birthday is coming up and I am trying to gift him with as many cards as possible from around the world.”
She didn’t post much more, just that his name is Steve, he’s a musician and loves pickleball, accompanied by a photo of him smiling next to a sunflower. She included a mailing address and the message that whether residents knew him or not, if someone would like to send a card, she would really appreciate it.
The cards came in. Dozens and dozens and dozens, to the point the couple lost count. Steve Colwell’s 90th birthday was Feb. 15 and he’s still opening envelopes.
“They came to a delivery post box and the lady at that place said ‘I don’t know who Steve Colwell is but I want to be him on my birthday,’” Lynn Colwell said. “I had no idea we would get this many.”
Unbeknown to Steve Colwell, Redmond residents were hatching plans to send cards under Lynn’s Facebook posts. One commented that she would send a card because he reminded her of her grandpa. Another wrote she sent the request to her relatives in the United Kingdom so he could get international cards. Lynn had also requested cards from their friends and others who know Steve through his work as one of the founders of Up with People, an international performing group.
Lynn Colwell hoped to give the cards to her husband on his birthday. But then they both contracted COVID, and he had to be hospitalized for five days for other health issues. They canceled his birthday party and the plans for the card reveal.
When he was discharged and returned home, Lynn told Steve there was a big box waiting for him.
“It was wrapped and it was like a Costco cardboard box,” Steve said. “I couldn’t imagine what kind of gift I would need at this point in my life.”
--Paige Conwell, Seattle Times, March 30, 2023
(Steve helped me untangle my disjointed pickleball serve. He's pictured playing at 24 Fitness here.)
LWSD Proposes Repurposing Levy Funds To Enlarge Rockwell Elementary
Re-directing construction levy funds, will be placed on the Monday, April 3, 2023 agenda for board action at 7PM. Email your comments to Boardmembers@LWSD.org
Redmond, Wash. – Lake Washington School District (LWSD) has proposed repurposing levy funds from the 2022 Building Excellence Construction Levy. These funds would be used to rebuild (partially tear down) and enlarge Rockwell Elementary School. The funds were originally planned to be used to build a new elementary school on the Redmond Elementary campus.
“Lake Washington School District values its partnership with our community,” said Dr. Jon Holmen, Superintendent. “To that end, our commitment to fiscal responsibility includes using our public resources in the most efficient and effective ways to accomplish our goals of excellence in education for each student.”
The 2022 Building Excellence Construction Levy was finalized in 2021. Since then enrollment in the Redmond-area elementary schools is lower than projected. The overall enrollment forecast is reduced. The current need for a new elementary school for 550 students has changed.
Watch this video from Dr. Holmen for additional information (4:16):
Direct link: https://youtu.be/BDpGZnSv0VI [excellent video]
This proposal adds space for 252 additional students in permanent capacity, in an area that is still expected to grow. Permanent capacity at Rockwell Elementary would increase from 438 students to 690 students. This will also allow the district to address an aging facility now, at a lower cost, rather than waiting for a future measure to meet this need.
While the original resolutions allow funds to be used on any capital project, given the elimination of one project, and replacing it with another, this is being brought for board action. Your comments can be emailed to the School Board at: BoardMembers@lwsd.org
Friday, March 31, 2023
Historical Society Speaker Series: "All Over the Map: Surprising Places and Place-names of the Evergreen State"
Speaker: Feliks Banel |
Laura Lee Bennett
Senior Vice President
Program Committee Chair
Redmond Historical Society
www.redmondhistoricalsociety.
programs@
206-351-2826