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Your weekly update from the City of Redmond.

Celebrate Earth Month

This April we’re celebrating Mother Nature all month long. From in-person workshops and classes to creating your own personalized sustainability plan, we’ve got tons of opportunities for you to engage and try something new. 

Find Earth Month activities

Grow Healthy Natural Yards

It's National Lawncare Month. Learn to use natural yard care techniques to keep your yard healthy and green. Natural yard care can help you build healthy soils, choose the right plants for your site, and water smartly, all while avoiding pesticides. Find workshops, video libraries, and more helpful resources at NaturalYardCare.org.

Learn how to practice natural yard care 

Learn About Redmond Senior & Community Center and Municipal Campus Parking

With the opening of the Redmond Senior & Community Center in May, as well as to accommodate the needs of our community and ensure accessible parking for all, there are upcoming parking changes at the Municipal Campus that take effect May 3, 2024. Visitors may park in three areas: the surface lot next to the Redmond Senior & Community Center, on the first floor of the Municipal Campus parking garage, and in the parking lot in front of City Hall. In the coming months, parking in designated areas will be time-restricted in order to efficiently manage parking space. More details about time-restricted parking will be shared as they become available.  

Learn more about Municipal Campus parking

Recognizing Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Every 68 seconds, a sexual assault happens in the United States. This alarming statistic is just one of the reasons why the City of Redmond has proclaimed April Sexual Assault Awareness Month, a chance to raise awareness of an underreported crime that disproportionately affects underrepresented communities. We support survivors of sexual assault and stand up to the harmful attitudes and behaviors that contribute to sexual violence.

Read the proclamation

Participate in National Volunteer Month

April is Volunteer Month! Redmond has various volunteer opportunities ranging from environmental stewardship to public safety. From single-day event volunteering with Parks to long-term program volunteering with police or fire, the options are plentiful.

Learn more about volunteer opportunities

Save a Life by Donating Blood

Make your lifesaving appointment to donate at the City of Redmond Blood Drive and look for the bloodmobile in the City Hall parking lot on Thursday, April 18. The full donation process lasts just 40-60 minutes, and your gift of blood will give hope this April to our community, in support of Donate Life Month!

Blood donation and organ transplants go hand in hand. Over 40,000 transplants were performed in the U.S. last year. Most of those surgeries require a full unit of blood, and in many cases, multiple units of blood and platelets. Your blood donation makes organ transplantation possible and provides patients with another renewed chance at a healthy life. 

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