Learn About Our Poet Laureate’s National Recognition, See the Newly Opened NE 40th Street Underpass, Catch The Jewel Tones on August 14, and more.

City of Redmond Washington sent this bulletin at 08/12/2024 09:00 AM PDT

City News

Your weekly update from the City of Redmond.

Learn About Our Poet Laureate’s National Recognition

Ching-In Chen was one of 22 individuals across the nation awarded by the Academy of American Poets to its 2024 Poet Laureate Fellows. They will receive a grant to lead the public poetry programs developed during their laureateship. Chen’s current project, Read Local Eat Local, collected poetry submissions over the summer, which will be printed and distributed as postcards amongst organizations that are part of the local food ecosystem for residents to collect.

Read about Chen and the other award-winning fellows

See the Newly Opened NE 40th Street Underpass

After years of coordination and partnership between the City of Redmond, Microsoft, and Sound Transit, construction of the NE 40th Street Underpass is complete. The underpass connects pedestrians and cyclists from Redmond Technology Station to the Microsoft campus. This is the first location on the Downtown Redmond Link Extension (DRLE) Project where Sound Transit will fully transfer responsibility for the infrastructure to Redmond. The DRLE will be completed in 2025 when two new stations open in Downtown Redmond.

Learn more about light rail coming to Downtown

Catch The Jewel Tones on August 14

Join us on Wednesday, Aug. 14, for the next free outdoor concert in the summer series, Rockin' on the River! Bring your blanket or lawn chairs and get ready to enjoy The Jewel Tones, a Motown-inspired vocal trio who perform hits by The Supremes, The Jackson 5, Gladys Knight & The Pips, and many more.

Get concert details

Join Us at the Downtown Redmond Art Walk in September

The arts bring a vibrancy to Redmond’s Downtown through myriad events, performances, and programs put on by the community. Downtown Redmond Art Walk (DRAW) celebrates that vibrancy through a one-night-only event on Sept. 19, with art and performances in Downtown Park, exhibits and activations at participating businesses, and the debut of Read Local Eat Local, a project by poet laureate Ching-In Chen.

Learn more about DRAW

Thank You All for National Night Out

Last Tuesday, Aug. 6, the Redmond community came to party and prevent crime during the annual National Night Out celebration. Across the City, 41 neighborhood block parties registered for visits from firefighters, police officers, emergency management professionals, and elected officials. This annual celebration takes place on the first Tuesday of August and promotes community members' relationships with first responders and their neighbors to make our community stronger and safer.

Keep our Roads Safe

We all share the road, whether on foot or on wheels, and we all have a role to play in keeping ourselves and each other safe. Find safety tips and answers to common questions about sharing the road in the digital summer Focus newsletter.

Learn about sharing the road

Use Water Wisely

Most of Washington state is in a drought, so let’s save water and money by doing our part to conserve water inside and outside the home. The digital summer Focus newsletter has tips to help you get started.

Find tips to conserve water

City of Redmond

www.redmond.gov

communications@redmond.gov

15670 NE 85th St, Redmond, WA 98052

P.O. Box 97010, Redmond, WA 98073

Don’t want to receive this type of email? Change your email preferences or unsubscribe to all City of Redmond newsletters by clicking your unique unsubscribe link below:
#

Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page.

The City of Redmond assures that no person shall, on the grounds of race, color, national origin, or gender, as provided by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity. For more information about Title VI, please visit redmond.gov/TitleVI.