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Redmond Community

Welcome to Redmond, WA

Redmond is the sixteenth largest city in the State of Washington, with a residential population of 45,256. It encompasses an area of over 16.6 square miles and is located less than 20 miles east of downtown Seattle at the north end of Lake Sammamish. The city prides itself for its high quality of life with good schools, a healthy economic base, a parks system that provides a variety of active and passive recreational opportunities, diverse offerings for shopping and dining, safe neighborhoods, and an emphasis on quality development and protection of the natural environment.

Redmond Facts

• Incorporated December 31, 1912
• Area 16.64 square miles
• Elevation 50 feet at City Center
• Annual Mean Temperature: 52.8
• Average Annual Precipitation: 35.50 inches
• Population in 1960: 1,426
• Population in April 2001: 45,256
• Retail Sales Tax: 8.8%
• Adopted City Budget for 2001/2002: $355.6 million
• Adopted City Budget for 1999/2000: $252.0 million
• Adopted City Budget for 1997/1998: $229.3 million

FIRE PROTECTION

• Number of uniformed personnel: 96
• Number of stations: 6
• Number of 2001 calls for service: 7,236
• Number of 2000 calls for service: 7,827
• Number of 1999 calls for service: 6,182

POLICE PROTECTION

• Number of police officers: 76
• Number of 2001 calls for service: 22,186
• Number of 2000 calls for service: 23,099
• Number of 1999 calls for service: 22,159

Redmond Education

With 42 schools and nearly 25,000 students, the Lake Washington School District, the school district for the cities of Redmond and Kirkland combined, is one of the largest in the state. It is also a reflection of the community it serves, generally upper middle class and technology-comfortable. Scores on standardized tests place the district in the state's top 10 percent. The curriculum has been praised in several national education publications for its comprehensive approach to student-centered learning, and over 100 districts around the country are adapting it for their own use.

Redmond is served primarily by the Lake Washington School District #414. A small percentage of students attend Bellevue School District #405.
Number of schools in the city limits TOTAL: 9
Elementary 6
Junior High 2
High School 1

Number of students in the city limits (10/1/01) TOTAL: 5,248
Elementary 2,495
Junior High 1,439
High School 1,314

Redmond Employment

The city is well known as a center of technology and the location for a number of nationally known high-tech and biomedical companies. Among these are Microsoft, Nintendo, AT&T Wireless, Spacelabs Medical, and Medtronic Physio-Control. Redmond Town Center, a large downtown retail center, offers numerous shops, restaurants, an eight-screen movie theater, special events, and live performances by a repertory theatre company and other arts-related groups.

Number of active business licenses: 4,681 (12/31/01)
Number of FTE's (Full-Time Equivalents) working in Redmond, which includes outside contractors and consultants coming into Redmond to do business: 58,079 (12/31/01)

Redmond Housing

As Redmond continues to evolve into a thriving city of increasing diversity, it seeks to promote its sense of community through programs designed to celebrate its heritage, enhance its neighborhoods, and preserve its historical and natural treasures.

Redmond News

1. Gregoire to Idaho: bring it on - The Seattle Times

   Gregoire HATES business, the private sector and the legal working citizenship of Washington State.

   
   
2. Stormwater Treatment, Monitoring - WaterWorld

   Located 20 miles east of Seattle, WA, Redmond is home to 50,000 residents and many high-tech and biomedical companies, including Microsoft.

   
   
3. Northrop Grumman won't bid against Boeing for tanker contract - The Seattle Times

   Northrop Grumman has decided not to bid in the Air Force refueling tanker contract, leaving Boeing's Everett-built 767 as the sole competing airplane.

   
   
4. Critics lash Texas judge for refusing death penalty - The Seattle Times

   But BHO was not from Texas like GWB and the tattooed judge in question are, and at least BHO was honest about it where GWB was not.

   
   
5. Argos finish 3rd at NAIAs, highest in program history - KTMF

   " The University of Great Falls wrestling team which has been ranked in the top six in the country all season long concluded its 2009-2010 campaign today by finishing third overall at the 53rd Annual NAIA Wrestling National Championships held at Abe Lemons Arena on the campus of Oklahoma City University.

   
   
6. Brian Burke makes emotional outburst - AdelaideNow...

   AN emotional Brian Burke said his family "`has had five years of this'' while giving evidence for the first time into charges brought by the state's corruption watchdog.

   
   

Redmond Transportation

Miles of paved roads 128
Number of traffic signals 78

Redmond Weather