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Redmond,
Washington
is located at the northern end of Lake Sammamish in
King County just 15  miles east of
Seattle
. Redmond has become one of the largest employment centers in what's referred to as "the Eastside" of Seattle.
Best known as the home of
Microsoft
and Nintendo, Redmond is self proclaimed as "the bicycle capital of the Northwest". Redmond hosts the Bicycle Derby Days each July with an annual bike race on city streets and the state's only velodrome
.
Redmond's park system consists of 34 parks totaling over 1,350 acres and 25 miles of biking/hiking trails. Marymoor Park is the largest park in the King County system with sports fields, a highly popular dog walk trail, and 'pea-patch' gardens.
Schools
Redmond is part of the
Lake Washington School District
. There are 48 schools within the District, which serves residents in Redmond, Kirkland and a portion of the city of Sammamish. Scores on standardized tests place the School District in the State's top 10%. The public schools in Redmond include nine elementary schools, three junior high schools, and Redmond High School. Three private schools offer secondary education: the Overlake School (secular), the Bear Creek School (Christian), and the Conservatory High School (for performing arts students). DigiPen Institute of Technology (a college for students in the field of video games) and the secondary campus of Lake Washington Technical College are also located in Redmond. The Redmond Regional Library is the second-largest library facility in the King County Library System.
Included among Redmond's many neighborhoods and communities are Union Hill which offers homes on acreage;Redmond Ridge on Novelty Hill, a planned development of homes, condos, schools and shopping near the new Trilogy golf course; Redmond North/Education Hill, and Rose Hill.
History
The first white settlers arrived in the 1870s.
Luke McRedmond
filed a
homestead
claim for land next to the
Sammamish River
on
September 9
,
1870
and the following year
Warren Perrigo
took up land adjacent to him. The rivers and streams had so many
salmon
that the settlement was initially named Salmonberg. More settlers came, and with the establishment of the first
post office
in
1881
, the name of the community was changed to Melrose. The new name was taken from the Perrigos' successful inn, Melrose House, which upset McRedmond. After becoming
postmaster
, he successfully petitioned to have the name changed to Redmond in
1883
.
The first
plat
for Redmond was filed on
May 11
,
1891
encompassing much of the area now known as downtown. Redmond was incorporated on
December 31
,
1912
. Read More...
Some Information courtesy of
wikipedia.org
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