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Area Information - Redmond
The
city of Redmond is located on Lake Washington's Eastside,
at the north end of Lake Sammamish. Just east of Bellevue,
Redmond is also a short commute to Seattle along Highway
520. Incorporated in 1912, Redmond now has a population
of over 40,000 and is the sixteenth largest city in Washington.
This
community has grown tremendously since the early eighties,
in part because of its proximity to the rest of the Eastside
and the businesses of Bellevue and Seattle, and in part
because it seems a bit more of an escape from the bustle
of urban life. It does not have the high-rises businesses
of Bellevue, but rather borders on the rural sophistication
of some of the Eastside bedroom communities of the Sammamish
Valley. Well known for corporate giant Microsoft, Redmond
is also home to a number of hi-tech industries, including
computer software and peripheral equipment companies, as
well as businesses in the biotech industry.
Redmond's
Marymoor Park is a large, 500-acre park which features soccer
fields, the state's only cycling velodrome, a climbing rock,
an airstrip for model planes, tennis courts, baseball diamonds,
and plenty of grassy fields.
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