Less than 1 mile

A few times per year

I really hardly ever go there anymore. There aren't any trees. The city plants lows of trees that are all the same and equally spaced. They want to turn Redmond into Reston, Virginia of the 1960s. We know how that turned out. Those condos became roach infested slums in the early 2000s. There is too much concrete, too much traffic.

Growth and density in Redmond needs to stop. It just needs to stop. Government needs to have the courage to say no. 1/6 of the US is getting SNAP. There isn't enough good food available in our country. People are starving in Africa. Putin is destroying farms in Ukraine. The Sammamish river valley is the 16th largest river valley in the US. This area should prioritize farming. But instead, what is the main value we are prioritizing? Protection of the ability of tech companies to lay off workers, get rid of older workers and have a revolving door temporary workforce. That means people who don't know the local government and don't vote in local elections. How convenient. Every decision made in this area's planning is backwards. Other parts of the US need the growth. Let Detroit and West Virginia have the growth. The entire Seattle area is being ruined. We should be supporting stable jobs, the ability to live in one place and raise a family, and appreciation and use of this precious farm land. Everyone is so caught up in little details that no one looks at the big picture.

More native species trees. Not rows of trees that are equally spaced and all the same species. Natural areas. Also, restaurants that have really good food at prices that are not exorbitant. Not all the chain restaurants. Not just pizza. Real quality food. What PCC deli used to be until arrival of the latest chef who puts cilantro and cumin in egg salad ...

NO. No more growth. No more density. Send the growth to Detroit and West Virginia, where they need it. The fertile valley here should be used for farming.

The Sammamish River Valley is the 16th most fertile river valley in the US, which means that the land should be zoned for small family farming. But instead, it is zoned for tech companies to hire and lay off workers and create a transient population. That is the main value that our governments are protecting - not farming and the food supply. Everything here is being done backwards and serving the wrong interests. Our government are shoving this growth on everyone whether we want it or not. Send the growth to Detroit.

Redmond's main value system in the planning project seems to be supporting tech companies' high turnover HR policies. Instead, growth should be strictly limited, and the governments should be telling tech companies to stop laying off people whom they hired as the best years ago, and promote stable jobs and the ability of people to settle someplace permanently and raise a family. But look what happens now. Jobs are temporary, tech workers come and go, they don't know local politics, they don't bother to vote ... then the big financial interests can just get their way. Support stable jobs, stable housing and stable family life.

Maybe a grocery store for the apartment buildings there would alleviate the parking and traffic problems of the other grocery stores.

Underground parking and parking garages are not useful for many senior citizens and people with disabilities, and the disability permit requirements may be too strict. Stop thinking that everybody cab park in those kinds of spaces. At least Seattle Cancer Care Alliance has reliable valet parking. But that is $4.00. Right now I drive to Bear Creek Transit Center rather than using Redmond Transit Center 3 blocks away because of the lack of street level parking.

We need more open space and parks and space for community - parks, arts, public meeting spaces that have affordable hourly rent. Redmond doesn't even have the space to support requests for currently existing meeting rooms. More growth is detrimental to Redmond. Detroit needs the growth. North Philadelphia needs the growth. West Virginia needs the growth. We should be planning nationally.

No high rises. Redmond doesn't need the extra congestion. Other areas of the US need the growth. Redmond needs to have the courage to say no. I almost never go to downtown Bellevue anymore. I never go the crowded traffic mess in Kirkland north of 124th St. I can't even determine where I am there, because the buildings all look alike. it used to me a nice, little neighborhood. It will be the same for shopping here. We need more parks and open space. Again, Redmond needs to have the courage to say no.

Underground parking and parking garages are difficult to navigate for senior citizens and some persons with disabilities, not enough people have disability permits because the requirements are so narrow. If there isn't good street level parking with large enough parking spaces, I don't go to that location. I get tired of all of the ableism. I worry about this for the senior center too.