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City addressing safety issues on 166th Ave. N.E. SAMANTHA PAK
spak@redmond-reporter.com
The City of Redmond is looking to make improvements along 166th Avenue Northeast from Northeast 85th Street and Northeast 100th Street. The corridor connects Education Hill and downtown Redmond, provides neighborhood access to Education Hill schools and churches and has been an area of concern among city staff as well as
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Tent City 4 has its highs and lows
Last Saturday afternoon, 256 people dressed up as zombies to groove in the “Thrill the World Redmond 2013”spooky event at Redmond Town Center. Zombies of all ages laid down in the streets “playing dead,”then slowly rose (to the beat of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”) and began a worldwide flash mob dance simulcast with other “Thrill the World”locations such as London, Sydney, Tokyo, Helsinki, New York and Brazil. Zombies also participated in a costume contest (right). The event raised $7,108 for SecondStory Repertory theater. The Redmond Reporter and Star 101.5 were co-sponsors for the event. For more photos, see pages 14-15.
ANDY NYSTROM anystrom@redmond-reporter.com
TOP PHOTO: ANDY NYSTROM, Redmond Reporter; RIGHT PHOTO: CAT ROSE, Courtesy
Alcott improvements are on the way SAMANTHA PAK spak@redmond-reporter.com
For several years, building renovations at Louisa May Alcott Elementary School have been put on hold as the school has been on a Lake Washington School District
(LWSD) list to be updated and modernized. It was not practical to put in the time and effort if the results would be torn down within a few years. But recently, the school — located in unincorporated King County outside of Redmond — was re-
area residents and drivers. Tricia Thomson, targeted safety improvement program manager for the city, said the goal of this rechannelization project is to improve safety for vehicles, bicycles and pedestrians. Safety issues requiring consideration include delay to side-street vehicles accessing 166th Avenue Northeast, sight distance deficiencies, a truckclimbing lane, collisions, [ more STREET page 8 ]
moved from the list. Now, Principal Kimo Spray said they will be able to invest in the school and make improvements as they are on a modernization cycle of about 10 years. And after a recent, school-wide [ more ALCOTT page 16 ]
From July 13 to Oct. 19, about 85 residents called Tent City 4 their home at Redwood Family Church at 11500 Redmond Woodinville Road N.E. Todd Puckett, lead pastor of the Redmond church, was hopeful that things would go well a few days before the residents set up camp. Now, reflecting on the experience a week after they left, Puckett is proud the church welcomed the homeless people into their realm.
“We felt like we built some great relationships with a lot of them,” he said. Puckett added that several of the residents attended church services at Redwood, and someone from the church will pick them up from their new home outside Mary, Queen of Peace Church in Sammamish and bring them back to continue their worship locally. Puckett said the Redwood churchgoers and people from the community served the residents meals and made sure they had the necessities for [ more TENTS page 8 ]
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