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Open House Focuses on Downtown Livability

The City of Bellevue will host an open house on Tuesday, June 3, to get the public’s input on the Downtown Livability Initiative. The city has been holding meetings, focus groups, and walking tours centered on downtown livability for the past 18 months. Tuesday’s meeting will be an opportunity for […]

Lincoln Square Expansion Showroom to Open in June

Last Friday the media got a sneak preview viewing opportunity of “The Studio Expansion Experience Center” for the Lincoln Square Expansion showroom. This showroom houses state-of-the-art interactive technology to preview the apartments, office space, hotel, shopping and entertainment planned within the expansion. Kemper Freeman Jr. led the press conference announcing […]

Bellevue Way to Close for Two Weeks

Bellevue Way will be closed between Northeast Fourth and Northeast Sixth streets in downtown Bellevue from Monday, May 12, through Friday, May 23. Utility work, including water, sewer, and storm drainage, will be conducted under Bellevue Way to accommodate the expansion of Lincoln Square on Bellevue Way. Detour routes will […]

Premier Media Group to Launch 425 Business Magazine

Premier Media Group plans to launch 425 Business, a new monthly print and online magazine focused on the Eastside, in October, according to a press statement. The paid publication will feature in-depth stories about Eastside businesses. Each issue will include business news, startup stories, neighborhood features, and information on topics […]

City of Bellevue Raises Awareness of Tateuchi Center

Bellevue’s city leaders are raising awareness of the Tateuchi Center, a new performing arts center that will be located at the corner of Northeast 10th Street and 106th Avenue Northeast, in downtown Bellevue. The 2,000-seat theatre has raised $63 million of its $160 million goal, according to an article in […]

New Downtown Bellevue Residents Association Meets This Month

Downtown Bellevue residents are encouraged to learn more about the new Downtown Bellevue Residents Association during a meeting later this month at the Bellevue Library. The agenda includes discussing the formation of the new association and what it will mean to local residents and their neighborhoods. The group aims to […]

Downtown Bellevue Among Top 10 ‘Greenest’ Neighborhoods in U.S.

Downtown Bellevue recently ranked No. 4 on Redfin’s top 10 list of U.S. neighborhoods that have the largest proportion of environmentally-friendly homes. During the past two years, about 36 percent of Redfin home listings in downtown Bellevue included “green” features, such as: solar panels, low-flow faucets, dual-pane windows, energy-efficient appliances, […]

City of Bellevue Launches New ‘MyBellevue’ Mobile App

The City of Bellevue is now offering a free mobile app to make it easier for local residents to access city news and request services while on the go. Residents can use the “My Bellevue” app on their mobile devices to report issues such as potholes, damaged signs, and flooded […]