Christopher Randels
Chris Randels is the founder and director of Complete Streets Bellevue, an advocacy organization looking to make it easier for people to get around Bellevue without a car. Chris lived in the Lake Hills neighborhood for nearly a decade and cares about reducing emissions and improving safety in the Eastside's largest city.
On Tuesday evening, residents, advocates, and rental housing groups packed into the physical and virtual chambers of Newcastle City Hall. Amid some minor code amendments and complaints about a recent street repaving project, councilmembers heard comments and criticisms of an ordinance meant to introduce several protections for tenants in...
In a survey of 475 Bellevue residents commissioned by the Bellevue Housing Research Coalition and conducted by Change Research, 68% of those polled said that the housing market in Bellevue is not currently meeting the needs of the community, compared to 27% who said it was. Additionally, 46% of...
After a slower than expected rollout, the King County Regional Homelessness Authority (KCRHA) has used federally-funded emergency vouchers to house 786 previously-homeless households. According to a July press release, this represents 58% of the 1300 housing vouchers that were allocated across the three public housing authorities in Seattle, Renton,...
Months of work by Bellevue's city staff, Planning Commission, and City Council finally concluded Monday evening when Council voted to permanently allow permanent supportive housing (PSH), emergency housing, and transient housing units throughout more parts of the city. The topic was kick-started by the state legislature's passage of HB...
Last Monday, Bellevue City Council unanimously advanced an ordinance to craft a city-sponsored safe parking program for homeless residents living in their vehicles. City staff have been directed to create an implementation plan for a one-year pilot program, including a legal analysis, key performance metrics, and a cost estimate,...
Two tours will provide different insights into a Bellevue neighborhood poised for significant growth.
It’s no secret that Bellevue is growing & changing. New developments are bringing new residents, workers, and visitors to the city in a way that will define the Eastside for many decades to come. Link light rail...
Eastside residents, elected officials, and business leaders gathered yesterday evening to celebrate the reopening of Feriton Spur Park in Kirkland. The northern portion of the park had been closed for the last year as Google's Kirkland campus underwent further development. Its reopening marks another key addition to Eastrail, a...
In an effort to increase transparency and accountability to the community, Bellevue Police Department has published a new data dashboard which includes details on crime statistics, arrests, and uses of force by police officers. In a blog post last week, Chief Wendell Shirley shared, "We are happy to share...