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.
Early Tuesday morning, over 150 people packed into a fourth floor ballroom of Meydenbauer Center to attend Bellevue's annual State of the City address -- in-person for the first time in three years. The event, hosted by the Bellevue Downtown Association (BDA), was an opportunity for people to hear...
As reported last week, Kirkland's recent updates to its tree codes have led to a lawsuit from the Master Builders' Association of King and Snohomish Counties, who claim the new ordinance will be too onerous on necessary housing growth. Meanwhile, the city's neighbors to the south are poised to...
UPDATE (07/05/2022) This article was updated with newly-released renderings from WSDOT of the replacement bridge and new figures for the width of the multipurpose path.
People getting around Downtown Bellevue will have to reckon with some road closures in the near future. Main Street bridge will be closed to all...
On the Eastside, cities are grappling with the often competing desires to grow housing capacity and preserve tree canopy in urban areas. Tension between these goals is coming to a head in Kirkland, where the Master Builders' Association of King and Snohomish Counties (MBAKS) is leading a case with...
Work from Bellevue's Planning Commission will face additional deliberation from City Council, as some members seek to add further restrictions to the siting of supportive housing in single-family neighborhoods. Additionally, city leaders heard members of the public list their priorities for funding in the city's upcoming budget.
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Bellevue is continuing the trend of Eastside cities analyzing their retail sectors, and their City Council is doing so without enacting a development moratorium. Additionally, Monday's City Council meeting featured a discussion on a feasibility report for the long-planned Cross-Cultural Center, as well as a final decision on allowing...
On Tuesday evening, Mercer Island's City Council is poised to renew a moratorium that prevents the redevelopment of parcels in the southeast corner of the city's Town Center, one of the only areas on the 12.9 square mile island where relatively dense, mixed-use housing is allowed. The ordinance, originally...
With election season already around the corner, cities that want their residents to vote on November ballot measures are moving to finish necessary planning work by an August filing deadline. Since January, Redmond has been leading engagement on a new public safety levy that would increase total annual funding...