P4 The SpokeSman • WedneSday, ocTober 27, 2021
FLASHBACK
Veterans memorial set in place at Redmond cemetery in 1996
100 years ago
Oct. 27, 1921 — Surprise
birthday party
A surprise birthday party
was given at the Tumalo school
Friday in honor of Genevieve
Nelson’s eleventh birthday. She
was given a peanut shower and
received several presents.
75 years ago
Oct. 31, 1946 — Larive ex-
plains school dismissal
The recent dismissal of Red-
mond Union High School for
the purpose of aiding in the
potato harvest was explained
today by Supt. M.E. Lar-
ive, who pointed out that the
school board and faculty were
prompted in their action by the
critical labor shortage and dan-
ger of a freeze ruining the pres-
ent crop.
With many potatoes still in
the ground after that period,
pupils, who were needed and
willing to work, were dismissed
for another week, with all teach-
ers being instructed to progress
slowly on regular school-work
so that a minimum of make-up
work would be required.
50 years ago
Nov. 3, 1971 — Homecom-
ing royalty
Spurring the Panthers to-
ward victory Friday night at
Pollock Field will be Redmond
High School homecoming
princesses Colleen Moore,
sophomore, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde Moore; Jacki
Towe, senior, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Towe; and Karen
Arnett, junior, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Arnett.
Spokesman file photo
25 years ago
Walt Winter (left), Bill Petrofska, Bud Alexander (of Central Oregon Monuments) and Bill Melhase place new
veterans memorial in place at Redmond cemetery in 1996.
Oct. 30, 1996 — Vets finally
get their monument
Anchoring the vast expanse
of green lawn, the three-tiered
centerpiece sits solidly in the
middle of Redmond Memorial
Cemetery.
Under the U.S. flag rests
a 6-foot-tall black granite
flanked by two welcoming cin-
der block arms. Inscribed on
Renewal
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She said the support was the
difference between being able
to open and expand and not
being able to.
“I’m just really proud that
(Redmond) has grown the
way it has, and I feel like there’s
been some really good plan-
ning involved in that,” Dahl
said.
Over the last several years,
the changes in downtown
have been dramatic. The city’s
historic downtown hotel was
renovated and reopened as
SCP Redmond, helping spur
new development. City hall
moved into a revamped former
school; Centennial Park dou-
bled in size, and more parking
has been added.
Five other businesses have
moved into downtown Red-
mond this year, along with
dozens of others in the past
two years.
Chuck Arnold, the city’s eco-
nomic development and urban
renewal program manager,
said that as of June, the city’s
urban renewal has invested
$21 million in downtown since
2013, contributing to an in-
crease to the tax base of $98
million.
The average annual growth
of property valuation in down-
town is 7%, he said, and for ev-
ery $1 spent by urban renewal,
$4 in private investment is re-
alized.
Arnold estimates that about
75% of the new businesses
have had support from urban
renewal resources whether it
be helping with design, busi-
ness development services,
grants or loans.
Out of the about 100 retail
spaces in downtown, 88% of
them are filled.
“It is definitely on a very
strong trajectory, and de-
monstrative that there’s a lot
of interest in doing business
in Redmond,” Arnold said.
“As Redmond grows, so does
downtown.”
Since 2010, Redmond’s pop-
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Lauri Dahl, owner of Tite Knot Craft Coffee in Redmond, prepares a cup
of coffee while working on Thursday.
ulation has grown by 27%
from 26,215 residents in 2010
to 33,274 in 2020. City officials
have tracked two to five people
moving to the city every day
over the past two years.
As the city rapidly expands,
the City Council has priori-
tized community livability. It
is also having growth manage-
ment policy work sessions on
key issues, including housing,
infrastructure, traffic circula-
tion, parks and urban growth
boundary expansion.
“The quality of life that we’ve
tried to preserve and enhance
in Redmond is attracting peo-
ple and attracting people to
come live here and invest in
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the stone are the words, “In
memory of those men and
women who gave their lives for
their country.”
It’s been six long years in the
making, but the veterans me-
morial at the cemetery finally
is standing.
But even though it’s up, the
monument won’t quite be
properties,” Arnold said. “It
is attracting entrepreneurs to
come start up their business
here.”
Arnold said the city is
guided by what the community
wants. “We look at businesses
that we think will be comple-
mentary, and sometimes we
just go right out and approach
them,” he said.
People choose Redmond be-
cause they love its small town
feeling, he said.
“But while they love the
small town, they want a com-
plete town that has as many
options as possible so they can
shop and dine and do every-
thing they like to do in their
life, just in Redmond,” he said.
Holly Filley, the owner of
Halo Donuts & Deli, which
opened in August, said there
has been bigger demand than
she expected.
Filley moved to Redmond
from Clackamas County in
2020. She said she has long
wanted to move to Central Or-
egon to live near her family.
She decided to open her busi-
ness after retiring from the U.S.
Post Office.
Filley said she drove past the
former deli Soup 2 Nuts one
day and noticed the for lease
sign.
She had an idea. She talked
to her husband and sister, who
ready for dedication on Veter-
ans Day as originally planned.
“We still need to raise a lit-
tle more money for the paving
stones to go around the memo-
rial,” Walt Winter said.
Trees and shrubs still need
to be planted, too, so contri-
butions totaling $1,000 are
needed to finish the project.
The monument provides
enough space to engrave 400
names of U.S. veterans in the
cinder block walls. Memorial
spaces are still available at $25,
and veterans don’t have to be
buried in Redmond, Winter
said.
Winter is a member of the
Voiture 147 of the Forty and
Eight, which is sponsoring the
memorial.
A number of other vet
groups have contributed to the
monument’s construction over
the past year, and all the work
has been done by veterans,
Winter said.
Dedication is planned for
Memorial Day 1997.
also owns a business in Red-
mond, about opening a new
deli and serving fresh dough-
nuts.“I was like, ‘All right, let’s
do this,’” Filley said.
Arnold said the changes
downtown are dramatic.
“People get their wheels
turning when they see that and
they get excited and we get ex-
cited about it,” he said.
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