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BY TIM TRAINOR
Redmond Spokesman
Rendering of the outside of the proposed Redmond Recreation Center. The Redmond Area Parks and Recreation District is looking to pass a $49 million bond in November to
fund construction of the new facility.
NEW RECREATION CENTER?
Parks & rec district to float $49 million bond for new facility
BY NICK ROSENBERGER • Redmond Spokesman
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edmond voters will have the chance to fund a recreation
complex that will include multiple swimming pools, a
bouldering wall, sports fields, fitness center and more.
A $49 million bond to construct
the facility, planned for the area of
SW 35th Street and Lava Avenue,
will be presented to voters in Novem-
ber by the Redmond Area Parks and
Recreation District. A separate ballot
question will also ask voters to fund
a 5-year levy to help fund the center’s
operations.
The proposed 74,500-square-foot
facility would include a new 25-me-
ter indoor lap pool, another indoor
pool with waterslides and lazy river,
bouldering wall, fitness center that
includes weight room and an ele-
vated track, hiking and biking trails,
community rooms, recreation fields
for youth soccer as well as tennis and
pickleball courts.
There would also be a child watch
room so parents or guardians could
drop their kids off before working out
or attending classes.
Employees of the recreation district
said it’s high time to improve facilities
in fast-growing Redmond.
“As our community has grown,
recreation needs have changed in
our community,” said Katie Ham-
mer, executive director of Redmond
Area Parks and Recreation District
(RAPRD). “There’s such a strain cur-
rently on (the Cascade Swim Center).
It’s been insane the last year how busy
our lap lanes are.”
The swim center was built in 1979,
when Redmond’s population was just
6,500 people. Today, the park district
serves roughly 45,000 people in Red-
mond, Terrebonne, parts of Crooked
Rendering of the pool area of the proposed Redmond Recreation Center. The Red-
mond Area Parks and Recreation District is looking to pass a $49 million bond in No-
vember to fund construction of the new facility.
River Ranch, Eagle Crest and parts of
Tumalo.
The location of the proposed facil-
ity was chosen to be centrally located
for RAPRD and is roughly 10-20 min-
utes from the edges of the district.
From Crooked River Ranch, the fur-
thest population center, it would be an
approximately 20-minute drive. Eagle
Crest and Tumalo are roughly 14 min-
utes away.
See Bond / A4
‘Pups on the patio’ plans to help
the BrightSide Animal Center
BY LEO BAUDHUIN
Redmond Spokesman
Cascade Lakes Brewing Co. will
release its limited Pawsitive IPA at
a July 24 launch party to benefit
BrightSide Animal Center.
“Pups on the Patio” is set to run
from 3-8 p.m. at Cascade Lakes’ Sev-
enth St. location in Redmond, with
$1 donated to BrightSide for every
pint sold. BrightSide will also hold
raffles at the event to raise additional
money for the shelter.
Besides the beer and prizes,
BrightSide is bringing dogs who are
available for adoption, and attendees
are encouraged to bring their own
canine friends to join the fun.
This year’s launch party is the third
of its kind. Members of the 2020 Red-
mond Leadership class — including
now-BrightSide volunteer Louise Ka-
plan — started the initiative as way to
pay for the replacement of BrightSide’s
aging and dilapidated outdoor kennels.
BrightSide shelter manager Pat
Bowling said the outdoor kennels
had been there for 20 years.
“It got to the point where it was
dangerous for the dogs to stay in
there,” she said. “It was dangerous
for staff too because they would have
wires sticking out.”
So BrightSide started a capital
campaign to replace them. De-
spite the pandemic, Cascade Lakes
launched its first canned Pawsitive
IPA in July 2020. General manager
and co-owner Andy Rhine esti-
mated that the event raised about
$2,000 for BrightSide. The animal
shelter used the money to replace 16
of its kennels, according to a press
release for the 2021 event.
See Pawsitive / A4
Hayden Homes is plan-
ning a 498-unit develop-
ment in northwest Red-
mond near Dry Canyon.
On July 12, repre-
sentatives of the Red-
mond-based homebuilder
shared their concepts for
the development with city
council.
According to Megan
Norris, forward plan-
ning manager at Hayden
Homes, the development
would include a mixture
of housing types, from
multi-family plexes to cot-
tages, townhomes and sin-
gle family homes. Plans
also call for 8.5 acres of
parks and open space, in-
cluding trails. It would re-
quire extensions of Quince,
Spruce and Upas streets.
The 76 acres of devel-
opment would be west of
Northwest Way and bi-
sected by NW Spruce Ave.
Norris said Hayden
Homes has been meeting
with the city for more than
two years to formulate
building plans for the area.
Councilors would need to
annex the property, which
is currently within the ur-
ban growth boundary but
outside city limits, into the
city of Redmond.
The development is an
early phase of a much-
larger northwest develop-
ment plan by the city to
add large amounts of hous-
ing in north Redmond and
add some commercial de-
velopment as well.
Multiple city councilors
asked about the need to
increase commercial areas
within the residential de-
velopments, including for a
grocery store, day care cen-
ters, restaurants and more.
“I know we need hous-
ing and housing units,
but we also need to have
neighborhoods where peo-
ple can stay when they get
home from work,” said
councilor Cat Zwicker.
See Housing / A4
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Photo by Leo Baudhuin/Spokesman
Cascade Lakes brewery in Redmond will host
“Pups on the Patio” July 24.
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