City Council voted unanimously on May 15th to fund all options presented by the Parks Department for the Central Park Pad #1 improvement project. During budget deliberations last year, a phased approached to the project was presented. The council agreed to fund the base project: conversion to artificial turf, halide…
City of Issaquah City Council Decisions and Deliberations May 16th Update 100 Additional Homes, Plus Affordable Housing, Update Polygon Homes has revised its proposal in hopes of bringing 100 additional homes into Westridge North (through the use of Transfer of Development Rights – TDRs). Of the five options presented to…
Job Posting – Travel Advisor Training begins next week! Steer Davies Gleave has been commissioned to manage an exciting outreach campaign in the City of Issaquah. The Salmon Friendly Trips project’s intent is to engage with the public and encourage people to travel in a more sustainable way by offering…
On April 6th, the City of Issaquah’s Land and Shore Committee once again considered Polygon Homes’ proposal to build affordable housing and transfer 100 residential [units] rights (TDRs) into Issaquah Highlands. This time, the five affordable housing options presented on March 2nd were reduced to one. Polygon’s proposal (dated April…
Photo: Issaquah Highlands HY Board members Ethan Hunter (left) and Deon Lillo (right) helped Parks Director, Jeff Watling (center) with innovative park ideas. By Nina Milligan, Highlands Council April 6, 2017 Issaquah’s Parks and Recreation holds their final outreach meeting tonight, April 6th, (at Sunset Elementary) but you can still submit…
Social media is all a-buzz about CitySurf™, the latest addition to Issaquah Highlands. The sign went up on Block 20 (behind Marshalls, on 10th Ave NE) Wednesday, when John and Trisha Hoss and partner Kyle Clayhold’s company, Bombora Global LLC, removed their buyer’s contingency on the lot. With that, Trisha…
Considering recent criminal activity in the Highlands, the members of the Issaquah Police Department (IPD) held an informal meeting at Blakely Hall last night. Attending the meeting were Chief of Police, Scott Behrbaum, Community Resource Officer, Ryan Smith, and Detective Troy Kemp. We won’t be able to reproduce here all…
By Nina Milligan, Highlands Council, Communication Manager As printed in the February 2017 issue of Connections News, The Annual Development Issue The last big piece of undeveloped land in Issaquah Highlands is what was formerly owned by Microsoft, the large parcel to the west of 9th Ave NE. A little…
By Nina Milligan, Highlands Council, Communication Manager As printed in the February 2017 issue of Connections News, The Annual Development Issue After years of planning and almost four years after the people of Issaquah voted to pass a bond measure that slated Central Park’s Pad 1 as a lighted, artificial…
Dorothy Bonneau – A Retrospective Blakely Hall Exhibit January 24th – April 4th Open M-F, 8am – 5pm Artist Reception Wednesday, February 1st, 6pm Blakely Hall, Issaquah Highlands artEAST and Highlands Council are honored to pay tribute to the life and artwork of Dorothy Bonneau, a remarkable artist with an extensive body of work…
