There's always something happening at Issaquah Highlands. Neighbors gather for wine tastings, investment clubs, Mommy & Me Play Groups. home churches, book clubs and more.

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There's always something happening at Issaquah Highlands. Neighbors gather for wine tastings, investment clubs, Mommy & Me Play Groups. home churches, book clubs and more. Here a sample of recent happenings.

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Self-Storage Comes to
Issaquah Highlands
Residents have been asking about storage solutions for quite awhile. Now, a local resident is making it happen. Entrepreneur and Issaquah Highlands resident Bob Gregg plans to break ground on the new Issaquah Highlands Self-Storage building next month.

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Proliance Highlands Medical Center Is Open & Operating
There’s a brand-new building in Issaquah Highlands that may have caught your eye. Despite appearances, it’s not a ski lodge (sorry kids). That beautiful building off Highlands Drive is the Proliance Highlands Medical Center. With the opening of Proliance, everyone in Issaquah and the surrounding areas now has local access to health services that were only once available in Bellevue and Seattle. For anyone who has had to fight traffic and pay exorbitant parking fees to visit a doctor, this is welcome news.

Highlands Kids Dentistry Opens at Issaquah Highlands
Issaquah Highlands pediatric dentist using lasers instead of drills and needles. Issaquah, Wash. (Feb. 17, 2010) – Port Blakely Communities, a leader in sustainable development, today announced that Highlands Kids Dentistry has opened in Issaquah Highlands. The pediatric dentistry practice, founded by Dr. Shadi Araghi, is one of the first on Seattle’s Eastside to use lasers instead of drills and needles for most procedures. Located in the heart of Issaquah Highlands at the Starpoint Shops, Highlands Kids Dentistry uses digital x-rays to minimize exposure and an intra-oral minicam during visits.

Agave Cocina & Tequilas Restaurant Opens in Issaquah Highlands
Issaquah, Wash. (Aug. 3, 2009) — Port Blakely Communities today announced that Agave Cocina & Tequilas restaurant has opened in the Issaquah Highlands urban village.

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Swedish Medical Center Coming Soon - Swedish Breaks Ground on New Issaquah Highlands Eastside Campus - Sometimes health care can be complicated, confusing and time consuming.

It’s Goat Time in Issaquah Highlands
More than 350 goats will begin to arrive in Issaquah Highlands today with a single mission: to munch their way across hillsides. The Seattle-area master-planned community is choosing goats over machines to minimize the environmental impact of weed and brush control. During their three-week Issaquah Highlands tenure, the goats will make a feast of more than twelve acres of open space.

GREENCLEANLEAN HOME TOUR
A showcase of accessible green and healthy living with expert presentations and inspiring ideas!

June 26th from 2pm - 3pm - Interior Design
June 27th from 11am - 12pm - Indoor Air Quality
June 27th from 1pm - 2pm - Home Tour
June 27th from 3pm - 4pm - Energy Star

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Fall in love with a home today at
2nd Saturday home tour
When Christy Garrard first drove up to Issaquah Highlands nearly three years ago, it was, in her own words, “love at first sight.”

Christmas Festival 2008:
Highlands residents of all backgrounds and faiths have a reputation for celebrating a multitude of holidays Here are highlights on just one: the Issaquah Highlands Christmas Festival 2008!

Green Halloween Festival 2008:
Wow! Who knew the holiday of Orange and Black could be so GREEN! Only at Issaquah Highlands. Click here to see photos and video highlights of the Green Halloween Festival 2008!

Get Involved! Community Clubs/Activities:

Issaquah Highlands has more than a dozen different clubs for residents to get involved in, from book clubs to Bunco, from meditation groups to home churches to poker nights and investment clubs. Many groups are involved in community service and planning for the future of Issaquah Highlands. There’s something for everyone! And if there isn’t a club that interests you, start your own!

Click here to view a calendar of all the events and club meetings this month! In the calendar you can click on the club title to get more details. Also check out the club descriptions in the latest edition of Connections.

Construction Starts on Nation’s First
Zero-Energy Neighborhood
Issaquah, Wash – Sept. 29, 2008 — Construction starts today on the first multifamily, production housing project in the nation to use no more energy than it generates during the course of a year, resulting in a carbon neutral development. Located in the City of Issaquah, zHome will consist of 10 attached townhomes that use zero net energy, 60 percent less water, have clean indoor air and use only low-toxicity materials.

Hudson Heights - "Peace of Mind in 2009"
As if kissed by crimson and rubbed by rubies, the panoramic skylines reaching out beyond the newest homes in Hudson Heights showcase a special affection for fall foliage. Read more to get no payments through 2009 on select homes.

Best Healthy Places to Retire:
Issaquah, Washington
It's 8 a.m. Denise Jarvis, 79, downs her coffee, laces up her tennis shoes, and hits the walking trails directly outside her home in Issaquah, Wash.—a year-round, five-day-a-week, 4-mile-a-day habit that helps maintain both her physical and mental well-being.

Opportunity of a Lifetime for First-Time Buyers
For aspiring home owners who find their goal stubbornly elusive, newly enacted legislation provides a tax credit of as much as $7,500 for first-time home buyers. Click here to go to the Federal Government website that will walk you through the details.

Issaquah Highlands and Klahanie
Conceal their Wealth
Seventeen miles east of Seattle, the Issaquah areas ZIP code 98029 has surged into the top 10 wealthiest ZIP codes in the Puget Sound area, with an average household net worth of more than $1.4 million.

Swedish Acquires Issaquah Highlands Site for New East King County Hospital
Swedish recently completed an option agreement with Port Blakely Communities to purchase 17.88 acres in the Issaquah Highlands development in east King County...

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Details make the difference at stately homes - John F. Buchan Homes will hold a grand opening this weekend to unveil its newly completed model home at Chesapeake Landing...

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Innovative luxury homes blend with lush Northwest surroundings - Harmonizing with their natural surroundings, capturing views and showcasing detail and luxury...

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Noland Homes Wins 2008 Built Green™ Hammer Award Port Blakely Communities and Issaquah Highlands salutes Noland Homes for their recognition at the 2008 Built Green™ Conference. Noland Homes President, Jim Noland, was awarded the Built Green™ Hammer Award by...

Issaquah Highlands Community
Easter Egg Hunt
Watch as hundreds of Issaquah Highlands children launch themselves on the Easter Egg hunt of all times. What a great place to live!

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Best Places to Live: Issaquah Highlands
If traditional suburbs shout that a man's home is his castle—moated by garage, driveway, and sweeping lawn—Issaquah Highlands insists that no man is an island.

Where is Housing Headed?
And now for the heartwarming side of the housing bust: It's helping some people buy homes that they couldn't afford a couple of years ago.

Le Chic Pet Boutique and Spa is NOW OPEN!
Pet owners, come view an intimate, “boutique" style neighborhood pet supply store. One of our favorite features is our self-serve dog wash rooms.

"America's Most Stable Housing Markets" - Forbes Magazine
There has never been a better time to buy, or a better place to live than Issaquah Highlands. But, please don't take our word for it. Listen to what the experts are saying.

Issaquah Highlands new Grand Ridge Elementary School

Green Building Goes Mainstream
Contractors are making Bellevue's suburbs the epicenter of the Built Green™ movement. Now, if they can only prove it's worth the effort.

- Seattle Business Monthly

News about Home Values & Job Growth
- America's Most Stable Housing Markets (Forbes)
- Seattle Home Sales Shoot Up (Seattle PI)
- Best and Worst of Housing Markets (Forbes)
- Washington Job Growth Ranks 6th in Nation (The Governor's Office)
- No Housing Woes in Washington State (Boston Globe)

Community offers mix of live/work selections According to the U.S. Census Bureau, of the 16.6 million businesses in the country, approximately 49 percent are homebased. And today, millions more people are discovering the convenience of telecommuting.

News About Livability and Lifestyle
- Mayors Choose Seattle as Most Livable City
- Seattle Ranks as Best Educated Big City (Seattle Times)

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