Bellevue’s annual Arbor Day-Earth Day Family Festival will be held on Saturday, May 3, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Kelsey Creek Park, 410 130th Place SE. The festivities will include a celebration of the city's 23rd year of being recognized as a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation, a ceremonial tree planting and several volunteer projects.

At 11:30 a.m., the festival digs in with an Arbor Day-Earth Day ceremonial tree planting.  The ceremony will feature a presentation of colors by VFW Post 2995 and recognition of several volunteers and community groups that support environmental efforts in the community. A prize drawing will take place immediately following the ceremony.

Bellevue’s annual Arbor Day-Earth Day Family Festival will be held on Saturday, May 3, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Kelsey Creek Park, 410 130th Place SE. The festivities will include a celebration of the city's 23rd year of being recognized as a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation, a ceremonial tree planting and several volunteer projects.

At 11:30 a.m., the festival digs in with an Arbor Day-Earth Day ceremonial tree planting.  The ceremony will feature a presentation of colors by VFW Post 2995 and recognition of several volunteers and community groups that support environmental efforts in the community. A prize drawing will take place immediately following the ceremony.

Olympic Pipeline is completing their relocation work, and on Monday evening, April 28, the City of Bellevue will shift traffic to the west side of Coal Creek Parkway, between Forest Drive Southeast and Southeast 60th Street, as Phase II begins on the Coal Creek Parkway Bridge. One lane in each direction will remain open until October, and the speed limit will stay at 25 mph through the work zone.

The city will begin work to build the second half of a new bridge on Coal Creek Parkway to replace a 45-year-old culvert. The project includes a pedestrian pathway that will run underneath the bridge and connect to the Coal Creek trail and also creek restoration to improve salmon migration. Visit www.bellevuewa.gov/coalcreekbridge.htm for more details. The project is expected to continue until October, when the roadway can return to normal operation.

The popular Kelsey Creek Sheep Shearing event will take place rain or shine on Saturday, April 26, at Kelsey Creek Park, 410 130th Pl SE.

From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., the community is invited to see sheep being shorn of their winter coats and enjoy a variety of fun farm events, including spinning demonstrations, dog herding trials, children's crafts, tractor-pulled wagon rides, pony rides, food and more.

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