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Virtual Cultural Conversations: “More Stories from the Heart”
Bellevue storytellers will share experiences of insight and action shaped by the events of 2020 and hopes for 2021 at the annual Cultural Conversations evening forum on Wednesday, March 24 at 6:30 p.…
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New assistant police chief eager to make community connections
Wendell J. Shirley, a former long-time officer in the Santa Monica, California Police Department, was sworn in Monday, March 8, as an assistant police chief with Bellevue. Shirley had retired in 2019…
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Opening on Civil Service Commission
The City of Bellevue is seeking candidates for a vacancy on Bellevue’s Civil Service Commission. You can apply online. Applications are due by Friday, March 19.
Connect and learn through Bellevue’s ‘Art of Listening’ workshops
Living through a pandemic challenges communication skills and personal connections. The art of listening can increase interpersonal success during these periods of historic societal and behavioral…
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Opening on Transportation Commission
The City Council is seeking candidates for a vacancy on Bellevue’s Transportation Commission. Interested residents can apply online. Applications are due by Thursday, March 11.
Council Roundup: Major mobile vaccine unit progress
Plus, Eastrail update and economic development work
This week the City Council received an update on the progress made by Bellevue Fire Department’s mobile vaccination teams, who have been…
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Mobile vaccine teams featured on Lake to Lake
On Bellevue Television’s latest episode of Lake to Lake, Bellevue firefighters give the local vaccine effort a shot in the arm, literally. Also,
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Virtual event spotlights youth leaders
“Unity Through Diversity: Mobilizing for our Future”
Join Bellevue Youth Link and the Diversity Advantage team for the fourth Unity Through Diversity gathering on Friday, Feb. 26, 5-7 p.m.…
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Newsletter covers budget, diversity support, virtual classes
This month's issue of It’s Your City offers a look at the "bridge" 2021-22 budget that plugs a pandemic-induced shortfall, while maintaining essential services. The resident…
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Council Roundup: Affordable housing Land Use Code Amendments adopted
Plus, snow response, regional affordable housing funding and Week of Remembrance
On Tuesday, the City Council unanimously adopted two Land Use Code Amendments (LUCAs) in response to the city’s…
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