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Safer bikes, faster buses with new bus platform
To make its downtown demonstration bike lane safer and speed passage for bus riders, the City of Bellevue has added a new kind of bus stop – a platform between the bike lane and vehicle traffic.…
Opening on Human Services Commission (1)
The City Council is seeking candidates for a vacancy on Bellevue’s Human Services Commission. You can apply online. Applications are due by 5 p.m., Friday, Dec. 7.
Made up of volunteers appointed by…
Cultural Conversations: Six-word stories
At the next Cultural Conversations on Tuesday, Dec. 4, participants will be invited to take on a creative challenge: tell your story in only six words.
The conversation will be 1-2:30 p.m. at…
Council Roundup: Budget briefing on Community Development, Utilities
On Monday, councilmembers continued their discussion of the proposed 2019-2020 Operating Budget and 2019-2025 Capital Investment Program (CIP) plan. This week’s topics included CIP projects overseen…
City congratulates T-Mobile on major campus renovation
On Monday, T-Mobile, one of the nation’s top wireless innovators, announced plans for a major remodel of its headquarters in Bellevue’s Factoria area. The announcement follows the company’s lease…
Snowflake Lane, Magic Season
The Bellevue Magic Season begins its annual run downtown on Friday with a holiday parade taking over busy Bellevue Way, between Northeast Fourth and Eighth streets, for one hour nightly. Visitors…
Council Roundup: Public safety in proposed budget discussed
On Tuesday night the City Council reviewed another component of the preliminary budget, which includes a proposal to add fire inspectors. The proposal is aimed at insuring that Bellevue’s fast-…
Council Roundup: Feasibility study for year-round shelter at Lincoln Center
On Monday night during the study session, councilmembers agreed to further evaluate the possibility of converting the city’s interim winter shelter for men at Lincoln Center on 116th Avenue Northeast…
Take a hike with BTV
On the latest episode of Lake to Lake, park rangers take us on a tour of the Coal Creek Natural Area. Also featured on the show are the many benefits of licensing your pet and an exciting new…
Bellevue Fire Foundation collecting toys and food
The Bellevue Firefighters Community Support Foundation is hosting a toy and food drive through Dec. 10. Donations will be accepted at all Bellevue fire stations through Dec. 24.
New, unwrapped toys…