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Council Roundup: Temporary encampment code amendment discussed
Plus, Drive Electric Week proclamation and Economic Development update
During a city council study session on Monday, councilmembers unanimously agreed to move forward with the process to…
![City Council Poses for Drive Electric Week Proclamation](/sites/default/files/styles/article_featured_image_small/public/media/article_featured_image/2019-09/Drive-Electric-Week-Proclamation-19.jpg?h=6e1e91bb&itok=WG9hQcV_)
Cultural Conversations ‘taking root’ at Bellwether
New season for discussion group begins Sept. 18
Cultural Conversations kicks off a new season of storytelling and connection at the Bellevue Arts Museum Wednesday, Sept. 18, 1-2:30 p.m. This month’s…
![Artist Minhi Winkempleck is the featured storyteller at Cultural Conversations Sept. 18.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_featured_image_small/public/media/article_featured_image/2019-09/Cultural-Conversations-Minhi-Winkempleck.jpg?h=1fd444ff&itok=4-g1LOWK)
City updating environmental stewardship road map
Resident input wanted
As the City of Bellevue plots a course for environmental stewardship here over the next five years, it welcomes feedback from the community. There are two ways residents can…
![Peamouth in Kelsey Creek](/sites/default/files/styles/article_featured_image_small/public/media/article_featured_image/2019-09/Pretty-Peamouth.jpg?h=1fd444ff&itok=gbRHThRj)
Recruiting Network on Aging members
With nearly a fifth of Bellevue’s population age 60 or older, members of the Bellevue Network on Aging can make a difference in local seniors' quality of life. The city is recruiting five new…
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City to review temporary encampment regulations
The City Council will begin a review and consider amendments to temporary encampment regulations (Bellevue Land Use Code (LUC) Chapter 20.30U), which govern permitted temporary encampments on…
Council Roundup: Transportation Commission appointment
Also, Welcoming Week proclamation
During a regular session-only meeting on Tuesday, the City Council unanimously approved the appointment of Kyrylo Tropin to the Transportation Commission, Position…
Nine Welcoming Week events in Bellevue
Eastside cities and community organizations will celebrate Welcoming Week with over 32 events Sept. 13-22. For this time dedicated to welcoming new immigrants, local residents in the area are…
![Participants at an Eastside Welcoming Week event hold signs that say "welcome."](/sites/default/files/styles/article_featured_image_small/public/media/article_featured_image/2019-09/Welcoming-Week-18.jpg?h=86459f3e&itok=BF4erMeT)
Safer routes to Bellevue schools this fall
When students at several Bellevue schools head to their first day of classes on Wednesday, Sept. 4, they’ll find the route safer, with the Transportation Department starting to wrap up pedestrian…
![This "mini-roundabout" at 138th Avenue Southeast and Southeast 40th Street makes the way to and from Tyee Middle School safer.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_featured_image_small/public/media/article_featured_image/2019-08/Tyee-Traffic-Circle.jpg?h=21359dd9&itok=J5PKlCfg)
100% paperless permitting starting Sept. 6
Completing a gradual transition over several years from paper permit applications, Development Services will start processing all permits electronically starting Friday, Sept. 6.
Building,…
Bellwether artfest returns Sept. 13-22
Art, music and food downtown
Bellwether, the reimagined annual arts festival, will bring visual art, music and talks from 50+ artists to downtown Bellevue Sept. 13-22.
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