Redmond’s Westside Park is getting a makeover. Redmond’s CIP, the Capital Improvement Plan includes updating both Westside and Spiritbrook Parks, both in our neck of the woods.  Westside Park is just about 1 1/2 miles down the road from the main Microsoft campus and it’s part of a chain of parks stretching from Bridle Trails State Park to Marymoor Park.  There’s a path in Westside Park that leads right to Marymoor.  Westside is a smaller park, as parks go in Redmond, but it’s an important one to the local community.  The surrounding neighborhoods of View Ridge, The Meadows, Meadowcrest, Bristol, and Tamarack Lane are located just blocks away. It’s an easy park to get to without the hassle of traffic.

I write about these neighborhoods and others in this blog and the park is an integral part of the community.  When the park is updated, it will be a wonderful asset to everyone who lives nearby.

Check the meeting out tonight from 7-8:30 PM in downtown Redmond at the Old Schoolhouse., 16600 NE 80th St, Room 104, Redmond.  Plans will be presented for the Westside Park redo.   There’s extensive information available online about the  discussion at the May introductory meeting.  Redmond citizens had a chance at that meeting to give suggestions for improving the park.  People had a lot to say and the City of Redmond listened.  Drainage issues in the park, play fields, equipment, and doggie clean-up bags were all discussed.

Tonight there’s a second meeting to “unveil” the future plans for Westside Park.  Diagrams showing the proposed changes will be available and are also online. There’s extensive notes available about what was discussed at the May introductory meeting and drawings of the conceptual plans.

Westside Park