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Redmond
The city Microsoft built, now with its own downtown rail line.
Marymoor Park · Sammamish River Trail · Downtown light rail · Microsoft
Redmond is known worldwide as the home of Microsoft, and that one company shaped its schools, its parks, and its famously bike-friendly streets. Today its downtown is being rebuilt around a light rail line, with new plazas, residences, and a town green that finally gives the city a civic heart.
For decades Redmond was the Eastside's company town, and in many ways that has been good for residents: well-funded parks, a connected trail system, and a workforce that keeps the restaurant and coffee scene lively. Marymoor Park, on the city's west side, is one of the region's great public spaces, with a velodrome, river trails, off-leash dog fields, and summer concerts.
Downtown Redmond is in the middle of a long transformation. Light rail runs from Seattle all the way to Downtown Redmond Station, and the new urban center around it includes a town green with summer movie nights and one of the Eastside's best farmers markets. Redmond Town Center remains the shopping anchor, while Education Hill, Grass Lawn, and the new East Main neighborhood stay quiet and family-oriented.
Redmond comes up in every relocation conversation about jobs, and rightly so, but it sells me on the day-to-day: trail access from your front door, an airport-free sky, and a downtown young enough that change still feels exciting.
Places you will love
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Marymoor Park
Six hundred acres of river trails, off-leash dog fields, a velodrome, and summer concerts.
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Sammamish River Trail
A paved path that runs from Redmond through Woodinville, Kenmore, and on to Bothell.
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Downtown Redmond & the town green
Summer movie nights, a farmers market, and cafes around the new rail stations.
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Redmond Town Center
The city's shopping and dining anchor, with a great loop for evening walks.
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Idylwood Beach Park
A lake beach on the Sammamish side, with swim docks and wide lawns.
Good to know
- Best for
- Tech workers who want to live close to work, families who want serious parks, and cyclists who want trails out the front door.
- Getting around
- Light rail on the 2 Line links Downtown Redmond and Redmond Technology stations to Seattle and Lynnwood; I-405 and SR 520 cover car commutes.
- Official site
- City of Redmond →
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