Prioritize Redmond's Infrastructure
During the 2024 bomb cyclone, thousands of Redmond residents lost power. To build a more resilient city, we must invest in undergrounding critical power and utility lines — protecting our community from future storms and minimizing disruption during severe weather.

Potholes and road fractures aren’t just an inconvenience — they’re a public safety hazard. Redmond’s average Pavement Condition Index (PCI), the key measure of our street quality, has fallen to its lowest point in 20 years. We cannot afford to let our infrastructure crumble. It’s time to invest seriously in restoring and maintaining our roads.

Affordable Housing for All
Redmond is becoming increasingly unaffordable — not just for first-time homebuyers, but for the teachers, first responders, and service workers our city depends on. Seniors are being priced out of their homes. Young people are forced to leave the communities they grew up in. We must act to ensure Redmond remains a place where everyone — not just the wealthy — can afford to live.

Key Policies:

• Support Our Workforce

Prioritize housing policies that ensure teachers, nurses, firefighters, and other essential workers can live near where they work.

• Help Seniors Stay in Redmond

Promote housing options that allow older adults to downsize and age in place — staying connected to the community they helped build.

• Create Homes for Every Stage of Life

Encourage diverse housing types — like cottages, duplexes, and townhomes — so that young people, families, and retirees all have a place in Redmond.

Smarter Transportation for Redmond
Nobody likes sitting in downtown traffic during rush hour. But if we want more people to take transit, we have to make it easier and faster. Right now, nobody’s going to choose a 40-minute transit ride if they could drive in 10 — but if that same transit trip took just 15 minutes, a lot more people would choose it. That’s how we reduce congestion, improve quality of life, and keep Redmond moving.
On May 10, 2025, Redmond takes a major step forward with the opening of two new Link light rail stations: Marymoor Village and Downtown Redmond. These stations will connect our community to Bellevue and later Seattle, offering a fast, reliable alternative to driving.

Key Policies:

•  Make Transit a Real Option

Invest in faster, more frequent, and more connected transit options — so taking the bus or light rail is not just possible, but preferable.
 

•  Build an Integrated Transportation System

Expand safe, comfortable pedestrian and bike networks so people of all ages and abilities can move easily across Redmond without needing a car.
 

•  Fix Our Streets and Infrastructure

Prioritize maintenance of our roads, sidewalks, and bike paths — ensuring that Redmond’s infrastructure is safe, accessible, and resilient against disruption.
 

•  Connect Housing, Jobs, and Transit

Support development that puts people close to frequent transit, schools, jobs, and services — cutting down on commute times and carbon emissions.

Parks and Recreation for All
Redmond’s parks are central to what makes our city special. As we grow, we must ensure that everyone — families, seniors, young people — has access to beautiful, active, and connected green spaces. Parks aren’t just places to relax — they’re places to build community, stay healthy, and enjoy the outdoors.

Key Policies:

•  Add More Recreation to Our Parks

Enhance Redmond’s parks — especially Downtown Park — with new recreational opportunities like ping pong tables, fitness stations, outdoor games, and more, making them vibrant destinations for people of all ages.
 

•  Complete the “Olmsted Necklace” of Interconnected Parks

Accelerate the creation of Redmond’s innovative trail network — an Emerald Necklace of parks and trails — allowing residents to bike, walk, or roll across the city without needing to use busy streets, while connecting directly to regional transit.
 

• Create Parks Near Where People Live

Expand access to parks in every neighborhood, especially in growing areas like Downtown, Overlake, and Marymoor Village, so that every Redmond resident is just a short walk away from a park.
 

•  Protect and Celebrate Our Natural Beauty

Safeguard our tree canopy, protect our waterways, and honor Redmond’s deep connection to the natural world (originally named Salmonberg for the abundance of salmon in our rivers). Our parks should blend recreation with stewardship, preserving Redmond’s natural heritage for generations to come.