Sammamish Symphony Orchestra to perform movie magic
August 2, 2011
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Listen as Sammamish Symphony Orchestra performers re-create magic moments from the silver screen at the POPs! Goes Issaquah concert Aug. 26.
The concert is free, due to support from longtime Issaquah developer Rowley Properties. POPs! Goes Issaquah is meant to support arts on the Eastside and open the arts to a broader audience.
For “Music From The Oscars – Award Winning Film Scores” — the theme for the upcoming concert — the Sammamish Symphony Orchestra and conductor R. Joseph Scott plan to offer pieces from memorable Hollywood films.
The guest performer for the 16th anniversary concert is Audrey Chen, the principal cellist in the Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestra.
Chen is a rising sophomore at Interlake High School in Bellevue. She plays on a cello on loan from the Carlsen Cello Foundation.
Chen earned first place in the solo and concerto playoffs in the 2009 Performing Arts Festival of the Eastside — a showcase for young performers — and received the Overall Excellence award.
In addition, she also claimed first place at the 2011 Washington State Solo and Ensemble Competition and received the alternate prize in the junior division of the 2011 Music Teachers National Association Festival.
Issaquah businesses, government honored, ranked as top recyclers
July 12, 2011
Reusing office supplies at City Hall, recycling at local schools and businesses’ efforts to cut waste landed Issaquah officials and entrepreneurs on King County’s Best Workplaces for Recycling and Waste Reduction list July 1.
The county Solid Waste Division recognized 89 organizations in the annual awards. In Issaquah, the honorees include established “green” organizations and a newcomer, Outsource Marketing.
Each organization boasts exceptional recycling programs and a commitment to reducing waste. Issaquah municipal government and the Issaquah School District made the list. So did Pogacha, Rowley Properties and Timber Ridge at Talus.
Issaquah businesses, government honored for recycling
July 5, 2011
NEW — 8 a.m. July 5, 2011
Reusing office supplies at City Hall, recycling at local schools and business’ efforts to cut waste landed Issaquah officials and entrepreneurs on King County’s Best Workplaces for Recycling and Waste Reduction list July 1.
The county Solid Waste Division recognized 89 organizations in the annual awards. In Issaquah, the honorees include established “green” organizations and a newcomer, Outsource Marketing.
Each organization boasts exceptional recycling programs a commitment to reducing waste. Issaquah municipal government and the Issaquah School District made the list. So did Pogacha, Rowley Properties and Timber Ridge at Talus.
City planners approve Hyla Crossing extension
March 22, 2011
City planners approved a request March 4 to allow Rowley Properties until 2014 to develop the Hyla Crossing area near Interstate 90 and the base of Cougar Mountain.
The city approved the initial plan in July 1998. The approval remained valid for a decade. Rowley Properties requested a three-year extension, and in March 2008, the City Council extended the deadline to July 2011.
The developer sought and received another three-year extension for the master site plan. Now, the plan is valid until July 2014.
Hyla Crossing has been approved for about 620,000 square feet of commercial use on about 45 acres.
Some of the area — including a Hilton Garden Inn and a Chevrolet dealership — already came to fruition. The approved plan also includes office buildings and parking structures.
Most of the property is zoned for intensive commercial use, and a small portion along Tibbetts Creek is zoned for professional office use.
Hyla Crossing is also part of a long-term effort to redevelop the city’s 915-acre business district.
Rowley Properties requests Hyla Crossing extension
March 8, 2011
The city could extend the deadline on a key plan for commercial property wedged between Interstate 90 and the base of Cougar Mountain.
Rowley Properties has asked the city to extend the approval period for the master site plan, or overarching blueprint, for Hyla Crossing until July 2014.
The city approved the plan in July 1998. The approval remained valid for a decade. Rowley Properties requested a three-year extension, and in March 2008, the council extended the deadline to July 2011.
Now, the developer is seeking another three-year extension for the master site plan.
Hyla Crossing has been approved for about 620,000 square feet of commercial use on about 45 acres.
Some of the area — including Hilton Garden Inn and a Chevrolet dealership — already came to fruition. The approved plan also includes office buildings and parking structures.
Most of the property is zoned for intensive commercial use, and a small portion along Tibbetts Creek is zoned for professional office use.
Hyla Crossing is also part of a long-term effort to redevelop the 915-acre business district.
Restorix Health hyperbaric chamber leads to space-age medical research
February 15, 2011
Mention hyperbaric chambers, and most people start thinking about pressurized rooms where scuba divers afflicted with the bends go to recover.
But the chambers can be used for much more, and Issaquah’s Restorix Health plans to participate in hyperbaric treatment and research to find other medical uses for the pressurized chambers.
“We think there is great potential nationwide for what they’re doing and what they started in Issaquah,” Issaquah Chamber of Commerce CEO Matt Bott said, congratulating it for receiving one of the chamber’s three Innovation in Issaquah awards.
Restorix Health Medical Director Latisha Smith shows one of the clinic’s six hyperbaric chambers. Restorix Health’s model of comprehensive care and research helped it receive an Innovation in Issaquah award. By Laura Geggel
Restorix Health, which opened in Issaquah in December, has grand ambitions for its comprehensive health care delivery system. With six hyperbaric chambers, it has the largest collection of large monoplace chambers in the country. The chambers deliver oxygen with an increased atmospheric pressure, and can help heal patients with diverse maladies, including diabetic patients who have dying tissue deprived of its regular dose of oxygen.
“By putting your whole body under pressure, we dissolve oxygen into the liquid part of your body,” Medical Director Tommy Love said.
Increased oxygen levels can stimulate different responses in the body, including faster healing and increased stem cells, Medical Director Latisha Smith said.
Press Editorial
January 4, 2011
2011 goals: Building on success of 2010
Issaquah reached numerous milestones in 2010.
In the steps to preserve Park Pointe on Tiger Mountain, the city inched closer to a lasting environmental legacy. The bevy of road upgrades offered real transportation solutions and quality-of-life improvements for Issaquah residents.
Though many of the main city issues attracted attention in 2010, the ramifications should continue to be felt in 2011.
Here, then, is our list of our goals — some significant and some small — for the year ahead: Read more
2011 municipal budget clears City Council hurdle
December 14, 2010
The trim 2011 city budget continues to inch closer from plan to reality.
City Council members offered another round of comments about the spending plan, and then — in a unanimous decision Dec. 6 — directed city staffers to prepare the formal budget ordinance for adoption. The council is scheduled to adopt the budget Dec. 20.
Discussion centered on the general fund — the $30.4 million budget piece used to fund police and fire services, community development and planning, parks and recreation, and municipal government.
“It’s a $30 million budget for the city of Issaquah, and I think people assume there’s a lot of money flying around,” Councilman Mark Mullet said. “When you’re actually in the meetings, it’s very impressive how everything does get analyzed down to that last decimal point.” Read more
2011 municipal budget clears City Council hurdle
December 8, 2010
NEW — 8 a.m. Dec. 8, 2010
The trim 2011 city budget inched closer from plan to reality Monday night.
City Council members offered another round of comments about the spending plan, and then — in a unanimous decision — directed city staffers to prepare the formal budget ordinance for adoption. The council is scheduled to adopt the budget Dec. 20.
Discussion centered on the general fund — the $30.4 million budget piece used to fund police and fire services, community development and planning, parks and recreation, and municipal government.
“It’s a $30 million budget for the city of Issaquah, and I think people assume there’s a lot of money flying around,” Councilman Mark Mullet said. “When you’re actually in the meetings, it’s very impressive how everything does get analyzed down to that last decimal point.”
Delve into long-term plan for business district at open house
December 7, 2010
Rowley Properties proposal encompasses almost 90 acres
Rowley Properties and city planners embarked on a bold effort in April to shape growth in the decades ahead near Interstate 90 and state Route 900.
Now, the city and the longtime Issaquah developer seek opinions from residents about the potential impacts redevelopment could cause to traffic, mountain views and the environment. Planners scheduled a Dec. 15 open house to gather input from residents.
Participants can listen to presentations from the Community Advisory Group, the citizen panel appointed to shape the process. Organizers also plan to present information about possible environmental impact studies for redevelopment on the site.
Beyond the open house, residents can also provide input later, as the project progresses through policy discussions and environmental studies.
