The Greater Redmond Chamber of Commerce will postpone this month’s annual awards luncheon as it continues planning for One Redmond, a new developing public-private partnership that focuses on economic vitality and community building.

While the awards recognition will be pushed back, Redmond business owners and residents will have a chance to learn about the One Redmond initiative at the chamber’s Jan. 18 luncheon at Matt’s Rotisserie in the Redmond Town Center. The meeting starts at 11:30 a.m. and is $30 for chamber members and $40 for non-members.

One Redmond, proposed by Mayor John Marchione last year, is a partnership between the City of Redmond and the chamber, along with the city’s two other economic, community-focused entities — not-for-profits Redmond Economic Development Alliance (REDA) and Realize Redmond.

The initiative is still in the planning stages, but the hope is to have the One Redmond structure in place within the next two months, according to chamber board president Andrea Lachmann, who is also on the One Redmond transition committee.

For more than a decade, the chamber has held its awards luncheon, which honors Redmond businesses and individuals for their community involvement, in January. But the chamber board decided to postpone the awards recognition until after the structural plans for One Redmond are finalized sometime in late February or early March, according to Lachmann.

Lachmann, the leasing director of PS Business Parks in Redmond, said the chamber will continue its commitment to honoring its members, but right now the focus is on One Redmond.

“We felt we were better to focus our energy on (One Redmond) during the first couple months of this year and postpone the awards recognition,” said Lachmann, who won the chamber’s Rookie of the Year Award in 2008. “We weren’t looking to cancel that at all. … We have some people in the community that do some outstanding work.”

In fact, Lachmann said once One Redmond is formed, she expects the awards recognition to have a “beefier format,” saying that the other groups involved with One Redmond will more than likely have other people and businesses they will want to honor. Ultimately, the new awards format will be up to the One Redmond board once it is formed, Lachmann said.

The point of next week’s chamber luncheon is to educate business owners and residents about the background and vision of One Redmond, Lachmann said.

The luncheon will feature panelists from all four groups, including Tom Martin, a senior vice president at Evergreen Hospital Medical Center (chamber); City Council President Pat Vache (City of Redmond); Jim Stanton, senior community affairs manager at Microsoft (REDA) and Jeni Craswell, the executive director of Realize Redmond.

For more information about next week’s luncheon or to RSVP, visit www.redmondchamber.org.