The City of Redmond continues to seek design ideas from community members about what they want the new Downtown Park to look like. The latest promotion is a wooden stake community art project designed to engage the public and encourage submissions of community members’ favorite park features.

Inspired by artist Jill Anholt from British Columbia, Canada, the art project has about 1,000 brightly colored wooden stakes that have been installed in Downtown Park and will remain there through June 2014. Many of the stakes were painted by students at Redmond Elementary School and teens from the Old Firehouse Teen Center.

Community members are invited to write their design ideas on a tag, which are attached to each stake. Everyone is encouraged to walk throughout the stake installation, read other participants’ ideas and get inspired to contribute their own thoughts on what the look and feel of the park should be.

Claim Your Stake in the Downtown Park

In addition to the stake tags, community members can also give more detailed park design ideas by downloading a workbook that walks participants through a user-friendly format and is available online through April 11 on the city website at www.redmond.gov/downtownpark.

What Happens Next?

The City of Redmond will continue to collect all of the park design preferences and suggestions gathered from the online workbook and wooden stake tags. The community’s input will help inform the development of three new downtown park design concepts, which will then be presented at Redmond Derby Days July 11-12. There, attendees will be able to vote for their favorite concept.

For more information, contact Betty Sanders at (425) 556-2328 or bbsanders@redmond.gov.