The community is invited to celebrate the grand opening of Cleveland Street on Wednesday from 7-8:30 p.m.

Redmond Mayor John Marchione and the Redmond City Council will be on Cleveland Street between 161st Avenue Northeast and Leary Way for a 7 p.m. program and ribbon cutting. Guests will be introduced to Redmond’s new Moving Arts Center, while enjoying festive music and food samples provided by several local restaurants.

Cleveland Street, Redmond’s new Main Street, looks different from other streets: its design, parking and amenities encourage its use for 18-hour days. Decorative lighting continues the historic theme, while specialty catenary lights encourage more evening activity and provide connection between the Redmond Central Connector and Downtown Park. New landscaped areas, wider sidewalks and small plazas provide more pedestrian opportunities to enhance the downtown’s economic vitality.

The Cleveland Streetscape project, which is located on Cleveland Street between 161st Avenue Northeast and 164th Avenue Northeast, began construction in January of 2014. The project follows 10 public and private development projects in the historic core in just the last seven years. These projects are all part of a 20-year vision for downtown Redmond, which includes supporting an urban environment that accommodates the city’s share of regional growth, offers a connected street grid with new street connections, provides bike, walk and transit access, prepares for conversion of Redmond Way and Cleveland Street to two-way traffic and supports opportunities for events, arts and culture.

More information about Cleveland Street, as well as other downtown projects is available at www.Redmond.gov/Downtown.

For more information on the Cleveland Street grand opening, contact Jill Smith at (425) 556-2448 or jesmith@redmond.gov.