What’s one investment your city is making today to ensure it remains a great place to live, work, and thrive far into the future?

Like many cities, we face tight budgets. Yet we made a calculated, forward-looking investment: building our own fiber optic network as a new public utility. This ensures all residents have affordable, reliable internet—essential for work, education, and healthcare. The risk is paying off. It’s actively enhancing quality of life while generating a sustainable revenue stream, strengthening our city’s finances for the long term.
–TJ Fantini, Councilmember, Anacortes

Redmond is investing in transit-oriented development to create more accessible, sustainable neighborhoods. Through building vibrant, walkable housing communities around light rail stations, we can connect residents to jobs, services, and each other, ensuring our city remains livable and inclusive for generations to come.
–Angela Birney, Mayor, Redmond

Our focus for 2025 is economic development and expanded parks and trail activities. Using our Healing Waters Strategic Plan as our guide, we sought to purchase the 67-acre Waterfront Park and Trail system, leased from the state for more than 50 years. To our amazement, we were gifted the entire system and awarded funding for the closing costs.

Being engaged, building relationships, and having the plan secured a key component of our economic development plan.
–Terri Cooper, Mayor, Medical Lake