Community Spotlight:

Redmond Ridge Residential Owners Association Chanel Merritt

Location: Redmond, WA Year Incorporated: 1999

Number of Units: We have 1,500 total residences. There are 986 Single Family Homes, 242 condos within 4 sub-associations and 272 units at The Lodge apartment homes.

Community composition: Redmond Ridge is a Master Planned Community. The Residential Owners Association (ROA) consists of single family homes, condos,

retail, apartments and a

business park. We are also unique by being one of the very few Urban Planned Developments, also known as a Fully Contained Community, within King County.

Resident composition: Primary Home

Professionally or self-managed: Self-managed since November 2014.

Number of board members: 7

What makes your community a great place to live? Redmond Ridge successfully merges three distinct variables: nature, architecture, and people. Over half of the 1,000 acres that make up Redmond Ridge have been preserved as forest, trails and parks, allowing for endless recreation and educational opportunities for visitors. Following the lead of our National Parks, nature is evident in the design of community features and amenities. Using natural materials (many recycled from the land), Redmond Ridge streetscapes and amenities use rough dimensional lumber, native plants, nurse logs, stones and boulders. Homes at Redmond Ridge vary in size, elevation, and detail. The one commonality is that Redmond Ridge homes are built to enhance their neighborhoods and facilitate pedestrian traffic. The end vision of Redmond Ridge was to embrace this place that people call “home” with a real sense of pride.

What is special about your community? There are a number of things that make Redmond Ridge Special. We are proud of our diverse community. We have residents from all over the world, several who come here to work at local tech companies. Key

12 Community Associations Journal | June 2017