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Welcome to Best of Redmond! Redmond's twice-weekly newsletter and podcast about all the amazing things happening in Redmond for the next seven days!🚌 Redmond Just Launched a Free Electric Shuttle – And It's Already RunningSo Redmond has a new free shuttle service and it launched this week. It's called RedLink, and it covers downtown, Education Hill, and the southeast part of the city. You request a ride through the Circuit app – same company that runs Bellevue's BellHop, which people actually use. The coverage area runs roughly from Willows Road NE on the west to 188th Ave NE on the east. You need to be at least 16 to ride. It's a pilot program running through June 2027, so now's the time to try it. Download the Circuit app and give it a go.https://www.redmond.gov/2423/RedLink🏊 Cops Are Jumping in a Lake for Special Olympics – You Can Watch or JoinOn Saturday, March 14th, the Redmond Police are teaming up with Issaquah, Bellevue, Sammamish, and the King County Sheriff's Office for the Lake Sammamish Polar Plunge to benefit Special Olympics Washington. It's at Idylwood Park, 3650 W Lake Sammamish Pkwy NE, starting at 9 a.m. You can show up to cheer, donate, or sign up to plunge yourself at polarplungewa.com. Watching a bunch of cops jump into a cold lake in March is honestly pretty good free entertainment.🎨 Craft Club at SoulFood – Bring Whatever You're Working OnEvery other Wednesday, SoulFood CoffeeHouse hosts a drop-in craft club and the next one is Wednesday, March 18th from 4 to 6 p.m. Bring whatever project you're working on – knitting, drawing, embroidery, whatever – and just hang out with other people who make things. All skill levels, no registration, just show up. SoulFood is at 15748 Redmond Way. Good excuse to get out of the house mid-week.🚲 Bicycle BlingThe big news for Redmond cyclists: the final 1.6-mile stretch of the Redmond Central Connector is done, and it now officially links downtown all the way to the Eastrail, Woodinville, and Kirkland. That's a pretty big deal if you've been waiting on that connection. If you want to test it out, there's a free launch event at 60 Acres Park on Saturday, March 14th – good timing to ride the new trail and see what all the fuss is about.🕰 Redmond History MinuteOkay, it's time for the Redmond History Minute, where we share an interesting piece of history, trivia, or tidbit about life in and around Redmond.Marymoor Park was originally called Willowmoor Farm. Why did it get renamed to Marymoor?A) A real estate developer thought it sounded fancier B) To honor a little girl who died in a bicycle accident C) The county misspelled it on the paperwork D) Mary was the name of the farmer's favorite cowAnswer revealed at the bottom of this newsletter.🔮 Redmond Rumor Mill: A Woodworker Eyeing Old Redmond?
