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Mar
01
Posted by Larry Cragun
It’s good to see J R Celski get in on the appearance money. Wednesday, March 3 from 5:30 – 7 pm J R appears at the new and incredible 24 Hour Fitness. The address is 571 East Lake Sammamish Parkeway. The basketball court has been setup to let people see his Bronze medal and share the moment with him. The first 100 members or guests can take one photo and have one item autographed. Pretty cool. They say arrive early – ha ha. How about arriving on Tuesday, after all the club is open 24 hours.
Hey if you don’t get to see J R, you will probably see one of our neighbors. I hardly go there without seeing at least one of them. The club is off to a booming start. I wonder if it is because the facility is so good, or if the demographics of Issaquah and Issaquah Highlands is so perfect for them.
You might want to take a look, free 7 day passes are abundant. It’s not in the Highlands but oh so close. Kathleen posted an article about 24 Hour Fitness a few days ago, click here.
Photo from Flickr and by by Marau
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Aug
01
Posted by Larry Cragun
We haven’t mentioned this since right after Michiko opened last year. They are good neighbors. It is especially fun for me to see the younger ones learn ballet. 
I was reminded to post on this when I viewed this short version of Swan Lake that was incredible. I encourage you to take a few and watch it – it’s pretty amazing. Click here.
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Apr
15
Posted by Issaquah Highlands Undressed
If you are one of the many fortunate ones who got to know Renee Zimmerman like I have than you will find it just as difficult as I do to see her go as the Executive Director of IH Council! Decisions to eliminate her position were made due to the insufficient revenue stream that is needed to staff employees and IH Council members. The impact of delayed development and the economics that growth provides are vital to keeping any Community financially healthy and with delays in growth, cost cutting measures can come. As Executive Director, Renee knew the financial outgo and sees the budgets and she knew in her mind unless new financial streams were created that one day her day may come and unfortunately that day will be May 15th when Renee will be saying goodbye as Executive Director of IH Council!
Renee’s been extremely influential in the behind the scenes implementations of many of our IH Community activities. Her Community accomplishments have been many and her resources for this Community will be hard to replace! Imagine the hours of planning that goes on for Community events like Highlands Days, 4th of July, Easter and etc? Renee cares so much about this Community that here it is in mid April and on top of her daily agenda is the preparation for Highlands Day’s. She’s poured her heart and soul into this event and in her mind this is the event she’s the most proud of.
Prior to her involvement with the IH Council, Renee was the Project Manager for the DOT (Department of Transportation) on the makeover of US Hwy 2. She managed the project and became instrumental in its development. That particular project taught Renee on the resourcefulness it takes to manage Community conflicts and the importance of bringing people together. The goal of strategically improving the safety of one our State’s worst highways is something Renee will always be remembered for within those at the DOT and the representing Communities.
For me, Renee will always be remembered as a person who constantly has a smile on her face and as a person who cared about the well being of the Issaquah Highlands Community!
You’ll be missed Renee!
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Sep
08
Posted by Kathleen Cragun
Do you dig Central Market. We sure do! Have you have wondered what that big hole is they are digging between Highlands Drive and 9th Ave NE, and NE Ellis Dr. and NE Federal Dr? The dirt is being disturbed in preparation for the Central Market! We stopped by the New Home Center to ask and Judy filled us in.
It will even have underground parking. Dig, baby, dig.
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