Redmond is a city in King County, Washington, United States. It’s located at a 16-mile distance (26 km) east of Seattle. Its population was 64,291 according to a 2017 census estimate. Redmond is most often known as the home of Microsoft and Nintendo of America. The city is also famous for its annual bike race on city streets. Since the state’s only velodrome is located there, Redmond is called the “Bicycle Capital of the Northwest.
Redmond is located at 47°40′10″N 122°07′26″W. According to the United States Census Bureau, Redmond has a total area of 16.94 square miles (43.87 km2), of which, 16.28 square miles (42.17 km2) is land and 0.66 square miles (1.71 km2) is water.
Redmond is bordered by Kirkland to the west, Bellevue to the southwest, and Sammamish to the southeast. The Sammamish River runs north from the lake along the west edge of the city’s downtown.
King County is located to the north and east. The city’s urban downtown is situated north of Lake Sammamish. The residential areas lie north and west of the lake. Overlake is the city’s second urban center and it’s located to the west of Lake Sammamish.
Brief history of the city of Redmond
Native Americans have lived in the Redmond area for more than 10,000 years. An evidence for this are the artifacts found out at the Redmond Town Center archaeological site and Marymoor Prehistoric Indian Site. The first European settlers came here in the 1870s.
Luke McRedmond filed a Homestead Act claim for land next to the Sammamish Slough on September 9, 1870. On the following year Warren Perrigo took up land close to Sammamish Slough. There was huge number of salmon living in the rivers and streams that the settlement was initially named Salmonberg.
More settlers came afterwards and after the first post office was established in 1881, the name of the community was changed to Melrose. The new name of the city was derived from the Perrigos’ successful inn, Melrose House. This fact upset McRedmond and as he became a postmaster, he successfully petitioned to get the name changed to Redmond in 1883.
Since Redmond has abundant forests and fish this provided jobs for loggers and fishermen. Therefore the demand for goods and services increased and more merchants came. The logging industry experienced significant growth in 1889 when a station was built in the center of town by Seattle Lake Shore & Eastern Railway. On December 31, 1912 Redmond reached the necessary population of 300.
Climate
Since it’s part of the Pacific Northwest territory, Redmond has a mild climate because of its latitude. It stillhas all four seasons. Summers in Redmond are usually warm and dry, sunny or partly sunny from June to September with low rainfalls. Winters are cool and wet, November is the rainiest month.
Cleaning services in Redmond
For those of you who live in Redmond area and are looking for quality window cleaning services for your skyscraper, SkySWC is an excellent choice for you.
SkySWC offers high quality services for high rise buildings. They offer risk-free window cleaning of highest quality in Seattle area. Their experienced and industry trained teams are equipped with high grade professional cleaning equipment. They use special professional cleaning machines with remote control operation that wipes out the outside of the windows together with the sills and frames Then they will clean the inside part of the windows. For achieving cleanness, they apply special cleaning techniques for long lasting shine.
In addition to window cleaning, this company also offers their clients the following services: Pressure washing, Gutter Cleaning and also Christmas lights installation.
Pressure washing
Sky SWC provides their clients with effective pressure washing. Theyuse powerful cleaning machines that offer extremely high pressure and non-interrupted water supply for successful removal of all types of dirt, dust, mud, grime and mold collected on the sides of your skyscraper over time. They are also able to clean successfully dirty concrete, achieve deep cleaning and clean aging stains from the wooden decks without damaging the surfaces or stripping the paint.
Gutter Cleaning
Sky SWCoffersexcellent commercial gutter cleaning and repair services in Seattle. Their team is trained to find potential problems even before they occur and repair them quickly to prevent further damage. Their service includes inspection of the entire gutter system including the underground drains in order to prevent their clogging and eventually overflowing and flooding.
In case, there is a need of repair, we fix the sagging gutters and gutter pitches. We also remove unwanted squirrel holes and nests of birds that can cause problems.
Christmas lights installation
Sky SWC also offers its clients the convenient time-saving service of lights installation. Their experienced teams will install all of your Christmas lights on your building in a safe, quick and correct way saving you valuable time and effort.
