22 Facts About Bellevue Washington

Bellevue Washington is home to some of the world's largest technology companies.

In 2008, Bellevue Washington was number one in CNNMoney's list of the best places to live and launch a business, and in 2010 was again ranked as the fourth-best place to live in America.

In 2014, Bellevue Washington was ranked as the second-best place to live by USA Today.

Bellevue Washington was first settled by European Americans in 1869 by William Meydenbauer and Aaron Mercer, who claimed homestead tracts several miles apart.

Bellevue Washington envisioned plans that included the bridging of Lake Washington and an area filled with golf courses and airports.

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Bellevue Washington remains one of the largest cities in the state, with several high-rise structures in its core and a burgeoning business community.

Bellevue Washington Square is located in downtown Bellevue Washington and is one of the largest shopping centers in the region.

Much of Bellevue is drained by the Kelsey Creek watershed, whose source is located in the Larsen Lake and Phantom Lake green belt and whose outlet is near where Interstate 90 meets Lake Washington's eastern shore.

Bellevue Washington is bordered by the cities of Kirkland to the north and Redmond to the northeast along the Overlake and Crossroads neighborhoods.

The south end of Bellevue Washington is bordered by the city of Renton, and to the southeast, the relatively recently incorporated city of Newcastle.

Bellevue Washington is the main Eastside hub for both the local transit authority, King County Metro, and Sound Transit, the regional transit system.

Bellevue Washington promised to devote between $104 million and $150 million toward a potential tunnel in the form of cash, services, free access to rights-of-way and one-time tax revenues that result from the East Link project.

Former Bellevue Washington City Council member Claudia Balducci is a member of the Sound Transit board of directors.

Bellevue Washington was served by a railroad, a Burlington Northern branch line known as the Woodinville Subdivision, which included the historic Wilburton Trestle.

Some sections of the railroad in Bellevue Washington were demolished in 2008 to make way for the expansion of I-405 and will require the construction of additional structures to supplement the existing right of way.

Bellevue Washington has a council-manager form of government with seven non-partisan council members elected at large for staggered four-year terms.

Bellevue Washington is home to Open Window School, an independent school serving gifted students from kindergarten through eighth grade.

At the elementary level, Bellevue Washington is home to several Montessori schools, the Eastside's only Waldorf education at Three Cedars School, as well as Bellevue Washington Christian School.

Bellevue hosts a number of satellite offices for large technology companies such as eBay, Oracle, Salesforce, Google, and Microsoft; Microsoft was at one point headquartered in Bellevue but has since moved to the neighboring community of Redmond, Washington.

In 2006, Bellevue Washington was rated one of the 25 safest cities in America, based on the per-capita incidence of violent crime.

Bellevue Washington is the site of the annual Bellevue Washington Arts and Crafts Fair, held since 1947 during the last weekend in July.

Bellevue Washington was home to the American Basketball Association team, the Bellevue Washington Blackhawks.