CALL TO ACTION

TOMORROW 4/21/26 CITY COUNCIL WILL VOTE ON THE CONTRACT TO DEMOLISH OFH:

We need all hands on deck to demand transparency before this permanent decision is made and cannot be undone.

THE FIGHT IS NOT OVER:

  • Tuesday April 21st 2026, at 6 p.m. - City Hall Meeting - We will be there. Rally the troops!! If you cannot attend in person please follow instructions to register to make a call in comment. Registration is no later than 2pm!!

    Speak & Rally at City Hall (rally at 6:00pm; sign-up to speak 6:30pm; council meeting and items from audience session 7pm)

    Make a public comment at City Council: join us in making our voices heard to the Mayor and council-members

    • In Person: Arrive a bit early to register, and then deliver a 3-minute max public comment expressing why it's vital that we save OFH (feel free to borrow language from our petition and saveofh.com)

    • Remote: Email cityclerk@redmond.gov - Email BY 2pm!! to request to call in to make comment your Name and Phone Number to be called when it is your turn to speak.

    • Written: Email cityclerk@redmond.gov on Tuesday before 3pm PT, with subject line "Items from the audience" and keep it 500 words max.

  • January 17th 2026 Concert at Soul Food Coffee in Redmond, WA 6-8pm

E-MAIL THE DECISION-MAKERS:

Director of the Parks Dept., Loreen Hamilton: lhamilton@redmond.gov

Loreen is the key administrative decision-maker that chose to close OFH without engaging in any teen outreach or gathering any hard evidence that the building has issues that necessitated its closure. Ms. Hamilton has terrorized OFH staff and volunteers, threatened retaliation to anyone who speaks out against her plan to close OFH, and is continuing to try to evade our public records requests and hide information from the public. Call for her to step down now!

Mayor Angela Birney: mayor@redmond.gov

Mayor Birney joined Greater Seattle Partners in March 2025, just before announcing the closure of OFH. The community cannot help but wonder if there is already a deal in place with a developer who has its eye on the $5million piece of real estate the OFH sits on. Ask Mayor Birney to show she is on the right side and remove Loreen Hamilton for misleading the City regarding the OFH closure and engaging in a campaign of intimidation to silence City workers.

We are hopeful City Council will help to stop the unwarranted closure of OFH - they hold the power to reject the plans pushed by Parks Director Loreen Hamilton and Mayor Angela Birney.

Melissa Stuart: mstuart@redmond.gov

Angie Nuevacamina: anuevacamina@redmond.gov

Osman Salahuddin: osalahuddin@redmond.gov

Jessica Forsyth: jforsythe@redmond.gov

Vanessa Kritzer: vkritzer@redmond.gov

Awareness & Benefit Show: TBD *If you are interested in helping organize or promote this event or you are a band, musician, or artist that would like to participate please, reach out to us at saveofh@gmail.com


DONATIONS: Funds will be used for organizing events and outreach, printed materials, and investigation efforts, such as hiring an independent building inspector to verify the condition of the building and the cost for any repair or restoration if needed. If you would like to donate directly to our cause, please visit: https://www.givesendgo.com/SaveOFH