PLEASE CHECK SOON FOR A COMPRHENSIVE TIMELINE OF WHAT HAS UNFOLDED!!

TIMELINE UNDER CONSTRUCTION SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED!!

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

Jeralee Anderson: janderson@redmond.gov

Steve Fields: sfields@redmond.gov

Jessica Forsyth: jforsythe@redmond.gov

Vanessa Kritzer: vkritzer@redmond.gov