Redmond Spotlight 20
2026 Media Resources
OneRedmond announced the inaugural Redmond Spotlight 20 on September 16, 2026, recognizing 20 businesses, nonprofits, institutions and community organizations making an exceptional impact in Redmond.
Selected from nearly 90 applicants, the inaugural cohort represents organizations contributing to Redmond through innovation, investment, community connection, workforce development, arts, culture, hospitality and more.
Media inquiries and interview requests:
spotlight20@oneredmond.org
425.785.4015
Press Release
OneRedmond Announces Inaugural Redmond Spotlight 20 Honorees
Twenty organizations, selected from nearly 90 applicants, will be recognized at the October 22 celebration.
September 16, 2026
Meet the Honorees
2026 Redmond Spotlight 20
The inaugural Redmond Spotlight 20 recognizes organizations making an exceptional impact across Redmond. These quick facts highlight some of the contributions that helped distinguish the 2026 honorees. Full profiles are available on the Redmond Spotlight 20 page.
Experiencing Redmond
Arts, Culture, Hospitality & Recreation
| • | AdaSocial Cafe A community gathering place at Bella Bottega that reports hosting 114 events and welcoming more than 2,000 people, including 60 free or community-hosted gatherings. |
| • | Centro Cultural Mexicano Creates major cultural experiences in Redmond, including its 2026 Cinco de Mayo celebration, which drew approximately 9,000–10,000 attendees. |
| • | Conundroom Escape Rooms Partnered with Experience Redmond on the free 2025 Downtown Redmond Puzzle Hunt, which brought approximately 1,000 participants to more than 30 locations throughout downtown. |
| • | Woodblock Redmond Together with sister restaurant Spark Pizza, has raised more than $27,000 for local and Eastside nonprofits since 2023 while supporting community events and neighbors experiencing food insecurity. |
Inspiring Redmond
Innovation, Leadership & Entrepreneurship
| • | AIM Intelligent Machines Develops autonomous technology from its Redmond headquarters that enables heavy equipment, including excavators and bulldozers, to operate with less direct human control. |
| • | Just–Evotec Biologics Develops and manufactures biologic medicines in Redmond using advanced continuous-manufacturing technology and recently added more than 2,400 square meters of development and manufacturing capacity. |
| • | Lumotive Develops semiconductor technology in Redmond that electronically directs light without moving parts for 3D sensing applications including robotics and autonomous systems. |
| • | Rocketdyne Develops and builds spacecraft propulsion systems in Redmond, continuing a local legacy of space innovation dating to 1968. |
Growing Redmond
Education, Workforce, Childcare & Well-being
| • | Eastside Little Learners Spectrum Academy Has served Redmond families since 2009 with childcare and education from toddler and preschool through elementary school. |
| • | Kindering Serves more than 500 Redmond children annually through developmental, therapeutic and family-support services, including expanded KidsClinic therapies at Together Center. |
| • | Lake Washington Schools Foundation Distributed 72,717 weekend food packs over the past two school years from its Redmond-based Pantry Packs warehouse while also supporting literacy, meal assistance and mental-health programs. |
| • | Quadrant Technologies Provides 80–100 students and recent graduates each year with hands-on exposure to cloud, data, AI and other technology careers through its annual internship program. |
Building Redmond
Growth, Investment & Development
| • | Bellwether Housing Broke ground on Prisma in Overlake in February 2026 following extensive community engagement that helped shape the development’s design and community spaces. |
| • | MainStreet Property Group LLC Completed The Spoke in Marymoor Village in late 2024, adding 211 homes, including 21 affordable units, and 14,000 square feet of commercial space near light rail. |
| • | Microsoft Corporation Reached a major milestone in its multiyear Redmond campus modernization, encompassing approximately 3 million square feet across 17 new buildings. |
| • | Nelson Legacy Group LLC A family-owned company with nearly 75 years of history investing in Redmond that completed The Charles in 2025, adding 246 apartments adjacent to Redmond Center. |
Connecting Redmond
Community, Partnerships, Engagement & Mobility
| • | Hopelink Served 4,731 people through its Redmond Center during FY2026 and provided the equivalent of more than 952,000 meals, in addition to financial assistance, rental support and transportation services. |
| • | Move Redmond Produced the May 2025 Downtown Redmond Station opening celebration, bringing together 67 local vendors and more than 30,000 attendees, and has distributed more than 10,000 station-access maps in five languages. |
| • | Sound Transit Opened the Downtown Redmond Link Extension in May 2025, adding Marymoor Village and Downtown Redmond stations and extending regional light rail into the heart of Redmond. |
| • | Together Center Connects people with services, housing and community space through its Redmond campus. In 2025, its Conference Center welcomed 12,549 attendees at 589 events, while 30 nonprofit organizations saved more than $250,000 in office rent. |
Media Assets
Logos & Downloads
Official Redmond Spotlight 20 and OneRedmond logos are available for editorial use in coverage of Redmond Spotlight 20.
Redmond Spotlight 20 Logo
OneRedmond Logo
2026 Recognition Breakfast Photography
Event photography will be available following the October 22 celebration.
Recognition Breakfast
OneRedmond Annual Meeting & Redmond Spotlight 20 Recognition Breakfast
Thursday, October 22, 2026
7:45–9:15 a.m.
Seattle Marriott Redmond
The inaugural Redmond Spotlight 20 honorees will be recognized during OneRedmond’s Annual Meeting & Recognition Breakfast.
REQUEST MEDIA ACCESS
Members of the media interested in attending the event or arranging interviews with OneRedmond leadership or participating honorees should contact margos@oneredmond.org
About Spotlight 20
Redmond Spotlight 20 is a new annual recognition program celebrating businesses, nonprofits, and community organizations making an exceptional impact in Redmond.
For the inaugural 2026 program, 20 organizations are being recognized across five Areas of Recognition: Experiencing Redmond, Inspiring Redmond, Growing Redmond, Building Redmond, and Connecting Redmond.
Applications were evaluated based on each organization’s impact in Redmond, community contribution, innovation, growth, and leadership, and the strength of its Redmond story. Organizations were considered for the Area of Recognition that best reflected their demonstrated contributions and impact in Redmond.
About OneRedmond
OneRedmond is Redmond’s Chamber of Commerce, economic development organization, and Community Foundation working with businesses, educational institutions, government and community partners to strengthen Redmond’s economy and quality of life.
