1981 6/6 Redmond Golf Links closes (Hardy Timeline II 9)
8/ Redmond resident, Lecia Renaud, is crowned Derby Days queen, and becomes Miss King County East later the same year (Hardy Timeline II 9)
Helly Hansen, Swedish outdoor gear manufacturer, opens US headquarters in Redmond
1982 The large log cabin in Anderson Park is named “Adair House” to honor land donor Janet Ada (Jennie) Adair Sikes (Hardy Timeline II 9)
A new post office building is completed and opens on NE 85th Street (Hardy Timeline II 9)
12/28 Open house is held at City Hall to celebrate Redmond’s 70th birthday since incorporation in 1912 (Hardy Timeline II 10)
1983 1/ Marilyn Langlow retires after 10 years as manager of the Redmond Chamber of Commerce (Hardy Timeline II 10)
1984 City Well #5 is drilled in a cement bunker behind today’s Target store (Hardy Timeline II 10)
Redmond High School is named 1 of 202 outstanding high schools by the US Department of Education (Hardy Timeline II 10)
10/17 Industries located in Redmond include Precor, manufacturer of exercise equipment, Lamson Products, custom machine shop, Ryan Instruments, manufacturer of time-temperature recorders, and Kistler-Morse, manufacturer of strain gauge transducers(SVN)
1985 Microsoft Corporation moves its headquarters to Redmond from Bellevue (Hardy Timeline II 10)
An enhanced 9-1-1 Emergency Phone system is implemented in the Redmond area (Hardy Timeline II 10)
3/3 Theno Brothers sell their dairy on the Redmond-Woodinville Road, but the dairy store remains open under new ownership (Hardy Timeline II 10)
1986 A building contractor hits a sewer main that contaminates City Well #5. The well has to be taken offline and water pumped for six months into an open field until contaminants are flushed from the system (Hardy Timeline II 10)
Carver Dudley Carter becomes King County’s first artist-in-residence as he moves into a house on property that will become Slough House Park (Hardy Timeline II 10)
Cleveland Street and Redmond Way become one-way streets (Hardy Timeline II 10)
The slough of the Sammamish River is cleaned (Hardy Timeline II 10)
1987 6/ The first issue of Redmond’s magazine, “Focus on Redmond” is published (Hardy Timeline II 10)
The Redmond Basketball team wins the state championship and repeats the next year (Way 177)
1988 UPS locates on Union Hill Road east of Avondale Road (Way 167)
1989 5/13 Begun in the previous year, repaving of the historic Red Brick Road is completed, and a dedication of the restoration held (Hardy Timeline II 10)
10/ The Senior Activity Center is completed on the City Campus (Hardy Timeline II 10)
1990 US Census records 35,899 people in Redmond
Goodwill Games bicycle races are held at Marymoor Park (Hardy Timeline II 10)
Seven bus routes travel between Redmond and Seattle (Hardy Timeline II 10)
Average Redmond home sells for $168,600 while the median for King county is $140,000 (Hardy Timeline II 10)
4/30 The new Senior Center opens on the City Campus. The official grand opening is held in May (Hardy Timeline II 10)
