Housing affordability. Increased traffic. Brew culture. Bike park love.

If you thought those were items unique to Bend, you’d be wrong. Redmond, Ore., has much of the same culture and some of the same issues of growth and expansion that Bend does—and its population has grown, percentage-wise, faster than Bend over the past 18 years. As 2019 dawns, we’re shedding a light on the rapid growth in Redmond.

Check out our stories on Redmond’s growth

• Signs of Progress
  
• Cultivating the Arts
  
• An Expanding Beer Scene
• A Growing Park System

This article appears in Jan 2-9, 2019.

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Redmond’s On The Rise

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
January 2, 2019

<h1>Redmond’s On The Rise</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />January 2, 2019</p> <p> <b>Housing affordability. Increased traffic. Brew culture. Bike park love.</b> </p> <p> If you thought those were items unique to Bend, you'd be wrong. Redmond, Ore., has much of the same culture and some of the same issues of growth and expansion that Bend does—and its population has grown, percentage-wise, faster than Bend over the past 18 years. As 2019 dawns, we're shedding a light on the rapid growth in Redmond. </p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/feature1-1-741845c78fd09ded.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/feature1-1-741845c78fd09ded.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-49584" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">"Thoughts of Flight" by local artist Jerry Werner, located at Easter Y Gateway in Redmond.</figcaption></figure> </p> <li> <h3 class="content_h3"></h3> </li> <p> <span>Check out our stories on Redmond's growth</span><a href="/bend/signs-of-progress/Content?oid=9021562" target="_blank"><br /></a> </p> <ul> <li><a href="/bend/signs-of-progress/Content?oid=9021562" target="_blank">Signs of Progress<br /></a></li> <li><a href="/bend/signs-of-progress/Content?oid=9021562" target="_blank">Cultivating the Arts <br /></a></li> <li><a href="/bend/signs-of-progress/Content?oid=9021562" target="_blank">An Expanding Beer Scene</a></li> <li><a href="/bend/a-growing-park-system/Content?oid=9030689" target="_blank">A Growing Park System</a></li> </ul> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/housing-affordability-increased-traffic-brew-culture-bike-park-love-9020127/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=49578&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/housing-affordability-increased-traffic-brew-culture-bike-park-love-9020127/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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