Lake Hills Celebrates Earth Day April 19th, 1-3 PM

Lake Hills shopping Center, 655 156th Ave SE, Bellevue, WA  98007 

We will have a small Earth Day celebration in front of the King County Library! The first Earth day was April 22, 1970. It was exciting to me because I saw the impact we had on the environment – rivers back east were catching fire, many of us had trouble breathing during air inversion episodes and Lake Washington had been declared too polluted to swim in some areas. The day was dedicated to learning and cleaning up our environment, just like we need to clean our personal homes. We did a good job on some of the more obvious things but face new challenges as the world population exceeds 8 billion people. While we mostly ended lead and mercury dumping we have new challenges like Global Warming – not the ‘Earth will be on fire in 20 years!’ but the very real rise in sea level that will impact low lying states (much of Florida will be underwater in our children’s lifetime), and our cool, wet climate here will dry and become warmer, leading to different trees and different crops – and the possible loss of plentiful water. 

There is a great deal we can do to mitigate changes without much effort, and many already are. More efficient lights, heating and cars help. Transitioning from fossil fuels to electric vehicles, limiting natural gas (leaking gas causes as much warming as burning it does) helps too. Steady progress will occur if we remember to do so when something needs replacing. So make sure your home is insulated, consider a heat pump when the furnace needs to be replaced and make your next car an EV if you can. If we can convince PSE to do the same, replacing gas turbines with solar and wind we save money as well as reduce our carbon footprint. Come to our event and learn a bit more! 

NEP Kickoff Meeting Recap — Now It’s Your Turn

Thank you to everyone who joined the Lake Hills NEP Virtual Kickoff Meeting on March 18. The City of Bellevue is ready to receive your ideas for how to spend $622,000 improving our neighborhood.

Project ideas are due by Wednesday, April 22, 2026. You can submit as many ideas as you like, two ways:

• Mail back the postage-paid Project Idea Request Form you received
• Submit online at the Lake Hills NEP page

The full timeline runs through November 2026, with a public open house in September where finalists will be presented, followed by resident voting. The Lake Hills NEP page also has the kickoff meeting presentation, neighborhood map, and full contact information for the NEP team.

Questions? Contact NEP Program Manager Theresa Cuthill at tcuthill@bellevuewa.gov or 425-452-4186.655 156th Ave SE

Bellevue, WA  98007