Goal: Support vibrant concentrations of retail, office, service, residential, and recreational activity in Downtown and Overlake.
	No apparent overall positive or negative trend.

Downtown and Overlake Vitality. Residential permits continued to be active in 2013 with 385 new permits for Downtown. About 356,000 square feet of new commercial space was permitted in Overlake – 93 percent of the citywide total. Employment in Redmond’s urban centers accounts for about 47 percent of total citywide employment, unchanged from 2011. Employment in Downtown, Overlake and citywide decreased slightly in 2012 compared to 2011. In 2011 the City invested $18.3 million in the urban centers – about 62 percent of what was expected based on budget documents.

	Baseline	Observed	Objective	Trend*
Growth in centers (ratio of achieved to expected)
Residential	1.0 (2010)	1.0 (2013)	1.0 (2030)
Commercial	1.0 (2010)	1.0 (2013)	1.0 (2030)
Centers investment (percent of budgeted capital funds expended)	67% (2007)	62% (2013)	N/A
Centers employment
Downtown employment	10,661 (2011)	10,374 (2012)	10,800 (2030)	N/A
Overlake employment	26,215 (2011)	25,980 (2012)	36,350 (2030)	N/A
Total centers employment	36,876 (2011)	36,354 (2012)	47,150 (2030)	N/A