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Former Old Firehouse participants urge more inclusive process after closure and fencing
Summary
Former Old Firehouse Teen Center participants and supporters told the council the site's sudden closure and subsequent fencing disrupted a decades-long community venue; speakers asked for meaningful inclusion in the rebuild and cited a prior council motion to rebuild on the same site.
Redmond — Former participants in Redmond’s Old Firehouse Teen Center told the City Council on Jan. 6 they were excluded from decisions about the facility’s closure and relocation, and called for a more transparent, youth-centered rebuilding process.
Wolf Adriatico recounted the venue’s long history as Redmond’s first city hall, police and fire station and later as a youth music venue. "This is an issue worth researching and it is worth resolving," he said, urging the council to consider community impacts.
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