History of Bellevue, Washington
Bellevue is a rapidly growing city in King County, Washington|King County, Washington, USA, across Lake Washington from Seattle, Washington|Seattle. Long known as a suburb of Seattle,{{cite news | url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003476791_danny14.html | title=Is Bellevue a "new Brooklyn?" | publisher=The Seattle Times | author=Danny Westneat | date=2006-12-14 | accessdate=2007-02-28}} it is now categorized as an edge city or a boomburb.{{cite web | author = K. Hinton, A. Tijerino | date = June 22, 2001 | url = http://www.fanniemaefoundation.org/programs/pdf/census/boomburb.PDF | format=PDF | title = "Boomburbs": The Emergence of Large, Fast-Growing Suburban Cities in the United States | publisher = Fannie Mae Foundation | accessdate = 2006-08-10 }} In 2003 the United States Census Bureau|Census Bureau estimated the city had a total population of 112,344, making it the fifth largest city in the state and the largest on the Eastside (King County, Washington)|Eastside of King County. According to the Washington State Office of Financial Management's April 1, 2006 estimate, the city has a population of 117,000.{{cite web | date = June 29, 2006 | url = http://www.ofm.wa.gov/pop/april1/default.asp | title = Official April 1, 2006 Population Estimates | publisher = Office of Financial Management | accessdate = 2006-12-07 }}
Downtown Bellevue is undergoing rapid change. Lincoln Square, which opened in 2005, and a recently-completed overhaul of the former Qwest building into a new City Hall appear to be the leading edge of a development boom.{{cite web | date = January 8, 2006 | url = http://www.colliersmn.com/prod/cclod.nsf/city/6A1227F94AE236BA8825715D0057D77F | title = More downtown Bellevue builders gambling on spec development | publisher = King County Journal | accessdate = 2006-12-09 }} Over the next few years, the area will see the construction of several additional high-rises and other projects for office, residential, and retail space.
Based on Washington locations by per capita income|per capita income, Bellevue is the 15th wealthiest of 522 communities in the state of Washington.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}
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