Bellevue is a rapidly growing city. Long known as a suburb or satellite city, Bellevue is now categorized as an edge city or a boomburb. Bellevue has earned its reputation as an ideal city, a microcosm of the best of the best that people look for in a place to live, work and play. Bellevue has a diversified and thriving economy, one that supports:
It's no wonder that CNN Money voted Bellevue the Best Place to Live and Launch a Business in 2008 because Bellevue has the best mix of business advantages and lifestyle appeals.
We're residents who are lucky to call Bellevue home--a place to live, work and play. We're amazed at how Bellevue is growing over the 55 years since its incorporation on March 31, 1953, with some 5,900 residents. Today, over 117,000 residents live in Bellevue, some 121,000 talents work in Bellevue each day, and more than 250,000 visitors come to play in Bellevue--to shop, eat, drink and indulge.
We're in marvel at how rapidly Bellevue is growing. While we don't expect to take 55 years to build Bellevue.com, we're very excited about our idea for making Bellevue.com the best destination online for relevant and current information about our fantastic city, from Bellevue happenings and shopping to Bellevue restaurants and nightlife to Bellevue companies and jobs to Bellevue marketplace and real estate to Bellevue community and more.
Number of employees are projected through 2009.