Gated Grand Ridge?

Written by: rebecca and filed Under Blog, Issaquah Highlands |

Rumor has it that Grand Ridge Drive will be a gated neighborhood within our community. I don?t know about you, but this is actually quite upsetting to me. I really enjoy walking throughout our entire neighborhood and enjoy all the beauty it has to offer. Grand Ridge in particular is one of the most beautiful neighborhoods in the Highlands with all its trees and wildflowers. Grand Ridge also offers access to a wonderful hiking/biking trail that is maintained by the state. This is where I find myself the most upset about the potential for the community to be permanently gated.

My daughter Emily is just under 2 and an avid fan of the outdoors. She loves being in and around nature, but her legs are small and can only take her so far. Having walking access ONLY to the trails in Grand Ridge does not seem like a realistic solution as it really isn’t feasible for her or any of the little ones we have running around the Issaquah Highlands. Should she be prevented from enjoying this wonderful trail simply because we can?t drive to the trail head?

What are your thoughts?

Comments

4 Responses to “Gated Grand Ridge?”

karl on August 29th, 2007 2:51 pm

I bike from the Grand Ridge Trail head frequently, and regardless of a gate, will find a way to continue to access it. In regards to another comment. I am amazed PB would do away with the tennis courts. I rarely see them empty.
rebecca on August 30th, 2007 10:40 pm

Karl,

Thanks for your response. We too will continue to find a way to access the trail, we are just disappointed that it will be so much more difficult than it needs to be with a 2 year-old. As for the tennis courts - I am still a little confused by some of the discussion going around. Apparently we are not going to lose existing tennis courts, but are losing proposed future ones. I am still trying to get clarification on that. Thanks again for your input.
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Nikki on September 7th, 2010 1:30 pm

I live in Grand Ridge Drive. Unfortunately, our neighborhood has become a dumping ground for bags of trash, unwanted furniture, televisions and much more. We get kids up here drinking, smoking pot and having sex. We even had a 45 year old man cheating on his wife with a 20 somethingish woman in the back seat of this car (caught red handed!). We get vandalism on construction sites including pushing over of port o potties and we even had one burned to the ground on 4th of July weekend. We get teenagers racing their cars. We get pieces of the speed bumps taken off by skateboarders who want to skate down the hill toward the bridge. We have had to replace the pieces at least 5 times at $200.00 each incident. So while I undertand the “disappointment” by the people who love to walk in GRD, I frankly am sick and tired of the all the bad stuff that happens up here.