Land Use Element Appendix Issaquah’s Treasures

Part of the process of establishing Issaquah's future land use goals was the identification of the Issaquah area "Treasures," which are natural and human built features valued by the community. This exercise was part of a year-long process known as "Issaquah Forum 1992," and the resulting Feasibility Circles. The City Council adopted the following treasures (Resolution No. 93-15, June 9, 1993), thus recognizing their value to the community and the need to consider their relationship to future actions taken by the City of Issaquah:

1. Issaquah Creek/Salmon Run 2. Salmon Hatchery 3. Old Historic District, old Front Street (with small, independent shops) 4. Trails 5. Village Theater 6. - view of Lake Sammamish from 1-90 surrounded by green hills - Sammamish lake shore and wetlands 7. Salmon Days 9. Lush, open, tree-covered mountain tops of Issaquah Alps - Issaquah Alps (left in natural state) - view of Tiger Mountain and green hills going east on 1-90 9. Boehm's Candy store 10. Views of Mount Rainier - from Front Street and East Lake Sammamish Boulevard - between Squak and Tiger Mountains looking south down Rainier Avenue - Mount Rainier view from 1-90 11. Lake Sammamish State Park 12. Train Depot 13. Issaquah Library and Memorial Field 14. Issaquah Valley Aquifer - the watershed 15. Pickering Farm and Barn 16. Tibbetts Valley Park 17. Lake Tradition and Tradition Plateau 18. Fruit trees / parks / bridges along Gilman Boulevard 19. Hang gliders off Tiger Mountain 20. The Big Tree (the old Douglas Fir on Tiger Mountain) 21. Gilman Village 22. Issaquah Creek Trail (behind Gilman Village) 23. Wild places for indigenous wildlife 24. Mercantile Building 25. Julius Boehm Swimming Pool 26. Ginkgo tree by Front and Andrews Streets 27. Zoological Park in Issaquah 28. Marshlands and heron rookery paralleling Issaquah Creek 29. Residential downtown with old single family homes 30. Clouds, mists that float and rise through Issaquah Alps 31. Eagle sanctuary (Olson property with view of Mount Rainier) 32. Old Issaquah-Fall City Road 33. Family atmosphere 34. The open meadow west off Issaquah-Fall City Road at the south edge of the Plateau 35. Third Avenue footbridge