DigiPen Institute of Technology and the One Redmond Initiative have partnered to develop an animated video that celebrates the City of Redmond’s future vision, spirit of creativity and innovation in developing public-private partnerships.

The 30-second video entitled “Redmond, Grow With Us” uses animation created by a team of 11 fourth-year students from DigiPen’s Singapore campus during a three-week stay in Redmond.

“We are very excited to be able to partner with DigiPen on this promotional video, which will become a major component of the One Redmond’s business development initiative,” said Redmond Mayor John Marchione.

Raymond Yan, senior vice president for DigiPen added, “With Redmond celebrating its centennial this year and with the efforts of One Redmond, we felt this would be a very interesting challenge to have our students from Singapore understand and visualize the core essence of what Redmond is both today and in the future. The students found the experience very rewarding and hope that business community and residents of Redmond enjoy the outcome of their efforts.”

The video debuted at the City Council meeting on June 5 and will soon be available to view at the One Redmond website oneredmond.org.

Redmond has the first Innovation Partnership Zone in the Washington focused on interactive media and innovative digital arts. One Redmond has a public-private partnership recognized for its leadership in developing strategies, programs and community events that assure economic and social vitality to encourage sustainability in Redmond.

One Redmond brings the City of Redmond, Greater Redmond Chamber of Commerce, Redmond Economic Development Alliance and Realize Redmond in closer collaboration.

For information, contact City of Redmond Economic Development Manager Erika Vandenbrande at evandenbrand@redmond.gov or (425) 556-2457. For more information about DigiPen, contact Yan at raymond.yan@digipen.edu or by calling (425) 895-4419.