St. Charles Medical Center - Redmond completed in 2006 their $30 million expansion and remodeling construction project. SCMC-R is a fully accredited 48-bed hospital offering personalized, quality health care for residents of Redmond and surrounding areas which includes the services of: 24-hour emergency care; intensive/cardiac care; physical, respiratory, and nutritional therapy; radiology; and surgery. Physicians practice in a number of fields including internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, general/vascular, urology, orthopedics, pathology, and a range of other specialties. SCMC-R is in partnership with St. Charles Medical Center - Bend, which is one of the highest quality, lowest cost hospitals in the nation.
Numerous medical and health clinics, offices and related facilities have been constructed in the specially zoned area surrounding the hospital since 2003.
Livability
As one of Central Oregon's fastest growing communities for the past decade, many people find Redmond a very desirable place in which to live. Once a town built around the agriculture industry, Redmondites have a distinct sense of pride about their community and most picture a bright future for the community. Several large-scale projects have been initiated to protect and enhance the community's quality of life.
One of the largest scale projects, over $80 million, is shifting pass-through traffic from US Hwy 97 which cuts through the center of the historic downtown area to a new highway re-route east of the central business district. With this project under construction and expected to be completed in 2008, a renaissance is already underway redeveloping the downtown area into a pedestrian friendly environment for entrainment and commerce.
Recreation
With over 2.5 million acres of public land and open space in Central Oregon, outdoor recreation enthusiasts from professional to beginner find outstanding opportunities for:
Hiking (Most anywhere!)
Biking (mountain and road)
Alpine/cross country skiing and snowboarding (Mt. Bachelor)
Water skiing (Lake Billy Chinook & Prineville Reservoir)
Motor cross riding
Golfing (25 courses)
Kayaking (Deschutes River)
White water rafting (Deschutes River)
Rock climbing (Smith Rock State Park)
Mountaineering (Eight Cascade Mountains)
Fishing (500 miles of streams and 150 lakes)
Hunting ( Camping (Five state parks and numerous Forest Service Campgrounds)
Horseback riding…
And the list goes on. If you need the outdoors to do it, you can probably do it here.
We definitely have seasons but an overall mild climate that enables you to recreate year round. The area receives an average 300 days of sunshine a year and only 12 inches of moisture, mostly snow in the winter. Deep mountain snows provide the water for our recreation paradise.