Sahalee Country Club is a member-owned private club located in the Sahalee gated community.  The golf course is…More nestled among soaring evergreen trees and perfectly manicured lawns.</p> <p>Sahalee has hosted notable golf events such as the 1998 PGA Championship, 2002 NEC World Golf Championship, 2010 USGA Senior Open.</p> <p>Membership is available by application only.</p>

The Plateau Club opened in 1997 and offers members and guests an 18-hole golf course in Sammamish. Masatsugu Saito…More and Perry Dye designed the 7,200-yard golf course, which takes players through forests.</p> <p>The location also has a 37,500-square-foot Clubhouse, which has dining options, golf shop and locker rooms with with separate saunas for men and women.</p> <p>The Club has swimming facilities, fitness room and childcare. Memberships can be purchased for golfing, dining and recreation.</p>

The Northeast Sammamish Sewer and Water District is the smaller agencies of the two on the Sammamish Plateau.…More This district sits in the north part of Sammamish, near the Sahalee Country Club.</p> <p>More than 3,250 customers receive water service from the district, according to the district's website. About 4,700 customers receive sewer service from the agency.</p> <p>The agency, which is governed by a three-member commission, began in 1969 as the Sahalee Sewer District.</p> <p>Customers can pay bills by mail or using the drop box at the district's office. The district also has an <a href="http://www.nesswd.org/autopay.htm">automatic payment</a> option.</p>

Creekside Elementary School opened in the fall of 2010 and welcomes students from kindergarten to the 5th…More grade. Creekside is Issaquah School District's 15th elementary school.</p> <p>The school has 28 classrooms housed in an energy-efficient building with a faculty of 25 instructors. Nearly all the teachers have campus websites to communicate with families. The school's yard has covered play areas.</p> <p>The school mascot is the Otter. Creekside offers an enrichment program called the Otter Club, which operates before and after school. The <a href="http://www.issaquah.wednet.edu/documents/maps/Creekside.pdf">attendance area</a> is largely south of Southeast 8th Street and west of 228th Avenue Southeast.</p>

The Pine Lake Community Center is a venue on the Sammamish Plateau that can be rented to hold weddings, parties,…More meetings, receptions and other events.</p> <p>The center's lodge was built in 1938 and can hold about 150 people. In addition to parties and receptions, the lodge is the site of various <a href="https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=spencerma1@comcast.net&ctz=America/Los_Angeles&gsessionid=OK">classes</a>, including exercise, yoga and dance.</p> <p>As of December 2010, the <a href="http://www.pinelakecommunityclub.com/rental.html">rental price</a> for Friday from 5pm to midnight was $300, plus a $100 non-refundable cleaning fee. On Sundays, the rental fee is $40 per hour, plus a $100 non-refundable cleaning fee.</p> <p>The site also has a baseball or softball field as well as a gravel parking lot.</p> <p>The nonprofit group, which is privately owned, also calls itself the Pine Lake Community Club. The office phone is 425-392-4041. An information phone number is 425-392-2313.</p>

The King County Library System operates the Sammamish Library, which is located on city property in the…More 30-acre Sammamish Commons. In January 2010, the Sammamish Library opened its doors at this location with 15,000 new books, CDs, movies, magazines and other materials. The branch has more than 100,000 library materials and residents are known for attending its events and using services. The library, a parternship between the city and county, offers visitors 19,500 square feet of space, including meetings rooms and an open study area with tables. The total space is nearly twice the size of the old library building, which opened in 1998 and was located one mile away.</p> <p>The library offers story times for kids, including sessions in Spanish and Hindi, a teen writing group, classes for people learning English and a book club for adults. The library also has computer classes.</p> <p>There is a children's section, a larger meeting room and the main study area which has a fireplace, tables, cushioned chairs and views through floor-to-ceiling glass windows. Friends of Sammamish Library, a community group, supports programs for young people and adults by selling used books and holding fundraisers. </p>

Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary School offers some views of Lake Sammamish and serves neighborhoods in the…More northwestern part of Sammamish. The campus, which opened in 1998, is named after the first woman in the United States to earn her medical degree.</p> <p>It serves children from kindergarten to the 6th grade. In recent years, the campus has stressed reading, as well as daily reading and technology. In October 2009, the campus had an enrollment of 555 students with boys making up 52 percent of pupils and girls composing 48 percent.</p> <p>During the 2009-10 academic year, the teaching staff had 32 instructors. Each had an average of 13 years of experience. Nearly 69 percent of all teachers had earned their master's degrees.</p> <p>As part of the Lake Washington School District, the school feeds to Inglewood Jr. High School and Eastlake High School. The <a href="http://www.lwsd.org/Schools/District-Map/Pages/Default.aspx?mapType=El">attendance area</a> is mainly north of Bill Reams East Sammamish Park and west of Sahalee Way Northeast. The campus is west of the Sahalee Country Club.</p>

Cascade Ridge Elementary School serves …More href="http://www.issaquah.wednet.edu/documents/maps/Cascade.pdf">neighborhoods</a> in Sammamish's southeast, mainly families living on and near Trossachs Boulevard Southeast.</p> <p>In October 2009, the school had an enrollment of 558 students, ranging from kindergarten to the 5th grade. Of that number, nearly 56 percent were girls. The school had 35 teachers during the 2009-10 academic year, each with an average of nine years of experience. More than half of all instructors - or 57 percent - had received their master's degrees.</p> <p>The school boasts strong PTSA involvement and thousands of volunteer hours from parents and community members. The school also has received a School of Distinction award, given by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.</p> <p>The state honors schools with the award when students do better than the average performance in statewide reading and writing tests.</p> <p>The school mascot is the coyote. The Coyote Club is the school's before- and after-school enrichment program. On clear days, visitors can enjoy mountain views.</p>