Bellevue Patch Week in Review

Here are the most popular stories on Bellevue Patch, as of Sunday morning.

• Data from the 2010 U.S. Census were released on Wednesday, and the numbers painted a increasingly racially diverse picture of Bellevue. The Census confirmed recent estimates that the proportion of people of Asian descent in Bellevue grew to more than one in four. The percentage of Hispanic and Latino population grew as well, to about 7 percent.

• A young local game development company specializing in mobile apps talked to writer Jeanne Gustafson about their strategy of building up its business.

• In About Town columnist Sherry Grindeland's article this week,  downtown real estate broker Joseph Brazen talks about getting more than 30 offers in six days for a home worth more than a million dollars.

• Bellevue's growth over the past decade outpaced that of Seattle, Tacoma and Spokane, according to the most recent Census numbers. The data released also confirmed Bellevue's place as the state's fifth most populous Washington city.

• This week's Viewfinder column brings us ducks, rainbows, birds, flowers and a sea dragon and orca pod (playground versions) in the snow that covered Bellevue for a brief spell midweek.

• In our weekly column about hot parenting topics, we ask our readers to time travel in their heads to the days of just before they first became parents -- what do parents wish they knew then that they know now?

• This week's Whiz Kids feature is about an extraordinary group -- the Bellevue Youth Theatre, which makes sure that every child who wants to, regardless of experience or disability, gets included onstage in its drama productions. Also, make sure to check out last week's Whiz Kid,

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