North Renton News
We Need Your Help!
Interested in getting involved? Need to log some volunteer hours? We've got you covered - here are some ways you can support us:
- 🎁 Join the NRNA - the NRNA is 100% volunteer run and a registered 501c3 non-profit organization. We rely solely on volunteers, donations, and grants to put on our events and cover expenses, such as this website. All donations are tax-deductable; visit our membership page for details.
- 🏡 Join our Board as an officer - the positions of Vice President and Secretary are currently vacant.
- 🌭 Volunteer at our Community Picnic on August 9th - click here for more details and to sign up!
- 🚮 Pick up litter at a monthly Clean Up event; see our events page for upcoming event details and to register
- 📸 Take photos of our events - want to walk around the Clean Up events and snap pictures of volunteers picking up litter? Or come to our Chili Cook Off in the spring to catch some photos of the winning chili champs? No fancy camera or experience required, just looking for help documenting our neighborhood events!
- 📝 Search and apply for grants and in-kind donations - the NRNA is a registered 501c3 non-profit organization and relies solely on donations to fund our events and cover expenses such as our website. We'd love your help with identifying grant opportunities and helping us apply, or finding ways to partner with local businesses through our sponsorship program.
- 💻 Update our website - help keep our website up-to-date, bonus if you have an eye for design! No coding experience required.
- 🌱 Adopt a traffic circle - the residents of North Renton are responsible for the landscaping maintenance of the four traffic circles within our neighborhood boundaries. Bring your gardening vision - we can help with tools, plants, and other supplies.
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And more - have an idea for how you’d like to contribute? Please email us and lets's chat!
NRNA Newsletter
Welcome, North Renton Neighbors! Here's our most recent newsletter (click image to view PDF in new window, which includes clickable links):
Archived Newsletters
Please see our previous newsletters here:
July 2025 NRNA Newsletter
June 2025 NRNA Newsletter
May 2025 NRNA Newsletter
April 2025 NRNA Newsletter
March 2025 NRNA Newsletter
February 2025 NRNA Newsletter
HB1110
Check out the June 11, 2024 Online Open House presentation regarding HB 1110.
What is HB1110?
The City of Renton is updating its zoning and development regulations in accordance with Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 1110 (HB 1110). HB 1110 will result in significant changes to the city’s development regulations and overtime, the built environment.
In March 2023, the Washington State Department of Commerce released a statewide housing needs report stating that, by 2044, Washington will need more than 1 million additional units to accommodate projected population growth. To address the anticipated lack of housing choices and affordability, the Washington State Legislature passed HB 1110, in April 2023, to promote the development of “middle housing."
“Middle housing” refers to those housing types between single-family residences and mid-rise, multi-family development. Middle housing types referenced in the new state law include duplexes up to sixplexes, townhouses, stacked flats, courtyard apartments, and cottage housing. The new legislation will require cities to allow middle housing on all lots zoned predominantly for residential use, integrating multi-family housing in residential zones where currently not allowed.
What does this mean for North Renton?
In short we are in a housing crisis and the state is mandating cities allow multifamily homes on properties that traditionally only allowed a single family home. We agree there is a shortage of housing but the state has removed any constraints cities place on development that unnecessarily burden the city and negatively impact the residents who are affected by mandated infill. Our concerns are thus:
- This legislation removes any requirements for builders to supply onsite parking. Our neighborhood already struggles for on street parking and this will make parking impossible in some areas. If a single family house is removed and replaced by a sixplex with no facility for parking and those cars are forced to park on the street the problem is evident.
- North Renton is an older area of the city with aging utilities and infrastructure. Increasing demand on a old system will overburden the existing system and result in failures. It is said builders will need to improve the infrastructure but that is only the infrastructure immediately adjacent to the development. What happens downstream when the sewer or stormwater systems are not sufficient
- Increased traffic from increased development. We are already seeing increased traffic from present development. Logan Ave is a parking lot during the afternoon and early morning with people trying to get to Boeing, Top Golf, The Landing and the freeway.
