What's Brewing with Ed

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The What's Brewing with Ed series gives residents the opportunity to have conversations about ongoing city projects and initiatives with Renton's Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), Ed VanValey.

Each session will be hosted by CAO VanValey alongside city guests on the first and third Wednesday of each month. Residents are encouraged to attend, ask questions, and share their thoughts on projects and initiatives in Renton. Attendees are encouraged to RSVP through Facebook or directly to communications@rentonwa.gov to help with planning.

1st Wednesday of the month 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. at Luther’s Table - 419 S 2nd St
RSVP for April 2 here.
RSVP for May 7 here.
RSVP for June 4 here.

3rd Wednesday of the month from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. at The Berliner - 221 Main Ave S

RSVP for March 19 here.
RSVP for April 16 here.
RSVP for May 21 here.
RSVP for June 18 here.

Summaries of each What's Brewing can be found here in the "Recaps" Section below.

The What's Brewing with Ed series gives residents the opportunity to have conversations about ongoing city projects and initiatives with Renton's Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), Ed VanValey.

Each session will be hosted by CAO VanValey alongside city guests on the first and third Wednesday of each month. Residents are encouraged to attend, ask questions, and share their thoughts on projects and initiatives in Renton. Attendees are encouraged to RSVP through Facebook or directly to communications@rentonwa.gov to help with planning.

1st Wednesday of the month 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. at Luther’s Table - 419 S 2nd St
RSVP for April 2 here.
RSVP for May 7 here.
RSVP for June 4 here.

3rd Wednesday of the month from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. at The Berliner - 221 Main Ave S

RSVP for March 19 here.
RSVP for April 16 here.
RSVP for May 21 here.
RSVP for June 18 here.

Summaries of each What's Brewing can be found here in the "Recaps" Section below.

  • March 6 Recap

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    • Seven members of the community joined our inaugural discussion at Luther’s Table.
    • Several staff members were on hand to assist guests and to provide subject matter expertise, if needed.
    • The event lasted just over an hour.
    • Topics discussed:
      • HB 1380 | the impact if passed by legislature. More information about this can be found here. Ed urged folks to learn about the impact and voice their opinions to their legislators.
        • For more information, the city has a page on this here or you can follow the legislation with the state here.
      • HB 1110 | passed last year, and the impact we are seeing – click here to see our efforts around informing the community on these state-mandated changes, which impacts all future development, including parking.
      • World Cup | as the HQ for Sounders, we will experience an influx of guests from the home country of the team that selects Renton as its basecamp | some attendees raised concern about traffic and parking during the high-impact period which the city will be working to mitigate as well as possible.
        • We will be updating our website with Renton-specific information as it becomes available from FIFA.
      • Downtown Core updates – new tenant in Pavilion, Pavilion Park will be improved to allow more flexible (and frequent) activation of the space (driving more foot traffic downtown and into area businesses) | some attendees did not like the changes underway.
        • We will be adding more information about these three, parallel projects underway on our website.
      • Asphalt plant | The city shared information, and several attendees expressed disagreement on how the city could legally respond..
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