Renton Reporter, February 20, 2015

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New hotel projects add 600 rooms near Coulon BY BRIAN BECKLEY bbeckley@rentonreporter.com

Dancing in the new year Renton’s Uwajimaya celebrated the Lunar New Year on Sunday with a traditional Lion Dance, performed by the International Lion Dance and Martial Arts Team. The Lunar New Year begins Feb. 19. This year will be the Year of the Sheep or Goat. To see a full slideshow from the event, visit www.rentonreporter.com. TRACEY COMPTON, Renton Reporter

Some major changes are planned for the area right around Gene Coulon Park that will add approximately 600 hotel rooms and a new convention center to the south end of Lake Washington, filling what is apparently a major need in the area. Anchoring the area is the new Southport Hotel project, which is presently under construction on the land just southwest of the park. The new hotel and convention center will bring 40,000-square-feet of meeting and convention space to the area, as well as about 325 hotel rooms on a 17.5-acre site right on the water. It is designed to be a facility on par with anything Seattle has to offer, according to Renton Economic Development Director Cliff Long. “It’s going to give Renton the ability to compete in a new market in ways we never have before,” Long said. The Southport project, being built by [ more HOTELS page 5 ]

Amazing Grace students presenting at South by Southwest edu festival A group of Amazing Grace Christian School students and their teacher will attend and present at this year’s SXSW edu Conference and Festival in Austin, Texas. After a rigorous selection process, with an 80 percent submission rejection rate, the students’ projects were selected for the expo. Their presentations center on using technology in the classroom to enhance student learning through virtual learning and gaming concepts.

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Student Scott Nguyen, a ninth-grader, will present a short talk on the business he started (Nguyen fixes computers with his dad), what makes learning relevant to his generation and how educators can better prepare students for success with virtual learning and video games. “What I hope people take away is not so much that education is based on a bunch of check marks, it’s based on what you get out of it,” Nguyen said. “Like people can take tests and say that they learned something, but unless you truly experience it - something [ more SXSW page 5 ]

Amazing Grace Christian School’s Scott Nguyen, teacher Michelle Zimmerman, Jennifer Fernandez and Jasmine Fernandez will present at this year’s SXSW edu Conference and Festival in Austin, Texas. TRACEY COMPTON, Renton Reporter

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