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FRIDAY, AUG. 14, 2015
Hospital Commission race features new faces
Seahawks Camp 2015
BY DEAN A. RADFORD dradford@rentonreporter.com
This week at camp, wide receiver Ricardo Lockette helped put a young man through the paces as part of the NFL’s Play 60 campaign that encourages kids to be active for at least 60 minutes a day. The Seahawks also welcomed members of the military this week. For more photos, turn to page 19. KELLEY BALCOMB-BARTOK, For the Renton reporter
Dr. Terry Block, appointed in January to fill a vacant position on the Public Hospital District No. 1 Board of Commissioners, will not advance to the general election in November. Block came in third in the Aug. 18 primary election behind Savannah CliffordVisker of Renton and Lawton Montgomery of Kent, who will now run for the at-large Position 4 on the commission in the Nov. 3 election. In the primary race for Renton City Council Position 4, Ryan McIrvin received 61 percent of the vote to Monique Taylor-Swan’s 33 percent, as of Tuesday, the latest results available before the Renton Reporter’s print deadline. Charles D. Seil, who had withdrawn from the race before the election, received 5 percent of the vote. The council incumbent, Greg Taylor, had decided not to seek re-election. The percentages had changed little in the hospital commission race since the initial election night tally. [ more PRIMARY page 13 ]
Work begins on first downtown residential project since 2008 BY BRIAN BECKLEY bbeckley@rentonreporter.com
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Community leaders and members of the development team throw the first shovels of dirt as part of the Lofts at Second and Main project. COURTESY RENTON HISTORY MUSEUM
Ground was finally broken this week on a $10 million multi-use project in downtown Renton that city officials believe could be part of a rebirth to the area. Work at the Lofts at Second and Main, a multi-use project that will add both residential and commercial space to the downtown core, began this week with a scheduled completion date of December 2016. It is the first new residential development downtown since 2008.
When completed, the project will add 101 onetwo- and three-bedroom apartments totaling more than 91,000-square-feet of residential space and an additional 4,000 of commercial space at street level. The six-story building will also include an underground parking garage for residents. The project is being developed by the Cosmos Development Co.. The project architect is Jackson Main Architecture. Mayor Denis Law this week called the project “critical” to the revitalization of downtown because [ more LOFTS page 12 ]