On Tuesday, October 28, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., we invite you to join project partner, Related NW, and city staff for an open house at the North Bend Library to discuss the 230 Main Affordable Housing Project. As a highly livable, hardworking community here in the Snoqualmie Valley, North Bend is continuing in its effort to ensure a diverse array of home options that meet the needs of all residents, from local schoolteachers and retail workers, to seniors and veterans.
The Open House will be a great opportunity to meet representatives of Related NW, see plans for the 40-unit housing project, learn about why workforce housing is needed in North Bend, and to ask questions.
230 Main Avenue North: land purchased for the use of affordable workforce housing
In November 2023, the North Bend City Council approved the purchase and sale agreement of a 0.4-acre parcel of land for local affordable workforce housing, with Real Estate Excise Tax (REET 2) funds secured solely for this purpose (RCW 82.46.035). In addition to helping ease the workforce shortage among North Bend businesses, supportive goals for the project include:
- Establishing long-term housing affordability for local workers making no more than 60% of King County median income
- Serving as a model for innovative affordable housing
- Demonstrating the city’s commitment to meet its Economic Development and Housing Action Plan elements of the Comprehensive Plan
- Utilizing creativity and innovation to establish the project
In June 2023 the city released a Request for Proposal (RFP) to identify a developer for the project. Upon selecting Related NW, in April 2025, an Exclusive Negotiation Agreement (ENA) was created to begin negotiations for a proposed Disposition and Development Agreement (DDA).
On Wednesday, November 5, at 6:30 p.m., we invite you to join the Planning Commission and city staff for a Public Hearing at the North Bend City Hall to provide comment on the proposed DDA. The intent of the DDA is to ensure financial support from the city for the project and to approve code deviations identified by the applicant as essential for moving the project forward.
Your input is important to the Council, commissions, city staff and the North Bend community. For questions and more information, please contact Community and Economic Development Director, James Henderson, by email, at jhenderson@northbendwa.gov, or by phone, at (425) 888-7685.